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EZLN supports the teachers in their fight against the education reform
[Here’s a sneak peek at the the new comunicado from the Zapatistas. We’ll publish the entire comunicado when the official English translation is available.] By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chis. (apro). – The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) today came…
Read MoreZibechi: Reflections on the Brazilian Crisis
By: Raúl Zibechi A relatively short time ago, the dominant classes of the world decided to unleash a war against the peoples in order to keep themselves in power in a period of acute change. They decided that democracies are…
Read MoreZibechi: Financial inclusion and full-spectrum domination
By: Raúl Zibechi Financial inclusion being one of the principal neoliberal initiatives, it’s difficult to accept the scarce debate existing among those who say they are enemies of that model centered on the domination of financial capital. The World Bank…
Read MoreHonduran government is preventing Gustavo Castro from leaving |Sign petition
[Please sign the Petition at bottom of post demanding Gustavo’s safety!] By: Hermann Bellinghausen Mexico City Today, the environmental organization Otros Mundos A.C./ Friends of the Earth Mexico reported that Honduras authorities impeded Gustavo Castro Soto from leaving the country….
Read MoreChiapas activist witnessed Berta Cáceres murder
By: Isaín Mandujano San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas (apro) – Mexican activist Gustavo Castro Soto [1] witnessed the murder this morning of the indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres, an attack perpetrated in her house located in the El Líbano neighborhood…
Read MoreZibechi: The storms that are coming
By: Raúl Zibechi The end of the progressive cycle implies the dissolution of hegemonies and the beginning of a period of dominations, of greater repression against the organized popular sectors. Until now we have been commenting on the causes of…
Read MoreSpecial Economic Zones for Southern Mexico
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AN INITIATIVE FOR DISPOSSESSION By: Angeles Mariscal, Chiapas Paralelo Destining 115 billion pesos coming from public resources in order to attract transnational and Mexican private investment to zones “with high productive potential,” sounds like dispossession. The proposal of…
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