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A Possible Walmart Connection to San Sebastián Bachajón Dispossession?

RENDER HOMAGE TO DEFENSE OF LAND LEADERS MURDERED in CHILON, CHIAPAS ** They say the attempt to dispossess plots of land is for a toll road and a supercenter ** “Our struggle is peaceful, but we demand respect,” say the…

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Rebel Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN

Editorial 2: Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN Editorial by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés for the second edition of the magazine Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN.     Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth and the Zapatista Little School: Here we…

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Raúl Zibechi: The Ya Basta! In Latin America

The Ya Basta! In Latin America By: Raúl Zibechi In the 20 years that have transpired since the January 1, 1994 Zapatista Uprising, Latin American movements have championed one of the most intense and extensive cycles of struggle in a…

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Pablo González Casanova: indigenous communities are redefining the world

González Casanova: the original communities are redefining the world  ** They contribute a national and universal perspective, the former UNAM rector points out [Above: Pablo González Casanova, during the Course in Research and Education about Sustainable Development, which he is…

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Resumen de noticias sobre los zapatistas – Septiembre de 2013

SEPTIEMBRE DE 2013 – RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS  SOBRE LOS ZAPATISTAS En Chiapas 1. Corte Niega la Libertad a Alberto Patishtán – La resolución sobre el reconocimiento de inocencia de Alberto Patishtán salió el 12 de septiembre, pero no era lo…

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Zapatista News Summary – September 2013

 SEPTEMBER 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Court Denies Freedom to Alberto Patishtán – The long-awaited decision regarding Alberto Patishtán’s appeal for a recognition of his innocence came on September 12, but it wasn’t what he hoped for. A…

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Raul Zibechi: Accumulation by Dispossession

Cities, Mega-Events and Accumulation by Dispossession By: Raúl Zibechi The large cities of the third world have become spaces so attractive for the accumulation of capital, like the vast rural areas in which monocrops agriculture and open sky mining expand….

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Raúl Zibechi: The Lefts and the End of Capitalism

The Lefts and the End of Capitalism By: Raúl Zibechi http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/01/13/opinion/027a2pol  The current world financial crisis fragments the planet into regions in such a fashion that the world system approaches a growing disarticulation (breakup). One of the effects of this…

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The Irresistible Advance of Militarization

para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/10/21/opinion/025a2pol  The Irresistible Advance of Militarization By: Raúl Zibechi The recent approval of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States reaffirms the militarist policy of Barack Obama’s government towards Latin America, as the…

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