Category Archives: Mexico
Looking to the horizon: Three generations of Zapatista children
August 13, 2015 This study represents a succinct and reflective investigation into a number of historical experiences in which the main actors are children in Zapatista communities. In particular, it will focus on the importance of adult accompaniment and the … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomy, Education, EZLN, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Autonomy, Education, EZLN, Latin America, Mexico, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Infinite Dispossession: David Harvey’s View of Mexico
Translated by Oso Sabio[1] from an article written by Alejandro de Coss[2] in Spanish at Horizontal.mx[3] on 19/05/2015 There are few contemporary social theoreticians more important than English geographer David Harvey[4], and this essay uses some of his main ideas … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, Chiapas, David Harvey, Dispossession, EZLN, Libertarian Socialism, Marxism, San Quintín, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Capitalism, Cherán, Chiapas, David Harvey, Dispossession, Guerrero, libertarian socialism, Marxism, Mexico, Rojava, San Quintín, Zapatistas
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Inhabitants of Los Llanos Obtain Investigation into Effects of Motorway
Federal Court Orders Investigation into the Effect of the San Cristóbal to Palenque Motorway on the Tzotzil Ejido of Los Llanos in Chiapas On January 6, 2014, inhabitants of the indigenous Tzotzil Ejido of Los Llanos (in the San Cristóbal … Continue reading
Eduardo Galeano and the Zapatistas
“Indigenous people, it is plain to see, are only a problem for those who deny them the right to be who they are” – Eduardo Galeano Always on the side of the marginalised of Latin America and the wider world, … Continue reading
Posted in Eduardo Galeano, EZLN, Latin America, México, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Eduardo Galeano, EZLN, Mexico, Mexico City, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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The CNI’s Position on the Wave of Repression Waged against the People
To the original peoples of Mexico and the World; To the National and International Sixth; To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation; And to the memory of Don Félix Serdán Nájera, our leading brother.[1] Gathered in the Amatlán de Quetzalzoatl … Continue reading
Posted in Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Caracoles, Change, Chiapas, CNI, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Drug Cartels, Drug Trafficking, Education, EZLN, Freedom, Galeano, Guerrero, Impunity, Injustice, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Masked Politics in Mexico
In the recent protests in Mexico over the Ayotzinapa[1] case, a minority of ‘encapuchados’ (people with bandannas covering their faces) have been involved in small ‘disturbances’ (including an arson attack on the door of the National Palace and some minor … Continue reading
Posted in Aguirre, Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomía, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Democracy, dignity, EZLN, Iguala, Mass Protests, Social Activism, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged #AyotzinapaSomosTodos, Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Change, Chiapas, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Exploitation, EZLN, Fascism, Freedom, Government, Guerrero, Iguala, Impunity, Mexico, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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MEXICO: Levels of Dignified Rage
Hundreds of thousands of people have marched through the streets of Mexico on numerous occasions since the disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher training college towards the end of September in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.[1] The initial cries were for … Continue reading
Posted in Aguirre, Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Democracy, Murder
Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Change, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Drug Cartels, EZLN, Fascism, Free Nestora, Freedom, Government, Guerrero, Impunity, Independence, Injustice, Media, Mexico, Mexico City, Michoacán, Murder
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22nd October March for Ayotzinapa in Mexico City
Thousands of people marched. Thousands chanted. And thousands made their indignation very clear. Students in particular came out in massive numbers to show their solidarity with the students who went missing in Ayotzinapa last month. The vast majority of protesters … Continue reading
Posted in Aguirre, Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Iguala, politics, PRD, PRI
Tagged Aguirre, Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Change, Chiapas, Drug Cartels, EZLN, Guerrero, Iguala, Mexico, PRD, PRI, Teachers
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The Political Murders of Ayotzinapa & the October 8th Solidarity March in Mexico City
Last weekend, 28 charred bodies were found in Iguala, Guerrero, in what was another in a long line of mass murders in Mexico since the drugs trade became more prominent in the 1990s. This time, however, the BBC reported that … Continue reading
Posted in #AyotzinapaNoSeOlvida, #JusticiaParaAyotzinapa, #TodosSomosAyotzinapa, #TodxsSomxsAyotzinapa, Ayotzinapa, Drug Cartels, Education, Free Nestora, Guerrero, Iguala, Mireles, Nestora Salgado, Normalistas, PAN, PRD, PRI, Teachers
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Resistance Is Fertile 