Category Archives: Chiapas

Infinite Dispossession: David Harvey’s View of Mexico

Posted on 28/05/2015 by Ed Sykes

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 →

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Inhabitants of Los Llanos Obtain Investigation into Effects of Motorway

Posted on 21/04/2015 by Ed Sykes

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 →

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Between the Light and Shade: the Last Words of ‘Subcomandante Marcos’

Posted on 25/05/2014 by Ed Sykes

This morning, at the end of the homage to comrade Galeano, over three thousand Zapatista support bases and militants, along with around a thousand adherents of the Sixth, listened to the “last public words” of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos of the … Continue reading →

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