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MEXICO: Indigenous People of Chiapas Oppose Megaprojects
Communique from September 1st, 2014 To the people of Mexico and the world, To the national and international press, To national and international civil society groups, To human rights organisations, To adherents of the Sixth Declaration, To social organisations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Chiapas, Colonialism, Communism, Counterinsurgency, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Education, Exploitation, EZLN, Freedom, Globalisation, Government, Imperialism, Impunity, Independence, Injustice, Justice, Latin America, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Media, Mexico, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, PAN, Peña Nieto, Politics, Poverty, PRD, PRI, Proletariat, Rebellion, Repression, Resistance, Revolution, Self-Defence, Self-Government, Socialism, Solidarity, State, Uprising, Violence, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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MEXICO: Six Reasons Why Indigenous Communities Are Opposed to the San Cristóbal-Palenque Motorway
July 31st, 2014 In Chiapas, Mexico, there are plans to build a motorway between San Cristóbal de Las Casas and Palenque – two of the most important tourist sites in the state. The Department of Infrastructure and Communications in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Catholic Church, Change, Chiapas, Colonialism, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Democracy, Dignity, Exploitation, EZLN, Freedom, Globalisation, Government, Imperialism, Impunity, Independence, Injustice, Justice, Latin America, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Organised Crime, PAN, Peña Nieto, Politics, Poverty, PRD, PRI, Proletariat, Protests, Rebellion, Repression, Resistance, Revolución, Revolution, Self-Defence, Self-Government, Solidarity, State, Violence, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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The Criminalisation of Autonomous Social Activism
The high security prisons of Mexico are now home to those who demand justice, defend their territory against large neoliberal business projects, and organise their own security in the face of violent organised crime. In Nayarit, for example, Comandanta Nestora … Continue reading
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Tagged Autodefensas, Capitalism, Community Police Forces, Enrique Peña Nieto, Free Nestora, Human Rights Abuses, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, La Jornada, Mexico, Oppression, Osorio Chong, PRI, Social Activism, www.desinformemonos.org
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BRAZIL: Football and Capitalism
We have all seen the massive street protests that have erupted throughout Brazil in the run up to the 2014 World Cup. Protesters have criticised the excessive spending on the competition and the corruption involved – all amidst government austerity … Continue reading
Posted in Assassination, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, dignity, Exploitation, Imperialism, Impunity, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Latin America, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, rebellion
Tagged Bad Government, Brazil, Capitalism, Corruption, Death, Exploitation, FIFA, Football, Oppression, Protests, Qatar, Repression, Sepp Blatter, World Cup
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The “Gaps”, the Galeanos, and the Dignified Rage
Since the indigenous peasant uprising of the EZLN (Zapatista Army of National Liberation) in 1994, the Mexican Ministry of National Defence (Sedena) and its main ideologue, partner, and sponsor – the Department of Defense of the USA – have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggression, Anarchism, Army, Bourgeois Democracy, Chiapas, Clearance, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Displacement, Dispossession, EZLN, Impunity, Injustice, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Military, Oppression, Paramilitary, Politics, Revolution, Territory, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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UK: Chartism and a Sense of Working Class History
We are probably all aware of the horrific conditions which our ancestors worked under, and of the way in which they were exploited and oppressed so that the wealth of the ruling class of our country could grow. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Assassination, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Conservative Party, Democracy, dignity, Europe, Exploitation, Impunity, independence, Injustice, justice, Labour Party, Libertarian Communism, Murder, Neoliberalism, Oppression, politics, rebellion, revolution, socialism, UK, War
Tagged Bourgeois Democracy, Bourgeoisie, Capitalism, Change, Chartism, Chartists, England, Exploitation, Great Britain, History, House of Commons, Injustice, Ireland, Justice, Left Unity, Oppression, Parliament, Peace, People's Charter, Petitions, Politics, Progress, Proletariat, Protests, Rebellion, Revolution, Riots, Ruling Class, Scotland, Socialism, UK, United Kingdom, Uprising, Wales, Workers, Working Class Struggle
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Bishop Vera on the EZLN: “Their Proposal Is Peace”
One of the latest representatives of the ‘progressive’ current of the Catholic Church, Raúl Vera López is the bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, and was involved in the peace process after the Zapatista Uprising of 1994. Reflecting on the twentieth anniversary … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Catholic Church, Chiapas, Dirty War, Drug Trafficking, Economics, EZLN, Human Rights, Impunity, Indigenous Rights, Injustice, Justice, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Paramilitaries, Peace, Peace Process, Politics, PRI, Proceso, Raúl Vera López, Repression, Samuel Ruiz García, State, Zapatista Uprising, Zapatistas
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War: Who is it Good for?
After being charged taxes for working on their land by feudal lords, many European workers then came under the yoke of capitalists, forced to accept undignified and unsafe working conditions in factories and inadequate pay for the work they did. … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, dignity, Imperialism, International Relations, justice, politics, rebellion, revolution, socialism, Uncategorized
Tagged Battles, Bourgeois Democracy, Bourgeoisie, Capitalism, Capitalist Exploiters, Colonialism, Conflict, Exploitation, First World War, Government, Imperialism, Injustice, Oppression, Politics, Proletariat, Rebellion, Repression, Revolution, Ruling Class, Russian Revolution, Socialism, State, Upper Class, Uprising, War, Working Class, World War One, WWI
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MEXICO: San Andrés and the Unresolved Dialogue
If the San Andrés Accords at any point reflected the Mexican government’s decision to allow and contribute to the construction of indigenous autonomy, it certainly didn’t transform into reality. Instead, the pathways of dialogue became narrower and narrower. These negotiations … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomy, capitalism, dignity, Imperialism, independence, justice, Latin America, México, Mexico, politics, rebellion, revolution, socialism, Uncategorized, Zapatistas
Tagged Autonomy, bureaucracy, Capitalism, Change, Chiapas, COCOPA, community-building, CONAI, Democracy, dialogue, EZLN, illegitimate, Independence, indigenous, Injustice, Justice, libertarian socialism, Mexico, negotiations, Oppression, PRI, Rebellion, Revolution, Sak´am Ch´en of the Poor, Samuel Ruiz, San Andrés Accords, San Andrés Larráinzar, the People, the State, Tsotsil, Uprising, Violence, Zapatistas
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Resistance Is Fertile 