Tag Archives: Organised Crime
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
Posted in Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, capitalismo, Climate Change, Democracy, dignidad, dignity, Education, Enrique Peña Nieto, Environment, Exploitation, EZLN, Imperialism, Impunity, independence, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Latin America, Latinoamérica, Libertarian Communism, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Policías Comunitarias, politics, PRI, rebellion, revolution, Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona, Sixth Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle, socialism, socialismo, The Media, transport, transporte, War, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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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MEXICO: National Committee for the Liberation of Dr Mireles, Nestora Salgado, etc.
In a communique released on July 1st, 2014, the Mexican Party of Socialist Workers (POS) called for the formation of a “National Committee for the Liberation of Dr Mireles, Nestora Salgado, and all of the imprisoned members of community police … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, CNTE, Democracy, dignity, Environment, Exploitation, EZLN, Imperialism, Impunity, Injustice, justice, Latin America, Libertarian Communism, Murder, Neoliberalism, Nestora Salgado, Oppression, política, Policías Comunitarias, politics, rebellion, revolution, Teachers, The Media, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Autodefensas, Guerrero, Libertarian Communism, Mexico, Michoacán, Mireles, Nestora Salgado, Organised Crime, Policías Comunitarias, POS
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The Farewell Ceremony of Subcomandante Marcos
The reappearance and public farewell of Subcomandante Marcos marks the end of an era in the Zapatista struggle. For slightly over twenty years, his personality has been the central actor on the public stage in Mexico. Both loved and hated, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Autodefensas, Bad Government, Chiapas, Citizen Participation, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Delegate Zero, EZLN, Government Complicity, Guerrero, La Realidad, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Michoacán, Murder, Nestora Salgado, Organised Crime, People Power, Policías Comunitarias, Popular Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution, Self-Defence Forces, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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MEXICO: Nestora Salgado’s Unjust Captivity
With all the recent talk in Mexico about Michoacán’s self-defence groups (Autodefensas), it would be easy to forget that citizen self-defence forces have existed for a while now. For example, the Community Police (PC) in Guerrero came into being around … Continue reading
MEXICO: Capture of “El Chapo” Changes Very Little
Having escaped from prison in 2001, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was captured on Saturday in Mazatlán, Mexico by a joint Mexican-US operation. By using “bribes, safe houses and an army of cartel helpers”, the most important drug lord in Mexico … Continue reading
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Tagged Autodefensas, Drug Trafficking, El Chapo, Jalisco, Joaquín Guzmán, Mexico, Michoacán, Organised Crime, Peña Nieto, Sinaloa Cartel
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MEXICO: The Right of Citizens to Arm Themselves
Community police forces and Autodefensas (self-defence forces) have appeared in eleven Mexican states, in what has been not only an important national event but also an international event. Not every day do people decide to arm themselves. Much less do … Continue reading
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Tagged army abuses, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Bourgeois Democracy, Community Police Forces, Corruption, Guerrero, Independence, Mexico, Michoacán, Organised Crime, PAN, PRD, PRI, Self-Defence
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MEXICO: Autodefensas Sign Agreement with Government
The government has announced an agreement with the Autodefensas in Michoacán to establish their legality. However, it was careful to call their existence ‘temporary’. One of the conditions of the agreement is that a list of the names of Autodefensa … Continue reading
Posted in Autodefensas, Autonomy, dignity, independence, justice, Latin America, Mexico, politics, Uncategorized, Zapatistas
Tagged Autodefensas, Drug Cartels, Mexico, Michoacán, Organised Crime, People Power, Self-Defence
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Resistance Is Fertile 