Chiapas

Our Word is Our Weapon – The Zapatista Revolution: Lecture Series in Utica Kicks Off with Talk on Zapatistas

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

by The Other Side / Events UTICA – As part of “The Big Conversation” lecture series, a lecture and workshop on the Zapatista Revolution will be held at The Other [...]

Zapatista Creative Resistance Shines a Light on Path to Freedom

July 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Telesur As dissident Mexican teachers struggle to combat neolibral education reforms, and political violence continues unabated across the country, the question most [...]

From Chiapas to Rojava – More Than Just Coincidences

February 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

by CIC/Guest The largely unknown until recently Kurdish city of Kobane managed to attract the attention of the world with its fierce resistance[i] against the invasion of the [...]

“What Do You Hope to Change?” – Travels Through Mexico and Cuba – Part V – The Silence of Palenque

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage “It is the word which is the bridge to cross to the other. Silence is what the powerful offer our pain in order to make us [...]

Galeano Lives! Painting a Zapatista Teacher and Painting a People’s History of Utica

September 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Mexican Independence Day was celebrated at the Mohawk Valley Freedom School on September 16th by a small but spirited group. Those [...]

MVFS Movie Screening: Galeano Vive! Painting a Zapatista Teacher – 9/16

September 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Mohawk Valley Freedom School PRESS RELEASE – To celebrate Mexican Independence Day, the freedom school has organized a local showing of the new short teaching video [...]

“What do you hope to change?” – Travels Through Mexico and Cuba – Part II – Leaving the Heart of the Beast

August 27, 2015 // 2 Comments

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage I’ve been asked by a number of people why I traveled to Mexico and Cuba, or to put it in their exact language: “Why the hell did [...]

“What Do You Hope to Change?” – Travels Through Mexico and Cuba

August 16, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage The taxi rolled to a sudden and unexpected stop. The driver turned around. “Estamos aqui. Oventic.” For the last hour [...]

A Place Called Chiapas – Film Screening at the MV Freedom School – April 15

April 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

by MV Freedom School During the last Freedom School class there was a lively discussion about the indigenous Mayan Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico. The originally [...]

From Chiapas to Rojava: Seas Divide Us, Autonomy Binds Us

February 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Petar Stanchev/Kurdish Question Despite being continents apart, the struggles of the Kurds and Zapatistas share a similar purpose: to resist capitalism, liberate women and [...]