Zapatista Creative Resistance Shines a Light on Path to Freedom
by Telesur As dissident Mexican teachers struggle to combat neolibral education reforms, and political violence continues unabated across the country, the question most [...]
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From Chiapas to Rojava – More Than Just Coincidences
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
