by National Indigenous Congress and EZLN/Enlace Zapatista To the people of the world: To the free media: To the National and International Sixth: Convened for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the National Indigenous Congress and the living resistance of the originary peoples, nations, and tribes of […]
by Telesur As dissident Mexican teachers struggle to combat neolibral education reforms, and political violence continues unabated across the country, the question most frequently raised Friday by the storied Zapatistas movement in the southern state of Chiapas was this: Care to dance? Thousands converged on the Zapatista community of Oventic on Friday […]
by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés and Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano/Enlace Zapatista From the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, on the 22nd anniversary of the War Against Oblivion, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) has a message to all those struggling for a better world. Good evening, good day compañeras and […]
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 who attended the gathering came to learn about the Zapatistas, murals, art, and to remember the legacy of a teacher named […]
by Ed Vulliamy/The Guardian From student-poster staples to unsung heroes, here are our favourite boat-rockers, agitators and subverters of the status quo. Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara Not for nothing has the image of Che Guevara stayed a hallmark of revolution and every expression of democratic, radical dissent, in to […]
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 the car had driven the winding roads from the city of San Cristobal de las Casas to our destination – a small village […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School The originally scheduled lecture on drone warfare by Syracuse activist Ed Kinane for this evening’s class has been canceled. Instead, we will watch the film “A Place Called Chiapas.” The film will be screened at 7:00pm on Wednesday, May 6 at the Mohawk […]