Indigenous

Dismantling Power: The Zapatista Indigenous Presidential Candidate’s Vision to Transform Mexico from Below

July 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Benjamin Dangl/Toward Freeedom The Zapatistas and National Indigenous Congress (CNI) held an assembly in May in which they chose María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, a [...]

A Zapatista Communique: May the Earth Tremble at its Core

October 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Among Indigenous Peoples a Third Gender

July 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Doug George-Kanentiio/Indianz For many generations western societies have had a difficult time with the issue of proper gender roles. Christian beliefs have neatly [...]

A Poem for the Indigenous Lumad of the Philippines

September 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Michelle Ortuoste-Rollenas/Guest As part of the GABRIELA Exposure Program last fall, I visited ALCADEV (Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood [...]

Seeking Justice for the Indigenous Lumad in The Philippines

September 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Reyna Ramolete Hayashi HUSTISYA for our three beautiful kasamas, murdered, whom I was humbled & blessed to stay with and learn from in Han-ayan, Surigao Del Sur, [...]

Repression in the Philippines: A Portrait of Two Lumad Mothers

September 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Janess Ann J. Ellao/Bulatlat TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Philippines – They share the same name. They share practically the same struggle. Among some 3,000 Lumads [...]

Tragedy in the Philippines – Indigenous Lumad Activists Murdered by the State

September 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Michelle Ortuoste-Rollenas/Guest Today, on September 4th, protests will be held outside of the Philippine embassy and various Philippine consulates in the U.S to demand [...]