”It is not pessimism or fatalism, but realism, which leads us to say that the catastrophe/collapse is imminent and that it is not worth entertaining or distracting ourselves with electoral participation or with deals with the system. The urgency is to put ourselves out of the storm, as peoples and collectives, not individually. To do this, it is essential to build ways of life anchored in autonomy to provide ourselves with the health and food we need, because the system will only bring destruction and violence.” (Raúl Zibechi)

The author highlights the everyday acts of resistance and the construction of life and dignity by indigenous women, for the occasion of International Women’s Day, September 5th.

This weekend we are honored to be able to support the VI Assembly of the Movement of Women for the Defense of Mother Earth and Our Territories, on the coast of Chiapas.

“The Zapatista communities have not only given political and moral accompaniment to the struggles for the disappeared in the country but, true to their custom, have launched national initiatives to build alternatives for justice, peace and democracy.”

Over the decades of their struggle, the “little light” of the Zapatistas embraces those who are absent, and reminds those looking for loved ones that they are not alone.