March 8, 2019 ~ International Women’s Day Today, indigenous Zapatista women throughout the highlands of Chiapas are selecting the fattest grains of corn from last year’s harvest for this year’s planting. Their strong hands skillfully shuck the seed from the mazorca.“These seeds, you see here, look. These go in the big basket,” she says, indicating […]
Español abajo Problem: Many springs and wells that provide water to rural indigenous communities throughout Chiapas, Mexico are drying up; this situation is creating an immediate crisis. The long-term prognosis for water systems in rural Chiapas looks worse. Research position and objectives: Schools for Chiapas seeks an experienced researcher to carry out a detailed literature […]
We say YES! To Zapatista walls of love and education ~ NO! to Trump’s walls of hate and ignorance! SEVEN “SCHOOLS FOR CHIAPAS” NEW YEARS’ RESOLUTIONS FOR 2019 Dec. 30, 2018 Dear friends, Schools for Chiapas has made seven New Year’s resolutions for 2019 and we invite you to help us make them realities! We […]
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As are neoliberal extraction projects everywhere....displacing indigenous communities, destroying the forests and warming the planet. #TrenMaya #PIM #LuchaCampesina
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Raúl Benet, biólologo en UNAM, detalle la contaminación del agua, la deforestación disminución de la población de polinizadoras y la destrucción del tejido social ya creado por el Tren Maya. https://t.co/9eJRcqhAWX
Completamente de acuerdo https://t.co/oz1lrmNIPf
