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What Happens Next?
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Despite the fact that recent reforms have been presented by the government as a radical transformation of the judicial system, serious reservations have been expressed as regards the protection of human rights. "On September 12th, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a statement expressing its concern about the approval of the judicial reform in terms of the impact it would have on the rights of access to justice and due process, as well as the rule of law, especially when it remains to encompass and transform other institutions in charge of administering justice where the first contacts to guarantee human rights occur."
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What Did We Learn From The Zapatista Tour? Another Europe Is Possible
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“The fruits of what has also been called Zapatista Tour begin to be seen after three years, as in Mayan times, in their own time...”
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Everardo Pérez, of Yretiemble shares some possible lessons, some seeds that were sown by the Zapatista Journey for Life in Unsubmissive Europe. Another beautiful reflection from the collectives of Slumil K'ajxemk'op... the final installment.
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Mayan Train, "a devastating monster in all aspects of life" : Sara López, del Consejo Regional Indígena y Popular de Xpujil
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As the project nears a shoddy and slapdash completion, Gloría Muñoz Ramirez interviews land defender Sara López about the devastation that the Tren Maya has wrought upon communities and nature.
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Staple Grains: Organizations, Production and Imports.
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Staple grain producers were the sector that lost out most with the introduction of NAFTA. Despite their efforts at organizing, successful in many respects, this productive sector of Mexican agriculture has been devastated over the years and continues to decline.
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The Devastating Role of Extractivism
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''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)
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Indigenous Women, an Example of Resistance
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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.
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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.
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