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The United States, Drug Trafficking and Its Continental War

The U.S. war on drugs, for decades a pretext for intervention in Latin America enters a new era.
The United States, Drug Trafficking and Its Continental War

Community resistance groups denounce co-optation and militarization of their territories at forum in Chiapas

Community resistance groups denounce co-optation and militarization of their territories at forum in Chiapas
Indigenous communities once again denounce the current and previous Morena administrations for their systematic erosion of rights.

“The Commons”: Zapatistas Launch a New Stage of Autonomy

With The Commons, the Zapatistas have entered a new stage of their autonomous project. At the meeting in Chiapas, the focus was on how collective learning, grassroots democracy, and international solidarity can renew the struggle.
“The Commons”: Zapatistas Launch a New Stage of Autonomy

Indigenous Women in Chiapas Challenge the Machismo of “Uses and Customs” Practices

Indigenous Women in Chiapas Challenge the Machismo of “Uses and Customs” Practices
Machismo and discrimination are some of the main problems faced by indigenous women, not only in their communities and municipalities, according to participants in the discussion entitled Indigenous Women, Voice, Struggle, and Resilience, organized by the Intercultural Network of Women Lawyers of Chiapas. Patricia Díaz López, one of the speakers, said that “the most difficult thing is to break stereotypes,” …

From Mexico to Gaza. Forced Disappearance: Crime of the State and Face of Global Capitalism

More than 134,000 disappeared in Mexico, as many in Gaza...the pattern of displacement and disappearance, the battle waged on life itself, is the outcome of a system that would turn us all into a number.
In the face of this, families and collectives build monuments to truth and memory. Their presence defies oblivion, their solidarity defends life.
From Mexico to Gaza. Forced Disappearance: Crime of the State and Face of Global Capitalism

Against the Gathering Storm, Autonomy is Reinventing itself

Against the Gathering Storm, Autonomy is Reinventing itself
''This summer, while witnessing the umpteenth offensive on Gaza, Trump's warmongering, and European indifference, hundreds of activists from around the world and more than 3,000 Zapatistas gathered at the "Encounter of Resistances and Rebellions: Some Parts of the Whole." A small Catalan delegation, organized through "Batec Zapatista," attended the meeting where, in addition to sharing action strategies in the face of new threats, we witnessed the capacity for reinvention that Zapatista autonomy continues to demonstrate.''
Schools for Chiapas is an international solidarity organization supporting autonomy in communities in resistance in Chiapas, Mexico. Our work depends on support from people of conscience everywhere.
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