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12 Women in Year 12 (in the Second Year of the War)

In the context of International Women's Day and 30 years after its writing, we highlight this piece on the contributions of Zapatista women to the movement that we have come to know today.
And while advancements have been made, a long road lies ahead, a road made by walking.
"Tomorrow, if there is one, will be with them (the Zapatista women) and, above all, thanks to them."
an-attack-on-us-all is the campaign to defend peace in Zapatista Chiapas, Mexico

March 8: It's Not Hatred, It's Remembrance, For Those Who Are Missing

March 8: It's Not Hatred, It's Remembrance, For Those Who Are Missing
120,000 women took to the streets of Mexico City on March 8th in the name of the disappeared, the victims of sexual violence and demanding an end to the patriarchal violence that ravages Mexico and the world.

The Storm and Our Alternatives

As we look at the struggles we must now wage against the capitalist war of dispossession, Raúl Zibechi reflects on whether we are willing to learn new ways.
The Storm and Our Alternatives

“The San Cristóbal de Las Casas-Palenque Superhighway is being Imposed through Harassment, Threats, and Manipulation”: MODEVITE

“The San Cristóbal de Las Casas-Palenque Superhighway is being Imposed through Harassment, Threats, and Manipulation”: MODEVITE
''MODEVITE denounces that the government is imposing this infrastructure project through harassment, conditioning the delivery of social programs like Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life), threatening to deploy the elite State Police unit known as the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force (FRIP), and various other forms of manipulation.''

Isthmus Coast State Attorney General's Office Files Criminal Complaint Against Poulette Celene Hernández

Human Rights Center denounces the criminalization of Defender Poulette Celene Hernández by the State Attorney General's Office.
Isthmus Coast State Attorney General's Office Files Criminal Complaint Against Poulette Celene Hernández

Forced Displacement and Criminalization of Members of the CNI in Jotolá

Forced Displacement and Criminalization of Members of the CNI in Jotolá
Call for international solidarity in support of CNI members facing further criminalization by the state following their violent displacement of 8 families from Jotolá.

Indigenous Victory in the Amazon

Raúl Zibechi on the implications of the recent Indigenous victory to prevent the privatization of three rivers in the region.
Indigenous Victory in the Amazon
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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