The Autonomy That Women Built (and continue building)
“We indigenous women are fighting, and we recognize ourselves as being violated by this patriarchal system, but we also have a voice and we are also organizing ourselves.”
“We indigenous women are fighting, and we recognize ourselves as being violated by this patriarchal system, but we also have a voice and we are also organizing ourselves.”
Claims by López Obrador that Mexico does not produce fentanyl are wearing thin as the DEA asserts that it is mass produced in the country. The agency has also released information on the size and scale of the operations of the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels.
On this point there is no way to make a mistake: one thinks from and with the oppressed peoples or one embraces the logic of power and the damned balance of forces. Something dreadful is happening before us: all facets of life are being approached as if it were a soccer match. It hurts those of us who enjoy that sport. But it hurts even more for those of us who still believe that it is worth playing for the human beings of this world, regardless of where they live.
The CNI is a network of networks that articulates communities with women’s representation and national and regional women’s solidarity networks. In a context of extractivism, internal colonialism and patriarchal violence, the work of women in the tasks of organization and representation of communities is central in the articulation of the CNI described as anti-capitalist “from below, to the left and with the land” (Escobar, 2016).
Ayotzinapa touches on structural aspects of the functioning of the Mexican State. Reaching the truth of the forced disappearance of the 43 is a lever for profound change. Knowing the whereabouts of the normalistas implies that this control of lies does not have to be the curse of our society.