The Field and the Forest in Sembrando Vida
Contrary to its stated objectives, Sembrando Vida tries to supplant campesino knowledge and organization in a bid to undermine autonomy.
Contrary to its stated objectives, Sembrando Vida tries to supplant campesino knowledge and organization in a bid to undermine autonomy.
López y Rivas retraces the paramilitarization before Acteal to ask of the 4T, “Is another State crime being prepared?”
Raul Zibechi reminds us that the #GiraZapatista has long-standing precedent in Zapatista history. It’s time to connect our resistances globally through a politics from below and on the left.
“Deforestation, loss of biodiversity, clientelism and corruption are just some of the consequences of the implementation of Sembrando Vida, the federal government’s most ambitious environmental program, which seeks to reforest a million hectares of deteriorated lands throughout Mexico.”
We call on national and international solidarity to sign this urgent action available at www.frayba.org.mx and write to the Mexican authorities to commit to implement security measures for the exercise of the right to defend human rights.