Magdalena Gomez points out there is a great task ahead for our societies, an urgent and pending agenda — both recognizing and correcting a lack of consciousness, conviction and commitment to strengthen support for indigenous peoples.
October 12: the choice for dignity and life READ MORE »
On October 12, 1492, a new history began to be written: the History of Indigenous Dignity. The strength and determination of the native peoples, cultivated for more than 531 years, acquires new meanings today: the anti-colonial resistance of the first ones, the defense of their territories and ways of inhabiting the world, are a source of knowledge and inspiration in the struggle against predatory and ecocidal capitalism.
“531 years after the beginning of the resistance and rebellion of our peoples against the war of capitalist invasion and conquest, and in the context of the 27 years since the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) was founded as the space for struggle and unity of the original peoples of Mexico, WE CALL the peoples of Mexico and the world to redouble our resistance against the death that today more than ever is imposed on us by patriarchal capitalism on a planetary scale…”
A CALL TO ACTION: OCTOBER 12, DAY OF RESISTANCE AND INDIGENOUS DIGNITY READ MORE »
Water is Life!
More than 800 indigenous participants from around Mexico gathered last weekend to coordinate their struggles against the war of extermination and dispossession being waged from the highest levels. They call on all of us to rally our forces in coordinated actions in defense of water and life and against and in solidarity with the Zapatistas and all Peoples in Struggle. See action dates for a preview….
“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.”
The Autonomy That Women Built (and continue building) READ MORE »
