“Some very recent events on our continent represent a twist in the militarization of common goods, either legally or de facto, at the hands of governments and their armed forces, or “irregular” armed actors who roam freely when states allow them.” Raúl Zibechi examines trends in Latin American militarization, and their common goal.
The International Tribunal on the Rights of Nature met in Valladolid, Yucatán this weekend for a hearing on the impacts of the Mayan Train – it holds the Mexican State responsible for the violation of individual and collective human rights, the rights of nature and the biocultural rights of the Mayan people, and demands immediate suspension of the project.
Tonalá, Pueblo Nuevo, Cooperativa El Paraíso 10, 11, 12, 13 of February, 2023 We address the women, peoples and organizations that struggle and organize for life. We, women of the Zoque region, North-Palenque, Coast and Highlands of Chiapas once again convene to give continuity to our General Assembly of women. We have invited more women and we have had a favorable response, now there are more of us who are convinced of organization, autonomy and the defense of Mother Earth and our territories. We have agreed to do it by listening, looking at each other and recognizing each other, with …
Last February 7th, 198 people in the municipality of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, had their homes destroyed for not joining the “social organization” of the mayor of Las Margaritas, Chiapas. Curiously, the attack was also apparently prompted by their refusal to leave the CIOAC-H an organization with a history of paramilitary activity since February 2014.
Raúl Zibechi calls on us to ask: What is the State that corresponds to this mafia capitalism, which destroys everything to accumulate more and more capital?
It is a State dedicated to war and to dispossession against those at the bottom.
