As the project nears a shoddy and slapdash completion, Gloría Muñoz Ramirez interviews land defender Sara López about the devastation that the Tren Maya has wrought upon communities and nature.
“Thinking about the State based on what the State has been doing in recent years is much more useful than going back to theories that are often based on other abstract theories that do not interact with reality…” Raul Zibechi reflects on our reliance on the State to “solve our most urgent problems.”
Considering the State from the Resistances from Below READ MORE »
While human rights organizations denounce the increase in aggressions against territorial defenders in the context of the construction of the Interoceanic Corridor in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the last year and a half, in that same period there has been an intensification of activities and meetings promoted by Mexican authorities together with businessmen and political leaders from Europe, the United States and Asia, to promote what they consider the “benefits” of said corridor and its more than ten industrial parks.
Isthmus of Tehuantepec for Sale by the Mexican Government READ MORE »
In Ostula, the Nahua defend their ancestral territory and autonomy against a marriage of extractivism, organized crime, and State impunity, a pattern of violence against indigenous peoples that recurs from Sonora to Michoacan, and on to Chiapas.
Raúl Romero shares some history.
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Santa María Ostula is a paradise that organized crime wants to turn into hell. The Nahua community in Michoacán, zealous defender of their lands and natural resources, is being savagely attacked by the drug traffickers.
In the state of Michoacan, indigenous Nahua defend their land and autonomy from incessant attacks by organized crime. Last week was the latest incident in decades of violence against them.
Santa María Ostula, unrelenting assault READ MORE »
