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.
Women’s Movement in Defense of Mother Earth and Territory seeks a way to join efforts with other movements in the country and the world in defense of nature, the environment, peasants, indigenous peoples, and women who are the most affected by the violence of the capitalist system. The movement, driven by the strength and determination of indigenous and peasant women, has sought, since its inception, to transcend individual and local processes, heading towards the regional construction of the Movement to fight against all forms of violence against women and their families generated by the neo-liberal, patriarchal and neo-extractivist capitalist system — from the increase in poverty, migration and drug trafficking, to the dispossession of land by other groups, organized crime, or even sometimes by their own family members.
Magdalena Gomez marks the anniversary of the signing of the Accords of San Andrés, commemorating the continuity of the indigenous struggles in their challenge to the idea of what is possible.
“…they take up the Zapatista thought of achieving the impossible, because too much has already been said about the possible.”
Marking the 12th year since the passing of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, the Pueblo Creyente, or People of Faith make the pilgrimage through the streets of San Cristóbal. Their communiqué speaks out against the many violences and injustices in their territories, and calls upon the Believing People to continue weaving together.
This article from The Guardian newspaper by Oscar López looks at the phenomenon of indigenous rap in Mexico and how it is reigniting an interest and pride in young people concerning their ancestry, culture and language.
