Nautical charts for tempestuous times. There is no doubt that the words shared at the International Meeting “Global corporate capitalism, planetary patriarchy, autonomies in rebellion”, which took place at the Caracol Jacinto Canek, in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, on May 6 and 7, are just that. These are some essential reflections that help us navigate the troubled times we live in.
The Caravan El Sur Resiste on its fifth day of travel arrived in Colonia El Bosque, Tabasco, a community located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Grijalva River. El Bosque is one of many communities around the world at risk of disappearing underwater due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. In Mexico, it is one of the first communities identified as displaced by this phenomenon.
“They want to take over our decisions, our resources, they are taking over the family, the water, the air. Everything we need to live, they want to take control. In parts where there is no organization they have succeeded, in other places, like here, we have managed to resist.”
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Published in December of 2022, the CNI makes its second call to members of the national and international resistances to convene in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas to build the resistance and alternatives to the cult of death that is destroying our communities and our planet.
