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Sowers of Dignity, Sustainers of Life

Spring gives way to summer. May turns to June. In Chiapas, the rains begin to arrive and the earth awakens once again. As feminist thinker Silvia Federici has argued, the work of sustaining life is the foundation of every society. In Chiapas, we see that truth every day. Before there can be a movement, there must be care. Before there can be resistance, there must be someone preparing food, teaching a child, healing a neighbor, tending a garden, organizing a gathering, or defending a territory. These acts rarely make headlines, yet they make everything else possible. This month, we dedicate […]

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Some Parts of the Whole: A Meeting of Resistance and Rebellion

From August 3 to 16, in the Semillero Comandanta Ramona, Morelia, Chiapas, the Zapatistas opened their world to a gathering unlike any before it —the Encuentro de Resistencia y Rebeldía:  “algunas partes del todo (some parts of the whole).” For two whole weeks, surrounded by colorful murals that breathe life into the semillero, and the breathtaking view of the cañada, the youth of Zapatista support base communities welcomed people from all corners of the world -representatives from 37 countries and from all over the Mexican territory. Looking into the cañada from the edge of the Encuentro, after a late afternoon

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Together We Face the Storm

To our compañerxs who seek out communication and solidarity with diverse communities and ways of being in a world fraught with division.

To all who defend life against destruction wrought by capitalism and its myriad systems of domination.

As the seasons remind us that yet another year is coming to a close, now is a time to reflect and fortify ourselves. While we might say that 2024 is one for the books (of insanity), it is just one more iteration in a system that cares not for trees, rivers, other-than human creatures or peoples. Whatever we may be feeling in this moment —despair, rage, a desire to flee, or a deep resolve to organize like never before — we are not alone.

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