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The Journeys of la Montaña. Art, politics and the symbolism of the Zapatista struggle.

Resistance and rebellious movements in Mexico have always been accompanied by an important visual production and the Zapatista movement is a paradigmatic case. From the beginning, the Zapatistas communicated with the world with the written word, but in a deeper and more significant way, with the “art that cannot be seen, nor heard,

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Cracks of Light: Zapatismo and Palestinian Resistance as Inspiration for Social Movements

”The Zapatista and Palestinian struggle have very significant echoes of common resistance. The first of them is the importance and centrality of land for both movements, the second is dispossession as a shared form of oppression and finally, a third echo is the importance of memory and history to imagine other futures.”

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Supporting Peace in Chiapas. Stories from La Realidad and Acteal of Brigade Volunteers

An account of the work of the Civil Observer Brigades in Chiapas.
”With 29 years behind them, the Civil Observation Brigades (BriCOs), organized by the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights (FrayBa), play a fundamental role in stopping the military and paramilitary violence imposed by the State in the territory. With this initiative, since 1995, thousands of people from all over the world – mainly from Europe – have participated in this mechanism to counterbalance the violence exercised against people; the brigade members break the siege of misinformation, document first-hand and deter attacks.”

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