Feminists occupy CNDH in Mexico
CNDH in Mexico City occupied to demand justice for feminicides and macho violence; takeovers multiply throughout country.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: The Calling Cards of Fascist Paramilitarism
The federal government is actively condoning and encouraging heavily armed fascist paramilitaries to carry out extrajudicial executions against civilians who are publicly demonstrating against the extrajudicial executions being carried out by the police.
“They are Literally Killing Us” – Call for a National Caravan for a Dignified Life for Indigenous Peoples
We are communities that are fed up with the hunger, we’re fed up with the injustice, we’re fed up with the poverty, and we demand solutions.
Magdalena Ocotlán: From Hope to Resistance
The inhabitants of this small town in southern Mexico have been denouncing the environmental effects of one of Oaxaca's largest mining projects for years.
On Paramilitarism, Disappearances, Fascism, and Civil War
It is critically important to establish informed parameters through which we as a people can distinguish, analyze, and organize around what is, and what is not paramilitarism, disappearance, fascism, and civil war.
The Racist and Imperialist History of the Police
The great problem with the police is not the supposed "bad apples," rather, it is that the police exist as an institution to maintain a political and economic order that is profoundly racist and unequal.
Unpacking the Chicago race war during the George Floyd protests
The facts are that between May 30, 2020–June 3, 2020, Chicago had not seen a single hour without protests, shootings, lootings, or fires; the soundtrack to the city consisted of 24/7 sirens, helicopters and gunshots.
A worldwide uprising condemns the police murder of George Floyd
In this number of El Enemigo Común, we offer some commentaries on the rebellions in the world against the police murder of George Floyd and a list of gains made during the first 20 days of struggle.
Indigenous Nahua Community Removes Politician, Forms Self-Government to Defend its River
“We’re tired of the parties and politicians. We believed in them, but we realized in time that we were voting for our own destruction."