Rebellion, Autonomy, and Communal Self-Government in the Indigenous Municipality of Cherán, Michoacán
"The community government in Cherán is a reclamation of the wisdom of our peoples, but also coupled with the realities that we live today."
“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.
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."
Life, Respect and Word: Chronicle of the Second Zapatista Gathering of Women Who Struggle
"Here we were free for a few days. Here we were exactly the women that we are."
Four years without justice “in this country that is no longer ours”
Four years ago, they insidiously took your life. Are our words any use in the face of their bullets?
Torture, Tears, and Desperation in Mexico’s Migrant Jails
Lizzi was detained for 45 days, during which time she says she suffered physical and psychological torture. "The treatment we received the entire time was disgraceful.”
Call for the Global Campaign: The Isthmus is Ours
We are initiating the rebuilding of a broad and diverse movement and an intense global campaign called "The Isthmus Is Ours."
Ten Years After the Repression: When Oaxaca’s Gold and Silver was Handed to Canada’s Fortuna Mines
On May 6, 2009, 3,500 Federal and State Police descended upon the Valley of Ocotlán, Oaxaca, and occupied the territory of the municipality of San José del Progreso, handing over the gold and silver to the Canadian mining company Fortuna Silver Mines.
The Neoliberalism of Mexico’s New Government Continues to Dispossess and Kill
Two members of the National Indigenous Congress kidnapped and murdered by narco-paramilitaries who receive government backing.
Police Open Fire on Rural Students in Michoacán, One Seriously Injured
The escalation of violence against social protests is evident in the harassment and repression of teacher-training students in Michoacán, Aguascalientes, or wherever they are based.