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.”
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
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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.
Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca Resist Megaprojects
"The struggle isn’t for a piece of land, it is the struggle for the life of the native people who have every right to decide how they want to live."