Otomí Community Maintains Takeover of Government Institution in Mexico City
Despite lack of government response, Otomí Community carries on resistance at INPI.
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
Category Indigenous
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."
Neoliberalism is a system of power and money.
Neoliberalism is a system of political economy. A system of political economy is a system of government and a system of economics working together.
African Migrants Assembly Created in Chiapas
Assembly urges Mexican authorities to assist migrant communities in matters of food, health, hygiene and housing.
On the Coast of Oaxaca, Afro and Indigenous Tribes Fight for Water Autonomy
In southern Mexico, a multi-ethnic network of towns has halted the construction of a mega-dam. Now they are organizing to manage their own natural resources and revitalize their culture as native water protectors.
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."
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.