The San Quintín Rebellion
Two years earlier, a slogan had spread like a dust cloud: fair wages. There was already talk of a "crazy idea": they had to rise up.
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 Labor
Peace Police and Counterinsurgency in Salinas
Community organizers are collaborating with the Salinas Police Department to silence and distort anti-police sentiments within the community of Salinas.
Teachers violently removed from Mexico City Zócalo attract mass support
Schoolteachers demanding worker rights and free public education for everyone were violently removed from the Mexico City Zócalo on September 13 and are now regrouping.
The People of Watsonville 1 — Picking the Colonizers’ Vegetable
By David Bacon Watsonville, CA 11/19/10 The California coast, from Davenport south through Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Castroville, is brussels sprouts country. Most of this vegetable in north America comes from these fields, although a growing harvest now takes place…
Documentary about Oaxaca – “From the Edge of the Blade”
On June 14th 2006, when police forces attacked thousands of striking teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, the annual strike turned into a widespread popular rebellion, demanding the governors’ resignation. A broad social movement of teachers, social organizations, unions, students, activists, and…