On 8th anniversary Xayakalan inspires defense of land and life
"We want to tell the world that we’re resisting, come what may.”
Category Land Defense
Interventions by the United States in Mexico and Central America: The continuation of the war economy
The Northern Command (NORTHCOM) is responsible for the internal defense of the United States, and covers Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean.
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."
U.S. Army Operations to Advance in Mexico
With U.S. Military support, the Mexican and Guatemalan armed forces created a Task Force to carry out operations on the Mexico and Guatemala border.
Mesoamerican Caravan to Publish Collaborative Book on Land Defense
The book will feature insight into the strategies corporations use to impose projects, as well as the strategies communities use to defend their land.
State of Mexico Manifesto: The Burning Voice of Those Who Resist on the Periphery
Here, in the State of Mexico, all the factors that define the periphery come together. Our gender, our empty pockets, our scorched skin color are denied, spit upon and vilified.
Self Defense Against White Supremacy: Finding a path towards community-based self-determination
One of the greatest barriers to community-based self-defense has been a very powerful shift towards pacifism and non-violence as a primary means of political expression in Europe and the USA.
Police from 5 States Escalate Violence, Shoot Horses to Clear 1851 Treaty Camp
The Camp, a reclamation of unceded Dakota territory affirmed as part of the Standing Rock Reservation in the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851, was set up directly in the path of the pipeline.
Black Snake Destruction Report
The Dakota Access Pipeline Project is continuing work every single day at an accelerated speed. We need Water Protectors to come to Standing Rock and physically support this resistance now.
San Pedro Tlanixco: Who says all is lost?
A rally and march around the Santiaguito prison in Almoloya de Juarez closed out a series of Activities for the Freedom of the Defenders of the Water and Life of San Pedro Tlanixco.