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."
Category Patriarchy
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.
Women Confronting Feminicide: ‘We don’t want to live in fear’
Fed up with heightened violence, Mexican women joined in the mobilization against feminicide convoked from Argentina after the violent rape and murder of young Lucía Perez.
Yakiri: “I love life; that’s why I fought and that’s why I’m alive.”
Hundreds march in Mexico City to free Yakiri and support her right to self defense.
When a Woman Steps Forward
Documentary film about amazing Indigenous Female Hip Hop Artist from Oaxaca, packed with music videos and an amazing world view from a rarely heard perspective.
Anti-Mumia “abolitionist” Renny Cushing tries to clean up image in Mexico
For Renny Cushing: May the light and shadow of Mumia Abu-Jamal follow you all the days of your life.
Death in the Palace
By Lydia Cacho December 20, 2010 [Spanish original] Translated by Scott Campbell I received a message on Thursday: “It’s December 16, they murdered Marisela Escobedo. What do we do now, Lydia?” The shock was immense; I knew Marisela, an admirable…
Statement from Women in Resistance from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala
TO THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO AND THE WORLD TO ALL THE WOMEN OF THE GREAT TRIQUI NATION TO ALL THE COMPAÑERAS OF SOCIAL AND CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE BRAVE WOMEN OF OAXACA TO THE BROAD WOMEN’S MOVEMENT We are the…
The right to decide
Oaxaca, Oax. 15 Octubre ’09 By Zihuatl-Mujeres de Palabra On September 9, 2009 the State Congress of Oaxaca approved a reform in the State Constitution Article 12 to outlaw abortion, effectively violating the rights of women, their reproductive autonomy, and…
Indynewswire for October 3, 2008: Gender and Violence in Mexico
The indynewswire show airs weekly on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM, Friday mornings 10-12 noon, broadcasting news and opinion from independent media worldwide, focused on indymedia sites but also drawing from other websites. The October 3rd episode features discussion…