Social activist wounded on December 1 inauguration of Peña dies
The activist and theater director Juan Francisco Kuykendall, who suffered a fractured skull during the protests against Peña Nieto’s inauguration, died.
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
41 Kilometers Crossing the Templar Stronghold
We advance towards Apatzingán on a path that in recent years -and days- has witnessed countless shootings, kidnappings, killings, burning of vehicles and all sorts of atrocities.
First Statement from the Self-Defense Group of Aquila, Michoacán
The self-defense phenomenon in Michoacán has great momentum, every day there are more people who decide to expel the criminals from their regions.
“With the imposition of gas station, they want to change our way of life”
"Today it starts with the gas station and then come the shopping malls. It’s a process of annihilation of the peoples."
Nahuas reject mine in Colima
Zacualpan, Colima has joined the growing number of farming and indigenous communities facing conflicts over mining.
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.
Community Ronda from Cherán, Michoacán Prevents Narco-Corrido Concert by “El Komander”
Narco-corridos have become extremely popular among Mexican youth who have been consistently desensitized to narco-violence and corruption within the Mexican state.
Five years in prison for activist who filmed October 2 march
Alejandro Bautista is an actor and comedian who in recent years has been strongly opposed to the Super Highway and the South Arch in Mexico City.
Violent eviction in Santa Cruz Huatulco
Those arrested were bound hand and foot with ropes and placed face-down on the dirt road. In all, 16 people were arrested and 60 wounded.