Torture, Tears, and Desperation in Mexico’s Migrant Jails
Lizzi was detained for 45 days, during which time she says she suffered physical and psychological torture. "The treatment we received the entire time was disgraceful.”
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
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."
Ten Years After the Repression: When Oaxaca’s Gold and Silver was Handed to Canada’s Fortuna Mines
On May 6, 2009, 3,500 Federal and State Police descended upon the Valley of Ocotlán, Oaxaca, and occupied the territory of the municipality of San José del Progreso, handing over the gold and silver to the Canadian mining company Fortuna Silver Mines.
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.
Samir Didn’t Die! He Multiplied!
Samir lives on and the struggle goes on!
Nationwide Strike Targets U.S. Prisons
Nationwide strike calls for end to prison slavery and inhumane conditions
Boycott Driscoll’s! Global Action on September 29, 2018
The National Democratic Independent Farm Workers Union (SINDJA) is calling upon all sister organizations to participate in the International Global Action against the transnational corporation Driscoll’s — one of the most exploitive agricultural companies in the San Quintín Valley, Baja…
Cherán Names its Third Council of Elders to Their Communal Government
On Sunday May 27, 2018, the indigenous Purépecha municipality of Cherán, Michoacán, named its Third Council of Elders (Consejo Mayor, Consejo de Keris) to their communal government.