January 2014

Does Racism Help or Hurt White America? » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

In a recent interview, David Leonard argued that white people do not suffer from the structural violence that white supremacy creates. He contends: “As it relates to the [...]

January 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

From Fire to Autonomy: Zapatistas, 20 Years of Walking Slowly

Speaking in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, on a cold drizzly New Year\’s Eve, the Zapatista Comandante Hortensia addressed the crowd: \”Twenty-five or 30 years [...]

January 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

Recent analysis by archaeologists shows that the Olmec culture expanded as far as Guatemala

MEXICO CITY.- Recent analysis made to the 4th Offering of La Venta have allowed investigators to discover evidence suggesting that the ancient Olmec civilization, that [...]

January 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

In the hills of Michoacan, self-defense groups battle a Mexican drug cartel – The Washington Post

An audacious band of citizen militias battling a brutal drug cartel in the hills of central Mexico is becoming increasingly well-armed and coordinated in an attempt to end [...]

January 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

My Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later | Mother Jones

Growing up in a well-heeled suburban community, I absorbed our society\’s distaste for dissent long before I was old enough to grasp just what was being dismissed. My [...]

January 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Zapatista Communities Celebrate 20 Years of Self-Government

The Zapatistas are still running their own schools and hospitals, raising new generations, and carrying on a dialogue with the outside world that has enriched both sides. [...]

January 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

In Pictures: Mexico vigilantes battle cartels – In Pictures – Al Jazeera English

In Mexico, a country home to powerful drug cartels, groups of armed vigilantes known as \”fuerzas autodefensas\”, or self-defence groups, have formed in the past [...]

January 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

El Machete Illustrated

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January 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Acuña | Overlooked public intellectuals in the commotion of the Sixties | mexmigration: History and Politics of Mexican Immigration

During the sixties Los Angeles became a Mexican City, and not just because it was the third largest Mexican city after Mexico City and Guadalajara but because it was a media [...]

January 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Dangerous Militarization of Our Local Police Forces | Alternet

What a Christmas little Bastrop had! It\’s still a mystery how Santa Claus got it down the chimney, but Bastrop got a nifty present that most children could only dream [...]

January 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

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