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Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free part 2

In this clip, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno shares with us words of hope upon recently being release from prison. He was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongfully accused for the murder of Bradley Will, Indymedia journalist, who was documenting...

Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free

In this clip, a community member shares with us some words while waiting for the release of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Juan Manuel was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongly accused for the assassination of Bradley Will, Indymedia reporter...

Honoring the life of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes during Day of the Dead

La lucha sigue three years after the assassination of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes-husband and father of four-who was assassinated on August 22, 2006 by paramilitary troops under the orders of...

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Reflections

Looking Back to Move Ahead

I was asked to write a piece about people of color organizing to attend the 2009 SOA Watch vigil and about our plans for 2010. I believe everything happens for a reason. I am writing this from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.
By: 
Simon Sedillo from El Enemigo Comun

I was asked to write a piece about people of color organizing to attend the 2009 SOA Watch vigil and about our plans for 2010. I believe everything happens for a reason.

Breaking the silence

Breaking the Silence was the name of the campaign against femicide in Juarez and Oaxaca. Events were celebrated the 5th and 6th or March in commemoration with International Women’s Day celebrated every year on March 8th.
By: 
andrea

Breaking the Silence was the name of the campaign against femicide in
Juarez and Oaxaca.  Events were celebrated the 5th and 6th or March in

"The key that you got don't fit that lock no mo'": Alternative Technologies in Oaxaca

A reflection on appropriate technology, sustainability, and self-determination.
By: 
Leanne

The weekend before last there was a forum on appropriate technology in the city center of Oaxaca.

Cuban Agriculture Goes Local

A look at Cuban food issues and agriculture policy.
By: 
Leanne

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Photo Essay: Autonomy in the Sierra Juarez

A forum in Sierra Juarez on autonomy, food security, and the US backed Mexico Indigena mapping project.
By: 
Mandy Skinner

 

Welcome to the 8th Forum on "Globalization and the Natural Beings of the Sierra Juarez" and the 3rd Festival of Corn.  February 21-22, 2009 in the community of Lachixila (northeast Oaxaca, in the mountains of the Sierra Norte, or Sierra Juarez)  - organized by UNOSJO, Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca.

Migrant women in Mexico

A young Honduran woman visits a health clinic anticipating the dangers inherent in immigration.

By Juliana Morris