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CASA hosts delegations on social justice issues in Oaxaca and Chiapas.

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We share lessons we learn from the resistance movements in Mexico with our home communities. We publish news and analysis in our newsletter, host workshops, short-term solidarity delegations, and speaking events. Find out how to join us.

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Analysis

An Interview with Ofelia Rivas of "O'odham Voice Against The Wall"

The militarization of the borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico has continued to increase despite promises to the contrary from the Obama administration.  Many folks have spoken about the deadly effects of the militarization on people crossing the border and its effects on communities of migrants throughout country.  The militarization also has consecuences for those living on the border, especially for the indigenous communities that stradle the border in Arizona and in Texas.  Ofelia Rivas is a Tohono O`odham woman and activist who lives on the U.S./Mexico border.  She was recently interviewed about the effects the militarization of the border has had on her community.
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Interview by Jeff Hendricks | Solidarity-Project.org

Security First: The Obama Administration and Immigration "Reform"

In a November 13 speech to the Center for American Progress in Washington, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made clear that President Obama's administration intends to move forward soon on legislation that would bring about "an immigration system that works." The administration, she promised, "will pursue reforms" true to an American identity as "both a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws." In this way, Napolitano asserted, Congress and the White House would avoid the pitfalls of the "one-sided" reforms of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. "The enforcement part of the equation was promised," she said, referring to portrayals of the 1986 legislation by its proponents, "but it didn't materialize."[1]
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Joseph Nevins in Zmag

In a November 13 speech to the Center for American Progress in Washington, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made clear that President Obama's administration intends to move forward s

The U.S. Military's Mapping of Mexico's Indigenous Communities

An investigative report into Kansas University's D.O.D. funded mapping project of indigenous land in Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi.
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Simon Sedillo

An edited and abridged version of the article "The Demarest Factor: The Ethics of U.S.

Stopping Violence Against Women in Oaxaca

Putting the “Men” in FeMENism

By Katharina Kempf

Interview with Oaxacan activist and journalist Doctora Berta

Doctora Berta views on the state of the social movements in Oaxaca.

By El Enemigo Común