PORTLAND NOV 17th @ 5pm: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) 296 – and – NOV 18th 7pm: Reading Frenzy, 3628 N Mississippi Ave Join journalist Dawn Paley on tour with her new AK Press book Drug War Capitalism that explores and exposes many myths and realities of people facing the violence from Read more about Drug War Capitalism Portland Book Launch[…]
The Zapatistas are the front line of the indigenous stronghold of Chiapas. Listen to their recent call for international solidarity in support of their resistance.
Live coverage from the ground up at Cancun COP 16
Jyri Antero Jaakkola (February 11, 1977 – April 27, 2010 Oaxaca, Mexico) was a Finnish human-rights activist. He was on his way to San Juan Copala, a village of Trique indigenous people that has declared itself autonomous, as a human-rights observer when he was shot dead by UBISORT, a paramilitary organization connected to Institutional Revolutionary Party. In the attack died also Alberta Cariño, an activist for the local organization CACTUS, and more than ten people were wounded.