Essays & Shorts

This short story of a few chapters from the end of a century of oil in Venezuela, might open some windows through which that bright light might shine – from other side of the sanctions, live from the revolution that won’t be televised.

The following is an English translation of the Guacamaya communique accompanying the Repressive Forces leaks…

In the midst of the capitalist storm or civilizational collapse that is underway, the Zapatistas do not take refuge in their islands of resistance to see the world burn.

The stamina of the people has prevented the victory that the U.S.-backed coup regime expected in Bolivia. Resistance to the coup has been successful via three strategies—road blockades, nonviolent protests of thousands

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui on Bolivia: discussions about the current illegitimate government must also take into account the division and degradation the social movements suffered during the tenure of Evo Morales.

Daliri Oropeza on how communities, organizations, and networks of the National Indigenous Congress are strengthening their organization against the Lopez Obrador-supported trans-isthmic corridor, warning of the ecological and social cost to their communities.

The Amazon thrives because of its forest peoples, not despite of them. This essay by Meleiza Figueroa outlines what’s truly at stake in the struggle against Bolsonaro in the Amazon, and by extension, for the survival of the planet.

In the quarter century since James O’Connor’s call for an international red-green movement, we’ve come a long way.

Alberto Vallejo Reyna on how the Zapatista call to reclaim our calendars and geographies reconnects with an older revolutionary tradition that saw power’s ability to harness time and space as its principal instrument of domination.

The CNI has suspended Marichuy’s tour out of respect and solidarity with the deceased compañera and the injured. But it communicates that organizing activities continue. The storm rages. The indigenous peoples face it head on.

A global wind/solar transition especially if implemented in a robust environmental/ecological/health protection regime driven by bottom-up management and control would actually impact less land than the present legacy and infrastructure of fossil fuels/nuclear power. 

Research and teaching must be reclaimed as forms of solidarity and anti-capitalist resistance, to be practiced by those people who are most marginalized by economic austerity, inequality and environmental violence—not monopolized by elite academics pursuing career advancement.

Permaculture ethics must be critically engaged with the politics that determine the land access of Earth Care; who is considered sufficiently human to receive membership in People Care; and who or what should be included in the apportioning of Fair Share.

For the original post, please visit “Do Bees Produce Value?” What a delight to read…

A conversation between Giorgos Kallis and Erik Swyngedouw