‘The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) published Saturday a statement to report the creation of new rebel and autonomous municipalities in different areas within the southwestern state of Chiapas in Mexico. The communiqué announced the foundation of Centers of Autonomous Resistance and Zapatista Rebellion, which will comprehend “caracoles” (autonomous organized Zapatista regions), “good” government councils, and autonomous municipalities. The total number of “caracoles” will thus increase from the five originals to sixteen, which summed up with the 27 municipalities, will represent a total of 43 Zapatista centers. “This exponential growth, which allows us to jump over the fence, is due to the organizational and political work of the Zapatista women, men, children and elderly.”’
Category Archives: governance
“The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Announces Creation of New Rebel Municipalities”
Posted in autonomy, fraternity, gender, governance, In The News, revolt
Tagged Zapa
Luis Hessel: “Women and a revolution betrayed: Nicaragua”
‘During the revolution we knew situations that we disapproved of, but we were not aware of the damage they would eventually cause by not correcting them in time. The “defence” of the Revolution, the early and fierce attack of the US, the economic and military blockade, the formation of the counterrevolution, the emotional commitment and the personal and collective cost that was necessary to pay to achieve Somoza’s departure, as well as many other factors, affected the lack of criticism or its limits of those who had already committed abuses since the beginning of the Revolution.’
Posted in anarchism, autonomy, governance, hubris, Nota Bene, revolution, terror, tragic politics
Tagged Nicaragua
James C. Scott interviewed
On revolution and resistance
Posted in anarchism, autonomy, founding, governance, Nota Bene, resistance, revolution, the common
Tagged James C. Scott
“Mass mobilisation shakes Hong Kong”
“Colin Sparks reports from Hong Kong, where strikes and protests are shaking the government.”
Posted in governance, In The News, resistance, rights
Tagged Hong Kong
“Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns after Protests”
“Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico announced his resignation on Wednesday night, conceding that he could no longer credibly remain in power after an extraordinary popular uprising and looming impeachment proceedings had derailed his administration.”
Posted in democracy, emergency, governance, In The News, justice, power
Tagged Puerto Rico
Amador Fernández-Savater: “Reaching for a politics of pure potentiality, or trying to keep power at bay”
‘In the state of disappointment, we no longer have any position to “defend”, no formula to “sell”, we are all, as it is said, “in the same shit”. It is a moment of not knowing where new knowledge can be elaborated, if we avoid falling into the crossroads of accusations, the settling of accounts, the search for the guilty and the logic of the court.’
Posted in defeat, governance, Nota Bene, power, resistance, tragic politics
Tagged Agamben, potentiality
Julius Gavroche: “From extinction rebellion to desirous rebellion”
“From the Extinction Rebellion movement, we learn that we are in the midst of an ecological emergency.”
Posted in autonomy, governance, justice, Nota Bene, power
Tagged assemblies, Britain, environment
Raquel Varela: “Learning from Portugal’s Carnation Revolution”
“A revolution took place in Portugal. We can date this precisely: between April 25, 1974 and November 25, 1975. The revolution was the most profound to have taken place in Europe since the Second World War. During those 19 months, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike, hundreds of workplaces were occupied sometimes for months and perhaps almost three million people took part in demonstrations, occupations and commissions. A great many workplaces were taken over and run by the workers. Land in much of southern and central Portugal was taken over by the workers themselves. Women won, almost overnight, a host of concessions and made massive strides towards equal pay and equality. Thousands of houses were occupied. Tens of thousands of soldiers rebelled.”
Posted in anarchism, autonomy, freedom, gender, governance, Nota Bene, revolution, rights, tragic politics, tyranny
Tagged Portugal
Tikva Honig-Parnass: “A community in arms: the Indigenous roots of the EZLN”
‘By building a “democracy from below,” the Zapatistas recognize the leadership of, and carry on a long tradition of resistance by Indigenous communities in Chiapas.’
Posted in founding, freedom, governance, Nota Bene, power, revolution, rights, the common, violence
Tagged Mexico, Zapatistas
