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...
on Mar 4th, '10
Militarisation presents an extreme technique in which the state legitimates and exercises its power. It is a form of controlling the people, a strategy of national security and of counterinsurgency; a tactic to control the streets; demonstrating the violence which is naturally produced in a capitalist system. It is one of the ways this system can ensure its dominance and reproduce systematic orders which violate and subordinate the population in general but in particular, women. It is a further manifestation of patriarchitism.
The consequences of militarization for women are multiple and complicated. Sexual abuse, physical and psychological violence and forced displacement present just a small number of them.
on Mar 1st, '10
For a week starting 11th December 2009, Casa Chapulin was invited to become involved in a project initiated by two compañeros of the Casa in a small community called Emiliano Zapata in the desert lying an hour north of the city of Zacatecas. The main aim of the project was the construction of a park in order to provide a communal and public space for the members of the community to meet, play and pass time together.
on Feb 28th, '10
Saludos solidarios to all our compañeros around the world!
As the New Year rolled in, the first months have brought a number of groundbreaking events throughout Latin America. In January, the world turned to Haiti, when an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude rumbled through the island and destroyed homes, communities, and major infrastrutures. The world watched as the U.S. military closed off aid planes with food and medical aid from landing, and instead occupied/militarized lands by bringing in soldiers in uniform with weapons on hand. Nothing short of new, the U.S.-Mexico Border continues with its militarization and criminalization of undocumented immigrants from Latin America, as the Obama Administration continues to fall short of its "hopes" and "change". Despite imperial forces sweeping through, people at the grassroots are mobilizing and building networks stronger than ever.
on Feb 26th, '10
Women´s Intervention in Foro de la Milpa, Santa Gertrudis, February 7 and 8 2010
on Feb 26th, '10
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]
on Feb 26th, '10
On March 8th, International Women`s Day, the book "Mujeres de Arena" (Women of Sand) by Humberto Robles will be presented in two different cities in Oaxaca. The events will be called "Saliendo del Silencio".
on Feb 19th, '10
Communique from the Committee of Liberation 25 of November: On February 18, at approximately 10:15 a.m. Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno was granted freedom. Juan Manuel was sentenced to prison for 16 months, unjustly accused for the murder of U.S. journalist Brad Will.
on Feb 18th, '10
On February 18, 2010 Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, husband and father of three children, was released from prison for wrongfully being accused for the killing of Indymedia journalist Bradley Roland Will. Will was shot on October 27, 2006 while he was recording a mobilization in Santa Lucia del Camino, Oaxaca during the 2006 APPO movement.
on Feb 9th, '10
Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti's national economy and the impoverishment of its population.
on Feb 9th, '10
On January 6th, the community radio station "Faluma Bimetu- the first voice from the Garifuna community" was attacked by an unknown group, who set fire to the station in the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately most of the equipment and the building could not be recovered. However the community continues to resist and now, one month after the attack, the radio is back on the air and offering programs that focus on resistence and the Garifuna community in Honduras.
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