“Bring Them Home” Undocumented Activism: Week One in Otay
Recent undocumented immigrant action “Bring Them Home Otay” aims for family reunification and led to the well-publicized detention of 30 asylum seekers.
Movimiento indígena en Colombia: entre altas expectativas y firmes demandas frente al actual gobierno
Para la/os líderes/as de la principal organización indígena de Colombia, la elección de Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez ha marcado una gran victoria. Pero, la movilización continúa.
“No Pago” Confronts Microfinance in Nicaragua
Last January in northern Nicaragua, as a crowd of hundreds blockaded the Panamerican Highway late into the cool Monday nightsoaking tires in gasoline before setting them on fire, hurling rocks
“We are Victims Too”
Incorporating communities displaced by natural resource extraction in Colombia’s post-conflict agenda
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LATINO L.A.: TRANSFORMATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND ACTIVISM Edited by Enrique C. Ochoa and Gilda L. Ochoa, 2006, University of Arizona Press, 304 pages, $24.95 paperback. Even before the massive mobilizations that
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Latin America at the Crossroads: Domination, Crisis, Popular Movements and Political Alternatives, by Roberto Regalado, 2007, Ocean Press, 263 pages, $17.95 paperback At first glance, Roberto Regalado’s Latin America at
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From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500– 2000, Edited by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, and Zephyr Frank, 2006, Duke University Press,
Destierro y desmar: Bordando experiencias transmasculinas de migración interna y desplazamiento forz…
Para los activistas transmasculinos desarraigados de las tierras y aguas que llamaban hogar, el bordado y la poesía se convierten en prácticas para expresar la nostalgia y construir comunidad.
Voces de las Diversidades Ancestrales en el cine
En toda Abya Yala, creadores audiovisuales indígenas exploran la disidencia sexual y el deseo en sus obras, impulsando conversaciones en torno a la producción cultural en sus propios términos.
Las maricas ni nos vamos, ni olvidamos
Un archivo sexo-disidente recupera la memoria de la lucha por despenalizar la homosexualidad en Ecuador, en un trabajo afectivo que combate la invisibilización y el borramiento patriarcal.
Cuerpx en Vela: Performance Travesti frente al Necro-Estado
La artista Germa Machuca usa su cuerpa como altar y luz de guía para iluminar las conexiones entre la violencia anti-trans y anti-indígena en Perú.
Movimentos sociais lutam para a vida do rio Tocantins na Amazônia
Planos de implantar corredor logístico no rio Tocantins, no norte do Brasil, ameaçam o ecossistema na Amazônia. Movimentos sociais esperam abertura de diálogo com novo governo progressista.
Não sou bicho, sou mulher!
O direito humano ao próprio corpo é aquilo que perdemos quando somos escravizadas e/ou presas.
10 anos da Lei de Cotas: Avanços e desafios na educação superior pública brasileira
Na última década, a Lei 12.711 obteve importantes avanços, mas permanecem grandes desafios para garantir sua continuidade.
O loop das desigualdades
A pandemia Covid-19 expôs ainda mais como a violência estrutural baseada em raça, gênero, classe e geografia no Brasil ameaça a vida das mulheres negras.
The Amazon in Times of War (Review)
Marcos Colón’s book, grounded in the experiences of Indigenous communities, examines how the institutional violence of Jair Bolsonaro’s government resulted in the environmental destruction of the Brazilian Amazon.
A New No-Man’s-Land: Writing and Art at Guantánamo, Cuba (Review)
Esther Whitfield’s book examines how art produced in Guantánamo transcends cultural and linguistic divides to find common ground, reimagining empathy and resistance against political forces.
The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil (Review)
Through storytelling and analysis, Blanc’s book tells an interior history of Brazil by recounting the political initiatives and legacy of the Prestes Column.
Complicating Humanitarianism in a World Scarred by an Empire of Borders (Review)
Two recent books offer nuanced explanations behind the increased violence and militarization toward criminalized immigration in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
The Amazon in Times of War (Review)
Marcos Colón’s book, grounded in the experiences of Indigenous communities, examines how the institutional violence of Jair Bolsonaro’s government resulted in the environmental destruction of the Brazilian Amazon.
A New No-Man’s-Land: Writing and Art at Guantánamo, Cuba (Review)
Esther Whitfield’s book examines how art produced in Guantánamo transcends cultural and linguistic divides to find common ground, reimagining empathy and resistance against political forces.
The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil (Review)
Through storytelling and analysis, Blanc’s book tells an interior history of Brazil by recounting the political initiatives and legacy of the Prestes Column.
Complicating Humanitarianism in a World Scarred by an Empire of Borders (Review)
Two recent books offer nuanced explanations behind the increased violence and militarization toward criminalized immigration in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
