Communique from the Mexico Anarchist Black Cross In recent days, following the events of the demonstrations on December 1st for the presidential inauguration of Enrique Peña Nieto, during which…
Workers' democracy - Staughton Lynd An article by Staughton Lynd reinterprets the concept of union democracy to include workers of all kinds (unionized workers, nonunion workers,…
United Farm Workers' rank and file A podcast on the UFW's rank and file from Pacifica Radio's "Against the Grain" with Frank Bardacke, former farm worker and author of 'Trampling…
The cotton pickers - B. Traven B Traven's novel about migrant labourers, poverty, crappy jobs, and the occasional successful strike... Set in 1920s Mexico. Here presented in…
The treasure of the Sierra Madre - B. Traven B. Traven's best known novel about three men prospecting for gold in the mountains of Mexico, and the things it drives them to do.
Racist jet-set: Rusty Childress and the false class consciousness of the Minutemen A takedown of a wealthy anti-immigrant business owner who plays up an image as 'an average working class guy'.
Blood on the line: resistance, empire and repression at the border Text from a flyer distributed at the May 2nd (2009) demonstration in front of the county jail in…
Tepito: no thanks, first world Gustavo Esteva on the puzzle of autonomy in 1990s Tepito, an inner-city community in Mexico City, which prefers to manage its own affairs,…
Postrevolutionary pioneer: Anarchist María Luisa Marín and the Veracruz renters' movement A history of the Mexican anarchist María Luisa Marín and the 1922 Veracruz Renters'…
The “low-intensity war” against autonomy in Mexico (Part Two) An article discussing the history of military and paramilitary violence against political organisers and communities in resistance in Mexico from the 1960s to the present day.
La Jornada reviews 'Weaponizing Anthropology' I'm waiting for my copy of 'Weaponizing Anthropology: Social Science in Service of the Militarized State' which looks to be a brilliant…
