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About Voices in Movement

Voices in Movement publishes translations and analysis – both contemporary and historical – to share strategy, solidarity and histories of resistance across imaginary divisions of nations and borders. They also author Revuelta Comunitaria, a semi-regular column on It's Going Down addressing social struggles and political repression in the territory of so-called Mexico.

Feb 20, 19

Mexico: Indigenous Land Defender, Samir Flores Soberanes, Assassinated

This communiqué comes from the People’s Front in Defense of Land and Water, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala. It condemns the assassination of Indigenous... Read Full Article

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Feb 17, 19

Mexico: Three of the Six Indigenous Political Prisoners of San Pedro Tlanixco are Free

Communiqué From the Movement for the Freedom of the Defenders of Water and Life of San Pedro Tlanixco Three compañerxs are already... Read Full Article

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Jan 31, 19

Mexico: Statement from the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir

This statement comes from the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir, an anarchist library and social space in Mexico City. It clarifies their commitment, amidst... Read Full Article

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Jan 29, 19

Mexico: For the Freedom of Miguel Peralta

Below we publish three statements in relation to the case of anarchist political prisoner Miguel Peralta Betanzos: one from his friends and... Read Full Article

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Jan 25, 19

Mexico: Call for Artwork For the Freedom of Anarchist Political Prisoner Miguel Peralta

We invite you all to join in the call for the freedom of our anarchist compañero Miguel Peralta—one of seven Indigenous Mazateco... Read Full Article

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Jan 23, 19

Mexico: Letter from Anarchist Political Prisoner Luis Fernando Sotelo

This letter comes from anarchist political prisoner, Luis Fernando Sotelo, and addresses the negation of his most recent legal appeal. Tuesday, January... Read Full Article

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Jan 20, 19

Mexico: We Are Alone Facing the Silence of the Comrades of the Sexta

This statement comes from la Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez” A.C., Cihuatlahtolli Feminist Collective A.C. and a liaison... Read Full Article

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Jan 18, 19

Mexico: Statement Demanding Freedom for Indigenous Yaqui Land Defender Fidencio Aldama Pérez

This communiqué comes from the National and International Campaign for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners of Tlanixco and the Yaqui Tribe.... Read Full Article

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Jan 18, 19

Mexico: Update on the Case of Anarchist Political Prisoner Luis Fernando Sotelo

This communiqué comes from the campaign for the freedom of Luis Fernando Sotelo Zambrano. Luis Fernando has been imprisoned since 2014 in... Read Full Article

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Dec 15, 18

Mexico: Statement Against Repression From the Central Valleys of Oaxaca

This communique comes from a group of community members and collectives in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. It speaks to the... Read Full Article

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Dec 12, 18

Mexico: Statement From the National and International Campaign for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners of Tlanixco and the Yaqui Tribe

Statement on indigenous and ecological political prisoners in Mexico. Movement for the Freedom of the Defenders of Water and Life of San... Read Full Article

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Dec 5, 18

Revuelta Comunitaria: The Politics Behind Amnesty for Political Prisoners in Mexico

There has been much talk from the new political administration in Mexico, including the new president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, regarding a... Read Full Article

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Nov 30, 18

Mexico: Campaign for the Freedom of Indigenous Prisoner Diego López Méndez

Compañeras and compañeros of Mexico and the world, we enter the second phase of the campaign to demand the freedom of our... Read Full Article

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Nov 30, 18

Oaxaca: Statement from the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples in Defense of the Papaloapan Basin

This statement comes from the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples in Defense of the Territory of the Papaloapan Basin in Oaxaca, Mexico. It... Read Full Article

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Nov 17, 18

Mexico: Prisoner in Struggle, Alejandro Díaz Santis, Has Been Arbitrarily Transferred

This note speaks to the recent transfer of Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Alejandro Díaz Santis. Alejandro is part of the imprisoned organizing... Read Full Article

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Nov 12, 18

Mexico: A Modest Agitation, Full of Rage, Against the 50-Year Prison Sentence of Our Compañero Miguel Peralta

Yesterday, a group of anarchists carried out an act of disruption in the “Anarchists” exhibit in the National Museum of Revolution in... Read Full Article

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Nov 7, 18

Mexico: Solidarity with Ké Huelga Radio Against the Interference with their FM Signal

This communique comes from the compas at Ké Huelga Radio in Mexico City, and denounces the ongoing interference being carried out with... Read Full Article

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Nov 7, 18

Mexico: “Like Water, We Search for New Pathways”

This communique comes from the General Assembly of Peoples, Neighborhoods, Communities and Pedregales of Coyoacán. It addresses their recent decision to remove... Read Full Article

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Oct 28, 18

Mexico: Member of Indigenous Organization CODEDI Assassinated in Oaxaca

This communique comes from the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI) in the Southern Sierra of Oaxaca, and addresses the... Read Full Article

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Oct 28, 18

Mexico: Anarchist Political Prisoner, Miguel Ángel Peralta Betanzos, Sentenced

Below we publish two communiques following the recent sentencing of anarchist political prisoner Miguel Peralta in Oaxaca, Mexico. First, a communique from... Read Full Article

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Oct 19, 18

Mexico: Anarchist Political Prisoner Miguel Peralta Begins Hunger Strike

Below we publish a press release from the friends and family of the political prisoners of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón announcing the... Read Full Article

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Oct 3, 18

Mexico: For the Freedom of Political Prisoner Luis Fernando Sotelo

Update on Mexican anarchist political prisoner, Luis Fernando Sotelo. Our compañero Luis Fernando Sotelo has been notified by the 4th Criminal Court... Read Full Article

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Sep 26, 18

Autonomous Struggle Vs the Political Party Machine

In a recent op-ed piece in the Mexican liberal newspaper, La Jornada, professor at the College of Mexico, Soledad Loaeza, writes that,... Read Full Article

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Sep 17, 18

Mexico: Repression and Solidarity at Aztecas #215

September 15th, 2018, two compañeros of the General Assembly of Peoples, Neighborhoods, Communities and Pedregales of Coyoacán were detained at the encampment... Read Full Article

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Sep 13, 18

Mexico: Attempted Arrest of Member of the Community Assembly of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca

This article speaks to the ongoing persecution of members of the community assembly of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca. It describes the... Read Full Article

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Sep 4, 18

Mexico: Land Defender, Clemente Cabrera Benítez, Detained in Guerrero

This communique comes from the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposed to the La Parota Hydroelectric dam in Guerrero. It denounces the... Read Full Article

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Sep 4, 18

Mexico: Violent Group Attacks Student Meeting Outside the UNAM Rectory

This report speaks to an attack carried out yesterday by “porros” at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) against participants in... Read Full Article

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Aug 31, 18

Action in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón to Celebrate the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners

Action in solidarity with prisoners in Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca. On August 30th, 2018, a group of comrades took the street... Read Full Article

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Aug 25, 18

Revuelta Comunitaria: In Tlanixco, Solidarity and Organization Against State Repression

The following column looks at the struggle of the indigenous community of San Pedro Tlanixco in the State of Mexico to defend... Read Full Article

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Aug 15, 18

San Pedro Tlanixco: Defend Water, Defend Life

This piece comes from the autonomous media collective, Subversiones, and speaks to the ongoing struggle against territorial and resource dispossession in San... Read Full Article

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Aug 13, 18

Revuelta Comunitaria: Battling Mexico’s Airport of Death

The following piece, the first of our brand new column, Revuelta Comunitaria, written by the folks at Voices in Movement, looks at the... Read Full Article

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Aug 9, 18

Mexico City Real Estate Development Project Temporarily Shut Down at Aztecas #215

The following is a short text about a neighborhood blockade that took place yesterday of a gentrifying and environmentally destructive development project... Read Full Article

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Aug 2, 18

The Violent Consequences of Nation-State and Capitalist Contradictions in So-Called Mexico

The following article by Voices in Movement looks at indigenous resistance, state repression, and capitalist expansion in Mexico in the aftermath of... Read Full Article

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