Insumisión: Community Self-Defense Against Narcos and the State
Originally published to It’s Going Down
By Scott Campbell
As those of us in the U.S. come together to plan for the incoming Trump regime, hopefully we can find some inspiration and affinity with the ongoing...
Insumisión: Amidst the Barricades, Building a Movement for the Long Run
Originally posted to It’s Going Down
By Scott Campbell
Next week, teachers in Mexico belonging to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) will mark three months on strike. Three months without pay, of sleeping in...
Insumisión: Battles Lines Are Drawn in the Face of the Looming Storm
Originally posted to It's Going Down
By Scott Campbell
Happy May Day! Around Mexico today numerous marches will be held, primarily organized by the National Education Workers Union (SNTE) and its more radical tendency, the National Education...
Insumisión: Strike!
Originally posted to It's Going Down
By Scott Campbell
The last edition of Insumisión started with news of the national teachers strike in Mexico and that’s where we’ll kick things off here. It’s been an intense fourteen...
Insumisión: Resistance and Repression in Mexico
Originally posted to It's Going Down
By Scott Campbell
Welcome to the first edition of “Insumisión,” a new regular column here on It’s Going Down, bringing you news and analysis from social movements and struggles in the...
Insumisión: Schools Remain Closed as the State Amasses Forces of Repression
Originally posted on It’s Going Down
By Scott Campbell
As the strike against educational reform by teachers belonging to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) in Mexico enters its fourth month, the conflict between the...
Insumisión: It Was the State
Originally posted to It’s Going Down
By Scott Campbell
Several significant events have unfolded during the past couple weeks in Mexico, from an end the teachers’ strike to the commemoration of major key dates for the...
Insumisión: The State Responds with Force
Originally posted to It's Going Down
By Scott Campbell
Several victories for social movements in Mexico were recounted in the Insumisión posted on March 17. This edition focuses on the state’s response, which in the first part...
Insumisión: Refusing Fear, Choosing Resistance
Originally published to It's Going Down
By Scott Campbell
It’s been several weeks since the last Insumisión. Apologies for the break, but now we’re back at it and as always there’s a lot of ground...
A Note on Insumisión
A little more than a year ago, the crew at It’s Going Down approached me about doing a regular, roundup-style post on resistance and repression in Mexico. Out of those discussions, Insumisión was born....