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From: Sara Ramirez Galindo
To: Sara Ramirez-Galindo ; anarchist bookfair
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:24 PM
Subject: [labookfair-discussion] Community Dialogue with Marisol Castellanos
Lopez of the Seccion 22/APPO from Oaxaca, Mexico
This event is presented by Cop Watch Los Angeles, Piece Cooperative, the
Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair Collective, the Revolutionary Autonomous
Communities and others...
Event will be on Monday March 14th at 6:30 pm
At the Southern California Library
6120 S. Vermont (on Vermont and 61st St) Los Angeles, CA 90044
Come to this event to learn, and build, and dialogue.
Marisol Castellanos Lopez is an indigenous (Chinantec) elementary school
teacher who has worked with the indigenous radio station Stereo Comunal in one
of the state's Zapotec regions, the Sierra Norte. Marisol Castellanos Lopez
was a Section 22 (CNTE/SNTE) advisor to the APPO (Popular Assembly of the
Peoples of Oaxaca) in the Oaxacan popular uprising of 2006, and is currently a
union official.
Her collective, the Colectivo Libertario, is considering making a call
for an International Anarchist Encuentro in Oaxaca for 2012. That's likely one
of the things Marisol would like to talk about, although the broader contours
of indigenous rights, justice, and unionism (and education).
Following is an excerpt of her collective's writing:
Democracy in Mesoamerican communities has different meanings than
European democracy, because it is based in mutual aid, collective work, and
resistance. These forms of communal life have preserved the environment, though
theyre not ecological movements. Theyre forms of resistance to preserve daily
life, and life itself.
That is why its important for this movement to be recovered by the men
and women of the countries of the North. The industry that destroys nature
comes from the North. Big capital comes from the North. The wind that blows
from the North sickens consciences, and has the smell of the dollar. Democratic
processes, which constitute daily life in communities through the active
participation of community members, is being attacked by representative
democracy, which favors the development of the free market and competition. The
community follows, constructing itself in resistance.
The relation between movements of the North and the South must be
reconceptualized in light of these new conditions. We have to invert the logics
of domination and charity in favor of communitarian senses of mutual aid and
solidarity, and for the defense of nature and human rights.
(Spanish version, original):
Marisol Castellanos López es una indígena (chinanteco), maestra de
escuela primaria que ha trabajado con lxs indígenas la estación de radio Stereo
Comunal, en una de las regiones zapoteca del estado, la Sierra Norte. Marisol
Castellanos López fue una sección 22 (CNTE / SNTE), asesora de la APPO
(Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca) en la insurrección popular
oaxaqueña del 2006, y actualmente es dirigente sindical.
Su colectivo, el Colectivo Libertario, está considerando hacer una
convocatoria para un Encuentro Internacional Anarquista en Oaxaca para el año
2012. Esa es probablemente una de las cosas que a Marisol gustaría hablar,
ademas de los contornos más amplios de los derechos indígenas, la justicia, y
el sindicalismo (y educación).
También se incluye aquí el extracto de su colectivo por escrito:
La democracia en los pueblos de Mesoamérica presenta diferencias
significativas de la democracia europea, porque tiene en sus antecedentes, la
ayuda mutua, el trabajo colectivo y la resistencia. Las formas de vida
comunitaria han preservado el ambiente, no son movimientos ecologistas, son
formas de resistencia, para preservar la vida cotidiana y la vida misma.
Por lo que es importante que este movimiento sea recuperado por los
hombres y mujeres de los países del norte. La industria que destruye la
naturaleza viene del norte, el gran capital viene del norte, el viento que
sopla del norte enferma las conciencias, tiene el olor del dólar. Los procesos
democráticos, que constituyen la vida misma de la comunidad, que consiste en
una participación activa de los comuneros es agredida, por la democracia
representativa, que favorece el desarrollo del libre mercado y la competencia.
La comunidad se sigue construyendo en la resistencia.
La relación entre los movimientos del norte y el sur deben ser
replanteados a la luz de estas nuevas condiciones, tenemos que invertir la
lógica de la dominación, del altruismo, por el sentido comunitario de ayuda
mutua y solidaridad, y por la defensa de la naturaleza y de los derechos
humanos.
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