Excerpts from a statement issued by Internationalist Solidarity with the Mapuche Autonomist Struggle calling to stand with the Mapuche people resisting occupation and extractivism in Chile and Argentina.
Mapuche people
Queer Notes: January-February 2022
February 7, 2022Queer Notes on Nobody’s Darling, a new Queer bar in Chicago; the death of Rebecca Juro, radio host and advocate for Trans rights; LGBTQ+ reaction to the election of Gabriel Boric in Chile; and LGBTQ+ discrimination in South Korea.
Chile’s final break with Pinochet-ism?
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Mapuche people fight for their land in Chile
November 19, 2021In October, right-wing Chilean President Sebastián Piñera twice decreed a 15-day state of emergency for several provinces which directs the armed forces to provide support for policing and surveillance of the Mapuche people. We include part of the Mapuche people’s declaration.
Latin America notes, March-April 2021
March 11, 2021Coal mines continue to kill in Mexico; the Mapuche nation is resisting Chile’s government and logging companies.