To the peoples in resistance and rebellion of South-Southeast Mexico
To the peoples in resistance and rebellion of the Global South
To the national and international organizations of struggle below the left
To the human rights organizations of the world
To the free media, alternative or whatever they are called:
There are only two months left until the beginning of the caravan “The South Resists 2023” that will tour the Mexican South/Southeast through the territories affected by the interconnected megaproject “Mayan Train / Interoceanic Corridor” articulating the peoples, communities, colonies, neighborhoods and indigenous, peasant, feminist, union, popular and civil society organizations that are in struggle and resistance against different forms of dispossession by the State and global and patriarchal capital.
For the end of this tour to be held from April 25 to May 5, we are convening this international meeting to share the pains, hopes and strategies of articulation traced, to learn from the struggles of other geographies and continue weaving solidarity networks of resistance and planetary rebellions.
We call all, everyone, all, to the neighborhood resistances, to the peoples who struggle, to the urban and peripheral collectives, to those who build autonomies and rebellions in all corners of the Global South, to join together, to meet again to know each other, to exchange knowledge and feelings, to articulate global struggles, to agree on joint actions to name, point out and claim the right to life with dignity of peoples and nature.
It is time for us to listen to each other and to point directly to those who are behind the causes of the dispossession that we live in our territories, to that 1% of the world population whose decisions and ways of life have caused the current climate crisis that forces us to be displaced as peoples, that reconfigures our territories and confronts us with exploitation, extractivism, and war. Because we know that the struggles are not only here in Mexico, they are in many places around the world where compañeras, compañeros and compañeras of the global South are putting their bodies to defend their territories from the corridors, trains and death projects of global corporate capitalism. And we know that in the corners of what is called the Global North there are people resisting, who are also part of the Global South, and we call on them to join their voices to this struggle. We are the 99% who resist the onslaught of those who would destroy us and seek to dominate us.
We invite you to register before April 15 at elsurresiste@riseup.net, with the subject “international meeting”, providing contact information: name and surname, organization, state and/or country of origin and specifying if you wish to present a concrete experience of struggle, resistance and/or construction of autonomies and its presentation format (video, powerpoint, etc), considering a short presentation time, which will be adjusted once registration is completed.
As part of the program, there will be a moment of sharing of diverse struggles; however, probably, there will not be enough time for everyone, and therefore, we will invite you to install informative “stands” in which you will be able, during the breaks, to share your experience with the people who wish to do so. We invite you to write a piece of writing of no more than 2 pages, illustrating the most important aspects of your struggle process to be included in the final report.
For lodging, information will be provided on safe, low-cost places to stay in San Cristobal de las Casas. Due to the current situation of insecurity in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas, it is recommended not to go out in the suburbs after 9 p.m. and to collectively protect the security of the International Encounter among all the participants, remembering that the consumption of alcohol and drugs is not allowed, nor is any type of harassment or violence tolerated.
From different corners of the South-Southeast of Mexico:
Coordination and Organization Commission EL SUR RESISTE 2023 Indigenous National Congress – Indigenous Council of Government.
OUR STRUGGLE IS FOR LIFE!
LONG LIVE THE FLOURISHING OF THE PEOPLES!
THE SOUTH RESISTS!
From: https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2023/02/24/tercera-llamada-encuentro-internacional-el-sur-resiste-2023-capitalismo-corporativo-mundial-patriarcado-planetario-autonomias-en-rebeldia-6-y-7-de-mayo-2023-cideci-caracol-j/