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  • Women of the Rainforest: Voices Against Violence

    Women of the Rainforest: Voices Against Violence

    In the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the rainforest is our mother and refuge, indigenous women sustain life, memory, and resistance. They are the guardians of our territories, of traditional medicine, and of the word. That resistance, however, faces silent and brutal violence every day; a violence interwoven with patriarchy, structural discrimination, and neglect…

  • Mujeres amazónicas denuncian violencia

    Women of the Rainforest: Voices Against Violence

    In the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the rainforest is our mother and refuge, indigenous women sustain life, memory, and resistance. They are the guardians of our territories, of traditional medicine, and of the word. That resistance, however, faces silent and brutal violence every day; a violence interwoven with patriarchy, structural discrimination, and neglect…

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    Indigenous People Will Not Be Erased

    NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Some may call the celebration of Native American Heritage Month merely a symbolic gesture. But symbols and the movements behind them matter. BY CRYSTAL ECHO HAWK, NICK TILSEN – NOVEMBER 8, 2019, Originally published by NDN Collective For nearly three decades, the month of November has been recognized as Native American…

    Bolivia: They Want to Shut Us Up Again with Guns and “the Word of God”

    EDITORIAL NOTE: The situation in Boliva is immensely complicated and cannot be reduced to a simple “imperialist coup d’etat.” Undoubtedly, the mandate of Evo Morales, set to end on January 20, 2020, was prematurely interrupted, who was forced to resign along with his entire cabinet (vice president, presidents of Congress and yesterday, Minister of Defense)…

    Women’s Alliance repudiates violence and calls for demonstrations against hate and racism

    FUENTE: Publicado Originalmente en APC Bolivia (ABI) The Alliance of Women’s Social Organizations for the Democratic and Cultural Revolution (Alianza de Organizaciones Sociales de Mujeres por la Revolución Democrática y Cultural) repudiated Friday the acts of violence that occurred in recent days in the country, by the opposition that rejects the results of the general…

  • Bolivia, The Disaster Solution

    Awasqa has the honor of sharing an article by a Bolivian writer, philosopher and director of the Bolivian Decolonization Workshop, Rafael Bautista, author of the book El tablero del siglo XXI. Geopolítica des-colonial de un orden global post-occidental (The gameboard of the 21st century. De-colonial geopolitics of a post-Western global order).Some clarifying points. First, it was…

  • Marcha en Temuco de los pueblos

    Historic march of the Mapuche Nation in Temuco, Chile

    SOURCE: Periódico Fewla (independent Mapuche community newspaper), translated to English by Awasqa. Photos and video: Radio Kvrruf The call for action represents the support of the Lof [community leaders] and communities in resistance, and of the different Mapuche organizations, to the process of mobilization of the Chilean society that seeks for equity and justice. The…

  • K-luumil X’Ko’ olelo’ob: Land of Women

    Interview with Alika Santiago Trejo, October 18, 2019 I think the important thing, how we look at each other now, is to understand that our collective of indigenous women is, in itself, a necessary political action, an organization born from us, with autonomy and independence of thought. What is the K-luumil X’Ko ’olelo’ob Collective? Our…

    The Khĩsêtjê People in Brazil: Dance, Celebration and Resistance

    In Wawi Indigenous Land (MT), Khĩsêtjê sing and dance until dawn to celebrate 20 years of their traditional territory retaking. Published originally on their blog by Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). Author: Isabel Harari, journalist. Photos: Christian Braga / ISA; Videos: Kamikia Kisedje y Fred Mauro / ISA. The Instituto Socieambiental is an organization that was established…

  • “I Will Return and Become Millions” The Greatest Legacy of Tupak Amaru

    Editors Note: This essay was originally published by Salvador Quishpe Lozano on October 12, 2019, as a call and response to the great repression suffered to the indigenous-led protests against IMF-sponsored neoliberal policies. It places the protests in a historical context of indigeous resistance. References have been added by Awasqa for English speakers. Today, October…