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The #Zapatista tour of #Ireland, a long aul’ thread (but pix and vids!) to wrap up
In 1994 indigenous peasants in the mountains of SE Mexico rose up against #neoliberal capitalism, their latest struggle in 500 years of resisting colonialism…
#LaGiraZapatistaVa #EZLN
In 1994 indigenous peasants in the mountains of SE Mexico rose up against #neoliberal capitalism, their latest struggle in 500 years of resisting colonialism…
#LaGiraZapatistaVa #EZLN
If you need a backgrounder, here's Mick McCaughan, ex-Latin American correspondent for the Irish Times and Guardian introducing why the #Zapatistas matter:
27 years later, they hold liberated territory the size of Munster –
governing themselves from below
with a powerful #womxn’s movement
practicing #AgroEcology
and with their own culture, education system, community media...
@GalwayFeminist:
rss.com/podcasts/theza…
governing themselves from below
with a powerful #womxn’s movement
practicing #AgroEcology
and with their own culture, education system, community media...
@GalwayFeminist:
rss.com/podcasts/theza…
Today I’m going to come in land to #Arizona where there has always been a strong Irish presence right back to the first mining communities that started there in the nineteenth century. Today an Irish castle stands tall in #Phoenix which is home to @azirish_library (pic below)
@azirish_library was made possible by support from the late Norman McClelland (below) - a proudly Scotch Irish Arizonan. Norman was awarded the @GlobalIrish Presidential Distinguished Service Award in 2016 by @PresidentIRL for his commitment to supporting Irish culture & heritage
The library is co-located with @azirishcenter & a very thoughtful & beautiful famine memorial (below) which I have been told is made of old & new stone creating a door to a better future. Members of the community are celebrated at the annual Anam Cara awards each October.
