indigenous resistance – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png indigenous resistance – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 Inside Geoengineers’ Risky Plan To Block Out the Sun https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/inside-geoengineers-risky-plan-block-out-sun/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:57:53 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/inside-geoengineers-risky-plan-block-out-sun/ by Kate Aronoff

Some scientists say it’s necessary to save the climate. An indigenous-led opposition says it will only save the fossil fuel economy.]]> by Kate Aronoff

Some scientists say it’s necessary to save the climate. An indigenous-led opposition says it will only save the fossil fuel economy.

]]> “Cartel Land” Documentary Completely Misunderstands Mexico’s Autodefensa Movement https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/cartel-land-documentary-completely-misunderstands-mexicos-autodefensa-movement/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:45:28 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/cartel-land-documentary-completely-misunderstands-mexicos-autodefensa-movement/ by Alice Brooke Wilson

Violence in Mexico is surging back into the headlines – if current trends continue, deaths in 2017 could hit 30,000, making it the deadliest peacetime year on record (WSJ July 5, 2017). Attempts to stem the violence by Mexican and U.S. governmental agencies have failed spectacularly, and corruption reigns. In the face of this crisis, what alternatives exist? How do people living in the areas most affected negotiate the violence? One of the most important and, in the United States, least-understood answers can be found in the emergence of the autodefensas, or self-defense, movements. The world of the autodefensas in […]]]> by Alice Brooke Wilson

Violence in Mexico is surging back into the headlines – if current trends continue, deaths in 2017 could hit 30,000, making it the deadliest peacetime year on record (WSJ July 5, 2017). Attempts to stem the violence by Mexican and U.S. governmental agencies have failed spectacularly, and corruption reigns. In the face of this crisis, what alternatives exist? How do people living in the areas most affected negotiate the violence?

One of the most important and, in the United States, least-understood answers can be found in the emergence of the autodefensas, or self-defense, movements. The world of the autodefensas in Mexico sprang vividly onto the silver screen in the United States with the 2015 documentary “Cartel Land,” directed by Matthew Heineman. The film was given a major boost in visibility when the Oscar-winning director, Kathryn Bigelow, joined as an executive producer. Although the movie lost the best-documentary Oscar for which it was nominated, it picked up numerous other awards, including three Emmys and a special jury prize and best director at the Sundance film festival.

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