<div dir="ltr"><div>I've an immense amount of respect for the Zapatista 
movement of Mexico. Unlike most 'revolutionary' groups, their outlook 
underlines a concern for both the personal and local, and is free from the 
usual fanaticism; indeed their words are often beautifully poetic. <br><p>Initially inspired by Marxist 
national-liberation philosophies, it would appear that by putting the 
theory into practice, they have found their own path, which is far more 
rooted and practical than anything the minds of alienated western 
intellectuals can produce.<br></p><p>Here is an article examining a recent conference held at the CIDECI (<em>Centro Indigena de Capacitacion Integral </em>–
 roughly translated as ‘An Indigenous Centre for Integral Learning’) / 
Universidad de la Tierra (University of the Earth) on their 
territory to address the role of science in the struggle for a sane 
existence.</p><p><a href="https://towardfreedom.com/archives/americas/cracks-in-the-wall-of-capitalism-the-zapatistas-and-the-struggle-to-decolonize-science/" target="_blank">https://towardfreedom.com/<wbr>archives/americas/cracks-in-<wbr>the-wall-of-capitalism-the-<wbr>zapatistas-and-the-struggle-<wbr>to-decolonize-science/</a><br></p><p>There's
 a good deal of information about the movement both online and published
 in book form, here's a recent Guardian article that gives some 
background into their history. <br></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/feb/17/mexico-zapatistas-rebels-24-years-mountain-strongholds" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/<wbr>global-development/2018/feb/<wbr>17/mexico-zapatistas-rebels-<wbr>24-years-mountain-strongholds</a><br></p><p>This page gives a brief overview of their work with agroecology.</p><p><a href="http://www.schoolsforchiapas.org/advances/sustainable-agriculture/" target="_blank">http://www.schoolsforchiapas.<wbr>org/advances/sustainable-<wbr>agriculture/</a><br></p><p>And here's a report of a visit to their university.<br></p><p><a href="http://enlivenedlearning.com/2013/01/16/visiting-another-unitierra-in-san-cristobal-chiapas/" target="_blank">http://enlivenedlearning.com/<wbr>2013/01/16/visiting-another-<wbr>unitierra-in-san-cristobal-<wbr>chiapas/</a></p><p></p><p>This site also has a documentary on the Uniterra (earth university) movement:</p><p><a href="http://enlivenedlearning.com/2016/07/01/releasing-our-new-film-re-learning-hope-a-story-of-unitierra/">http://enlivenedlearning.com/2016/07/01/releasing-our-new-film-re-learning-hope-a-story-of-unitierra/</a><br></p>Best,<br><br></div>Adam<br><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span title="qreply">--<br></span><i>In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model /</i>
<i>You create a new model and make the old one obsolete /</i>
<i>That, in essence, is the higher service to which we are all being called. //</i> Buckminster Fuller<span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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