I am an adherent to the "Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacondona," the word and proposal of the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee – General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). This declaration shapes my political commitment and activities in the United States, as a critic of capitalism and the state-form, to propose and agitate autonomous projects for another world. As an adherent to zapatismo, I practice mandar obedeciendo in organizing spaces, in and outside of the university.
Sandovalian Semillero Collective
The Sandovalian Semillero is a group focused on the close reading, intensive study, and political education of Chela Sandoval's 2000 book, Methodology of the Oppressed (MoTO). The collective organizes a year-long study of MoTO, a symposium called Theory Uprising, and related works, such as the practice of SWAPA in movement spaces.
The Sandovalian Semillero is a group focused on the close reading, intensive study, and political education of Chela Sandoval's 2000 book, Methodology of the Oppressed (MoTO). The collective organizes a year-long study of MoTO, a symposium called Theory Uprising, and related works, such as the practice of SWAPA in movement spaces.
Eagle and Condor Liberation Front (ECLF)
ECLF is an autonomous, inter-tribal collective of urban Indigenous political educators, seed savers, and scientists. Founded in 2018 at UC Los Angeles, the previous student organization transformed into a Los Angeles-based collective in 2019. ECLF are integrated members of Sexta Grietas del Norte, a U.S.-based network. ECLF are adherents of "the Sixth" and signatories of the "Declaration for Life," the word and proposal of the EZLN written by Comandante Don Pablo Contreras and Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
ECLF is an autonomous, inter-tribal collective of urban Indigenous political educators, seed savers, and scientists. Founded in 2018 at UC Los Angeles, the previous student organization transformed into a Los Angeles-based collective in 2019. ECLF are integrated members of Sexta Grietas del Norte, a U.S.-based network. ECLF are adherents of "the Sixth" and signatories of the "Declaration for Life," the word and proposal of the EZLN written by Comandante Don Pablo Contreras and Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
Sexta Grietas del Norte
Grietas is a U.S.-based anti-capitalist and autonomous network building and connecting struggles, while also accompaning the EZLN, the Congreso Nacional Indígena, and the Concejo Indígena de Gobierno in México. Grietas hosts webinars, practices solidarity with global movements, organizes inter/national encounters, and organizes Grietas: A Journal of Zapatista Thought and Horizons.
Grietas is a U.S.-based anti-capitalist and autonomous network building and connecting struggles, while also accompaning the EZLN, the Congreso Nacional Indígena, and the Concejo Indígena de Gobierno in México. Grietas hosts webinars, practices solidarity with global movements, organizes inter/national encounters, and organizes Grietas: A Journal of Zapatista Thought and Horizons.
Chicanx World-Making & Futurities Project
The work of Chicanx World-Making & Futurities Project is shaped around low-tech multi-media for brown audiences, readers, and listeners. This project organizes Xicana Tiahui, a podcast, blog, and social media page (Instagram), Tierra y Libertad Zine Press, a zine press collective publishing and circulating zines, and Conocimientos from Below, a research and study group. The project is sponsored by the Chela Sandoval Institute for Radical Bio-Semiotics.
The work of Chicanx World-Making & Futurities Project is shaped around low-tech multi-media for brown audiences, readers, and listeners. This project organizes Xicana Tiahui, a podcast, blog, and social media page (Instagram), Tierra y Libertad Zine Press, a zine press collective publishing and circulating zines, and Conocimientos from Below, a research and study group. The project is sponsored by the Chela Sandoval Institute for Radical Bio-Semiotics.