Oaxaca, cooking against crapitalism.
After an earthquake in late 2017 destroyed their outdoor kitchens, Tehuantepec locals opted to rebuild themselves rather than relying on state support.
Dispatches from Resistant Mexico is a series of short documentaries from southern Mexico, each depicting one of the thousands of pockets of resistance throughout Latin America that are in struggle against what the Zapatistas call “the capitalist hydra”.
These individuals and communities affirm a way life in opposition to capitalist economics and values.
They fight the devastating neoliberal “development” and “mega-projects” that loot resources and land from indigenous communities and threaten forms of life that have survived despite 500 years of colonization.
The resistance shares many of the principles and goals of the Zapatistas: autonomy from the capitalist economy, communalist self-government rooted in indigenous collective traditions, an end to the subordination of women and a respectful, life-affirming, non-dominating relation to nature.
Indigenous women are at the forefront of many of these ongoing struggles.
If you haven't made it to southern Mexico, you are really missing out on some good food, and good people.
I haven't made it past Acapulco, but you can bet once I retire it won't be long.
The tacos down there are the best.
Don't let the news be your only source of data on things, you know they lie.
I’m in Nayarit. Haven’t made it down to Oaxaca yet. But I’m loving Mexico’s culture and the people AND THE TACOS 🌮
Mmmm,...tacos,....
I made it to Acapulco, but ran out of money and got sent back.
I hear the cruise ships are back now.
How is the climate in Nayarit?