July 2018
2018 Speaking Tour: How to Stop a Dam with Indigenous Resistance
In these times of intensifying repression and political upheaval, our social movements urgently need to share concrete lessons and strategies for organizing to defend land and life. The Latin American solidarity movement has a [...]
Reflection: Defending Truth and Memory Photo Exhibit in the US/Mexico Borderland Region
Former accompanier Kayla Autumn Myers writes about the photography exhibit, "Defending Truth and Memory." The exhibit traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico, in February, 2018. Visit our blog for more information about the exhibit and [...]
Xinka People’s Parliament denounces the murder of environmental activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo
On Thursday, July 12, 2018, Guatemalan activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo, a member of the Peaceful Resistance in Casillas which demands the permanent closure of the Escobal silver mine, was murdered while traveling in the [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: Extraction, Destruction, and Immigration – In Honor of Claudia Patricia Gómez González
Accompanier Claire Bransky dedicates this article to Claudia Patricia Gómez González and the many other victims of the United States' imperialism and racialized violence. The US's funding and training of genocidal dictators and its imposition [...]
Boletín de ACOGUATE: mayo-junio 2018
En este boletín el equipo de ACOGUATE da actualizaciones sobre las luchas de la resistencia pacífica en Ixquisis, FAMDEGUA y CONAVIGUA. También cuenta sobre la visita de la relatora especial de las Naciones Unidas [...]
June 2018
Cincuenta y cuatro organizaciones guatemaltecas e internacionales rechazan la intervención de los EEUU en caso minera de Guatemala
Ayer, 54 organizaciones de Guatemala, America Latina, los Estados Unidos, Canadá e Europa entregaron una carta al embajador de los EEUU en Guatemala, Luis Arreaga. Las organizaciones expresaron su preocupación ante la intervención del [...]