In this episode, Nancy Serano speaks with Ana Hernandez and Mario Najera from Promedios Mexico/Promedios Community Media. Promedios Mexico is a community media collective that has worked for over two decades with the Zapatistas, the Mexican revolutionary indigenous movement that governs many autonomous zones in Chiapas, Mexico. The Zapatistas' produce their own independent media within their own communities and in their own languages. By using community media, they document human rights violations, share ancestral knowledge, and promote modern technologies and practices. Their messaging goes beyond traditional political framings of struggles and instead includes creative and playful elements such as indigenous mythology and story-telling. This episode tells the story of how independent media became a powerful tool of resistance, independence, learning and sharing for the Zapatistas and it aims at inspiring communities and grassroots movements in Ireland and elsewhere.

Links:

Videos:

The land belongs to those who work it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJf4FGP4jBM

Corazon del Tiempo / Heart of Time (Spanish only)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHoxs1xcrA

Votan Kop -Documentary about Promedios Communication Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPhx3t1k0k

Promedios Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/PromediosMexico/videos

Songs:

Cancion para los Caracoles del EZLN , Erick de Jesus

Begi Estalitako Indioa, Saggaroi