Report on the Marginal Literature Movement in Brazil, which promotes poetry and literature as a weapon for resistance in the favelas and the empoverished peripheries of Brazil’s large cities.

One of the pioneers of the Marginal Literature Movement in Brazil. We interviewed Ferréz during a weekly poetry event organized by Cooperifa (Cooperativa de Poesia da Periferia) in São Paulo’s “Zona Sul”.

Activist, poet, writer, educator, and member of Cooperifa, (Cooperativa de Poesia da Periferia) in São Paulo’s “Zona Sul”. Allan speaks about cultural and political resistance in São Paulo, Brazil.

Poets, activists, members of Cooperifa, (Cooperativa de Poesia da Periferia). The poets speak about the influence of zapatismo in their work and the marginal literature movement.

Report from the encounter between the Sixth Commission and the Other Campaign in the US (which took place in Tijuana). Report on the latest proposals for immigrant laws and the resistance to them. Interview with the compas from Regeneración Radio (Radio Pacheco) about the harassment and repression they are suffering. Report on zapatismo in Brazil (interview with Pedro Ortiz, one of the authors of Zapatistas: a velocidade do sonho, presented in Salvador, Bahia.

Interview with Pedro Ortiz, one of the 3 authors of the book Zapatistas: a velocidade do sonho, launched in Salvador, Bahia, Brasil on May 25. Pedro speaks about the book, the relevance of Zapatismo and the 6th Declaration in Brazil, and the situation of indigenous peoples in the country.

GLOBAL MEETING: International anti-capitalist encounter in Venice, Italy

• Oscar Oliveira (Coordinadora del Agua, Bolivia) – Oscar nos da una perspectiva histórica de la lucha popular desde la “Guerra del Agua” hasta el presente, y traza una visión crítica del actual gobierno de Evo Morales. (español, 30 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Gilvânia Ferreira (MST – Movimento Sem Terra, Brasil) – Gilvânia habla sobre la situación de la tierra en Brasil y la lucha del MST. (portugués, 23 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Ricardo Montoya (Activista, Colombia) – Ricardo habla sobre las actividades de un colectivo de jóvenes que actúa en la periferia de Bogotá. (español, 15 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Marc Villa (Documentarista, Venezuela) – Marc habla del papel de los movimientos sociales en Venezuela como fuerza articuladora más allá de las determinaciones del estado. ( español 13 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• David Suarez Changuán (Universidad de Quito, Ecuador) – David nos habla sobre las dificultades de los movimientos sociales en el contexto de la nueva “gobernabilidad” de gobiernos de izquierda en latinoamérica, y de la lucha contra las grandes petroleras en la Amazonia ecuatoriana. (español 7 min)(Descarga aquí)