Horizontalism & Autonomy

Although a rallying cry for the global abortion rights movement, these 17 Salvadoran women did not purposefully end their own pregnancies. Instead, they suffered a combination of obstetrical complications and poverty.

At the end of his speech, one thing is clear: Galeano is and will continue to be the unforgettable companion.

The past 15 years in Cuba have witnessed a resurgence of groups who focus on self-organization, use the assembly form as a way of making decisions, and are dedicated to non-hierarchical forms of organization.

Without clear legislation governing street prostitution in Ecuador, sex workers band together to battle frequent and arbitrary police crackdowns—and win.

Cochabamba’s water committees continue to reinvent Bolivian autonomous traditions in the face of a newly redefined, but highly centralist state.

María Pilar García-Guadilla discusses the violent protests that shook Venezuela this year, and their impact on the legacy and policy goals of Chavismo today.

Trans migrants claim visibility and demand dialogue in Mexico.

A new conservative talking point holds that regional newspapers are inaccurately reporting on U.S. immigration policy, creating a stampede of undocumented minors over the U.S.-Mexico border.

Over the past three years, the use of horizontalism to describe new social relationships under construction has proliferated.

you tells you / you have an urge you / can’t deny

Panamanians may be able to see Noriega’s secret files—and to reclaim their troubled past.

Nuyorican Poets’ Aesthetic Radicalisms