Episode 81 :: Learning Resistance and Alternatives from Zapatistas and Jubilee's Mexico Partners
This podcast describes the changes in Jubilee Economics following the sudden death in December of Mexican co-director Dan Swanson. Lee Van Ham traveled with board member David Funkhouser to visit Jubilee partners in the two Jubilee centers in Mexico—San Mateo in the state of Puebla and San Cristobal in the state of Chiapas. Lee tells of the strong examples of resistance to bad government that serves corporations and wealth at the expense of all who live with little. He speaks of alternatives they saw to an economic system unable and unwilling to seek justice for immigrants, Indigenous peoples, nature and species, all who seek to protect water, and others excluded by systems designed for redistribution upward. He tells about the impact of visiting the "Zapatista University" (CIDECI-UniTierra) and the autonomous community of Oventik.
One of the impacts is to say to others in the U.S.: "Come with us to visit the Jubilee partners in San Mateo and San Cristobal and learn from them and the Zapatistas the elements of strong resistance for the long haul in the face of bad government in the U.S. and economic choices that do not yet respect the changes in the Earth, climate, soils, waters, and air." Many in the U.S. who have a commitment to resist trumpism can learn from people in resistance to systems that don’t serve them and the alternatives they create which do. THESE DELEGATIONS WILL BE FOR MANY PARTICIPANTS A MAJOR INFLUENCE IN SHAPING DIGNIFIED RESISTANCE IN THE U.S. TO A FAILING SYSTEM, AND ALSO, SEEING ALTERNATIVES WORKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
March is a month-long Jubilee tribute to Dan Swanson! Everyone is invited to help sustain financially the ministries that he began. Press the donate button on this site or send a check to 3295 Meade Ave., San Diego, CA 92116. OR call 619-528-8075 to discuss being part of a delegation.
ALSO MENTIONED
Dan Swanson, recently deceased co-director, as a guest on TCGP
Episode 66 :: Dan Swanson: What's Trending in Jubilee's Paradigm-Shifting Mission |
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Co-host Lee Van Ham's new book, From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable, NOW available.
On a recent Simple Living Works! Podcast, we talk with author, community organizer Cecile Andrews and her work with Millennials and Minimalists to build resistance to regressive government.
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