Movie and Conversation: Together We Defend Our Mother Earth: Documentary on the Commons of Tila, Chiapas, Mexico

Sunday, 3 June

Movie and Conversation: Together We Defend Our Mother Earth: Documentary on the Commons of Tila, Chiapas, Mexico

Short url: 

https://squ.at/r/4yyy

The indigenous ch'ol community in the town of Tila in Southern Chiapas, Mexico, live on the the communal lands protected legally as an 'ejido' (roughly: Commons). They have their own forms of governance and live in peace with most of their non-indigenous neighbours -- except the authorites, who wanted to take over part of the communal lands. Left with no other option, the commoners took action against the 'bad government' on their lands and started to build autonomy in line with Zapatista principles and forms of organization. The documentary was made together with the commoners, to give those who are not from there the opportunity to understand the commoners' experience and their struggle. We will watch the film, get an update on recent developments, and have a 'conversatorio', a conversation, about commonality, territory, solidarity, and documentary-making.

Date & Time: 

Sunday, 3 June, 2018 - 20:00

Category: 

  • discussion/presentation
  • film
Joe's Garage
Pretoriusstraat 43
1092 EZ Amsterdam
Netherlands

Directions: 

Train station Amsterdam Muiderpoort, 10 minutes walk --- Metro station Wibaustraat, 15 minutes walk --- Tram 19 or Bus 41, Bus/tramhalte: Oostpoort, 1 minute walk

Squat: 

Presently squatted

Since June 2005, Joe's Garage is an autonomous squatted political social center, a meeting place in the Transvaal neighborhood for squatters and non-squatters, subsidy free, not for profit, self-organized and entirely run by volunteers.

categories: 

  • advice/help/office hours / book shop/info shop/library / course/workshop / discussion/presentation / exhibition / film / food / (free) shop/market / meeting / music/concert / theater

opening times: 

(September 2024)
Monday: 19:00, Volkseten Vegazulu
Tuesday: 19-20:30, Kraakspreekuur Oost
Wednesday: 18:00 Esperanto workshop* or Proxy Cafe*
Thursday: 19:00, Volkseten Vegazulu
Friday: 20:00 Aman molli
Saturday: 14-18, Give Away Shop
Sunday: 18-20, Radical Sunday School
Sunday: 20:30, Movie night*
(*) not weekly
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, 19:00-20:30, Joe’s Garage open assembly
Every 2nd Sunday of the month, 14:00-18:00, All Crafts Are Beautiful