Experiences of Resistance and Rebellion, from the South to the North, During the First Across-Borders Encounter in Tijuana

Experiences of Resistance and Rebellion, from the South to the North, During the First Across-Borders Encounter in Tijuana
The Worst of Capitalism Has Also Caused Rebel Dignity to Bloom

By Margarita Salazar
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign on the Other Side
September 17, 2006

TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: Tales of the theft of land from indigenous communities, the poisoning of the territory by multinational gas and energy plants, the mutilation of working men and women in sweatshops, the daily struggle of youths to save their spaces in these “transitional” cities, the construction of autonomous governments in the Zapatista communities of Chiapas and the popular struggle in Oaxaca, as well as the battles by immigrants in the United States to be treated as humans, were shared during this First Across-Borders Encounter of the Other Campaign, taking place September 15 to 17 in this city.

In this border zone where capitalism’s practices demonstrate their maximum expression and human dignity blooms in reaction, about 250 Other Campaign participants from the Pacific region held, for the second day, diverse work roundtables to share testimonies of suffering but also experiences of struggle and resistance.

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