Cartel Carnage and State Colonialism in the Lacandon Area of Chiapas, Mexico: Indigenous Survivance

American Indian Airwaves

In the region of the Lacandon forest in Chiapas, Mexico, Indigenous peoples throughout the region continue experiencing even more escalated state-military-cartel violence within systemically and vehement capitalized world. The cartel-state-corporate violence has increased substantially over the past six months and Indigenous peoples are responding. Our guest for today provides an update on numerous critically important issues such Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration supporting major capitalistic megaprojects throughout the region (Maya Train Project, plus more), increased destruction of Mayan peoples’ traditional homelands and the Indigenous peoples themselves, plus our guest articulates how some the largest Cartels are further entrenching their claims through greater violence over the lands and peoples while maintaining the vast inhuman networks of human trafficking, narco trafficking, and trafficking mostly American-based weaponry. All this and more on American Indian Airwaves. Guest: Richard Stahler-Sholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of Chiapas which is an organization of grassroots activists and communities working to support the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Schools for Chiapas was created the mid-1990’s by individuals searching for ways to make the world a better place and working to create a world where all worlds fit. Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tunein, YouTube, and more.