Minga of Social and Community Resistance in Colombia
gizzacroggy | 15.10.2009 18:31 | Social Struggles
The Minga hit the headlines last year in Colombia after the Colombian army killed two people and injured many more. This years movilisations have been different, publically lower key, internally much broader and more inclusive of different social sectors, going beyond being an indigenous movement. The work we are doing this week is creating a space where lots of different social organisations can meet, talk and build together towards a new Colombia.
Since the 8th of October, the Minga of Social and Community Resistance has been mobilising across Colombia. There have been marches in many different regions and now today and tomorrow people are working hard in the Peoples Pre-Congress, around the 5 point agenda of the Minga, to create proposals and methodologies for The Peoples Congress in July 2010.
"One after another, voices of those who have been in the process of building the Minga and who, tired and angry, expressed and conveyed the dignity of the peoples who are tired of paying the consequences of the current political and economic model.
The voices told us of their realities: the impact of the multinationals on their communities and regions, the game that the powerful play with the destiny of the communities, the permanent human rights violations, the impossibility to decide how their economical, environmental and cultural resources will be used, and the militarization in rural and urban areas…… the angry dignity created by these problems exploded in words through different expressions from the heart of the Mingueros. But the voices also told us about their processes, about the steps that they have taken to build another country “where we all fit”, and about the hope and strength of the peoples. After this collective recognition, of knowing who we are and where we come from, the party began with happiness and fraternity."
To read more
http://gizzacroggy.blogspot.com
I can not find any other news written in English about the Minga but for those of you who can read Spanish check out:
http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2009/10/107722.php
www.redcolombia.org
"One after another, voices of those who have been in the process of building the Minga and who, tired and angry, expressed and conveyed the dignity of the peoples who are tired of paying the consequences of the current political and economic model.
The voices told us of their realities: the impact of the multinationals on their communities and regions, the game that the powerful play with the destiny of the communities, the permanent human rights violations, the impossibility to decide how their economical, environmental and cultural resources will be used, and the militarization in rural and urban areas…… the angry dignity created by these problems exploded in words through different expressions from the heart of the Mingueros. But the voices also told us about their processes, about the steps that they have taken to build another country “where we all fit”, and about the hope and strength of the peoples. After this collective recognition, of knowing who we are and where we come from, the party began with happiness and fraternity."
To read more
http://gizzacroggy.blogspot.com I can not find any other news written in English about the Minga but for those of you who can read Spanish check out:
http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2009/10/107722.php www.redcolombia.org
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