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One more event. Sorry Y'all.

In the midst of anti-fracking and anti-genetically modified foods fights
in our state, join us for a conversation with Mexican organizer and
inspiring speaker Luz Rivera Martinez, on tour with The Mexico-US
Solidarity Network.
Luz  will speak about her 20 years of experience constructing autonomy,
organizing outside the electoral system, and resisting genetically
modified corn while protecting millennia-old varieties. The discussion
will have important lessons for anyone interested in women’s, peasant, and
labor movements.

Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe will be generously donating the lovely space
and some delicious Hibiscus Tea.
There is also an event on UNC Campus at the FedEx Global Education Center
that night. More info here:
http://isa.unc.edu/event/sowing-struggle-social-movements-the-future-of-corn-with-luz-rivera-martinez/
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The Mexico-US Solidarity Network presents

“Sowing Struggle: Social movements and the future of corn in Tlaxcala,
Mexico” featuring Luz Rivera Martinez of the Consejo National Urbano
Campesino (CNUC) and Stuart Schussler of the Mexico Solidarity Network
Hosted by Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe, with support from Internationalist
Books and Community Center
Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe on Thursday,
September 19th, 3-5pm

During the Mexican Revolution support for Emiliano Zapata was strong in
Tlaxcala, and under the slogan of “the land belongs to those who work it”
many peasants occupied the plantations their families had labored on as
serfs for generations. On that land, they planted the 26 varieties of
native corn that have been developed in Tlaxcala over millennia.Today, the
Revolution lives on through the work of the Consejo Nacional Urbano
Campesino (CNUC). Luz established CNUC in the early 1990s to coordinate
resistance to the impending North American Free Trade Agreement,
especially regarding its dismemberment of Article 27 of the Mexican
Constitution, which enshrined peasants’ right to communally own the ejido
farm lands redistributed during the Revolution. Luz and the members of
CNUC also knew that NAFTA would decimate the small-scale agricultural
sector that the Revolution had established at such a great cost.As CNUC’s
lead organizer, Luz has worked tirelessly to demand government
accountability, defend family farms, resist the use of GMO seeds, and
build inspiring, community-based autonomous projects. CNUC has a long
history of disposing of corrupt leaders, democratizing the budget,
coordinating community-driven infrastructure projects, including peoples’
history in education, and expanding access to healthcare.

CNUC’s most recent work focuses on reviving traditional composting
techniques, education on the dangers of genetically modified seeds, and
dignifying the culture of corn and seeds that Tlaxcaltecans have nourished
over generations. Luz and CNUC also work closely with the Apizaco
merchants union, a bus-drivers’ cooperative, and the National Assembly of
Braceros. CNUC is also an adherent to the Zapatistas’ Sixth Declaration,
an international network of organizations struggling against neoliberalism
and for autonomy from the grassroots.

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