The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed revolutionary group based in Chiapas, one of the poorest states of Mexico. Their social base is mostly indigenous but they have supporters in urban areas as well as an international web of support. Their most visible voice, although not their leader, is Subcomandante Marcos (currently a.k.a. Delegate Zero in relation to the "Other Campaign"). Their leader is Comandanta Esther. Unlike the Zapatista comandantes, Subcomandante Marcos is not an indigenous Mayan.
The group takes its name from the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata; they see themselves as his ideological heirs, and heirs to five hundred years of indigenous resistance against imperialism.
Some consider the Zapatista movement the first "post-modern" revolution: an armed, yet non-violent (despite an uprising in the early 1990s) revolutionary group that incorporates modern technologies like satellite telephones and the internet as a way to obtain domestic and foreign support. They consider themselves part of the wider alter-globalization, anti-neoliberalism movement. -Wikipedia
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"Wearing make-up supports the harmful standard of beauty produced by the cosmetics and advertising industries".
After some contention over the meaning here, I feel the need to clarify. Obviously we do not want to condemn women who choose to wear make up. The image does NOT say that women who wear make up are ugly. The sentiment is meant to be more entry level to the idea that women don't need to wear make up to be beautiful. Respectful dialogue is welcome.
Yes, there are certainly ways to use make up as an empowering tool and this statement is not an absolute but I think it's an important building block to take things to the next level..
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"Long live EZLN. Zapatistas of National Liberation. Revolution or Death!"
Dumpster Diving is the practice of sifting through trash to find usable items that have been discarded for being unusable by their owners, such as food, furniture, clothes, and metals. In practice, dumpster “diving” is more like fishing since most dumpsters can be accessed from outside without crawling in.
Some resort to dumpster-diving out of economic necessity, while others practice it for reasons like the thrill of the hunt, creative intent (looking for things to use in ways other than originally intended), and artists looking for materials.
There are several ethical arguments justify dumpster-diving. By focusing on reusing resources it decreases the deplorable waste due to practices of many supermarkets, bakeries, and shops -- wastage that is caused by efficiencies and inefficiencies created by Just In Time manufacturing, legal concerns, or other reasons.
For these and other reasons, massive levels of waste increase the ecological global footprint of society, while many people in that same society cannot afford necessities.
Offices, factories, department stores, and other commercial establishments also sometimes throw out nonperishable items that are irregular, were returned, have minor damages, or are replaced by newer items.
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Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. There may be as many as one billion squatters globally, or about one of every seven people.
Colin Ward states that "Squatting is the oldest mode of tenure in the world, and we are all descended from squatters. This is as true of the Queen [of the UK] with her 176,000 acres as it is of the 54 per cent of householders in Britain who are owner-occupiers. They are all the ultimate recipients of stolen land, for to regard our planet as a commodity offends every conceivable principle of natural rights."
Besides being residences, some squats are used as social centres or host give-away shops, pirate radio stations and cafés.
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