San Miguel is fortunate to have a number of progressive groups whose missions are focused on social and economic justice as well as environmental and food supply issues. On Wednesday, July 13th, we featured a panel with representatives from some of San Miguel's leading progressive organizations. Speakers included one of the main organizers of TOSMA, the very popular Saturday Farmer's market. In addition, there was spokespeople from an important local water quality group, Caminos de Agua and Tiangus Multitrueque, an organization linking producers in a lateral work exchange, a new form of equitable economic trade.
We surely live in interesting times--from the deepening of U.S.-led militarism to existential ecological and economic crises to shifts in the world order ranging from a significant decline of the Global North along with the rise of the East and Global South. Vijay Prashad, executive director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social... Read more