Urban Zapatismo in NYC: Movement for Justice in El Barrio
Syndicated from Wombles on Fri, 2008-02-22
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from uppingtheanti, 22 February 2008: Movement for Justice in El Barrio (MJB), an East Harlem-based organization of immigrants and low-income people of color, has been fighting gentrification in Manhattan’s “last frontier” for over three years now. Being majority Mexican and sharing an affinity for the zapatistas’ way of organizing, MJB decided less than a year after forming to join the Other Campaign as an essential component of their work for self-determination. more