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Forbidden Fruit — some updates on the indigenous revolutionary project in Cherán, Michoacán, Mexico (harpers.org)
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Some of y’all might have heard or read years ago that the municipality of Cherán which was of interest to anarchists and libertarian socialists for starting a localized insurrection, kicking out the government and cartels, and instituting their own form of indigenous government. Well, they’re still at it. Now they’re fighting avocado cartels.

This is also of interest to solarpunks as Cherán fights for the ecological protection of their communities.

I’m a bit critical that they reproduce some carceral logics (jails, police, etc.) but we ought not be absolutist about these things.

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[–] schmorpel 4 points 1 year ago

Excellent and interesting article. It reminds me of where I live. They've just torn up another hillside for almonds (superfood, yay) around here, those will need watering, and where nothing else grows they are encouraged by the paper industry to plant non-native eucalyptus. Same idea as in so many places: some quick money crop ruins local landscapes and water supply.

Unfortunately we have not enough people here (yet) who understand that (the right) trees do indeed bring rain, and that turning landscapes into monocultures comes at a high cost. Whereas it's not a problem to have a lemon tree, an avocado tree, a pine tree, some oaks, some eucapytus, some shrubs... all mixed up in a landscape planted where it makes sense, and they'll add value to the place. Monoculture is greed, but it's also normalized for so many people who do not know better anymore - there's years of ag industry brainwashing to fight.