Colectivo Subversión on Protest in Colombia and Global Battles for Dignity

The Final Straw Radio

This week on the show we are pleased to present an interview with María Kamila, who is a teacher and a popular journalist who works with the anarchist Colombian journalism and counter-information collective in Bogotá called Subversión. We originally reached out to talk about the current wave of protests and riots in Colombia, and this interview covers many topics, ranging from a historical contextualization of the current moment, who are on the front lines of the protests, Indigenous solidarity with anarchist accomplices via the Minga – which is a pre-colonial term for collaboration, meeting or communal action – , and many more topics.

Much thanks to our comrades at Radio Kurruf, doing anarchist media in the Biobío bio-region of so-called Chile in occupied Wallmapu, for putting us into touch with Subversión.

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Further reading and research topics:

• [00:20:00] min Mention of Carlos Pizarro Leongómez of 19th April Movement, assassinated Guerrillero
• [00:24:00] minutes Minister of Finance Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera who was forced to resign
• [00:28:00] minutes Guarda de Cauca , an ongoing struggle of Indigenous people fighting for land sovereignty
• [00:40:00] minutes: Minga (or Minka), Indigenous, pre-colonial term for collaboration, meeting or communal action

Good articles in English:

• "Colombia Has Lost It's Fear" by CrimethInc (2021-10-5)
• "National Strike in Colombia" by AMW (2021-10-17)
• "Instead We Became Millions" by CrimethInc (2021-10-20)

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