In the new year...

In the past, I have not tended to look towards resolutions as the year draws to a close - a couple of years ago a group of friends set some intentions and I am proud to say that I was successful in my professional intent--in fact to think where I was two years ago in my degree and what I hoped to accomplish and to look now at what I have accomplished gives me a nice bit of perspective in a moment of professional struggle.

This year though, I am not so interested in myself as the clock ticks past midnight, but in the hope of alternatives, the strength of resistance, and the importance of struggle. Tonight is the twenty year anniversary of the movement and though my interaction and research and passion is but a tiny star in the great universe of this groups' work, I feel a sense of pride and joy at the celebration.

Caracol Oventik, JBG - 2010

¡Viva la Sexta!

*Update: Nice summary of 20 years accomplishments in the 500-year struggle: Ya Basta 
...and in headline news, photos and stories from the area where I work: Struggling on