First of the Last Days

The Indigenous Strike Back 

Members of ANCIE, a predecessor of the EZLN, parade the toppled statue of Spaniard Diego de Mazariegos through the streets of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, on October 12, 1992.

How Mexicans Became Catholics

Also the reason why most of us carry a Spanish surname: colonization. And to be clear, colonization was never a peaceful “meeting of two worlds” but an extremely violent and traumatic experience endured by our ancestors.

Adding insult to injury, Pope Francis is to canonize Spanish missionary Junipero Serra as a “tribute to Hispanic Americans.” But somehow he’s is celebrated as the “radical Pope”? We’re not buying it, and neither should you.

Adam Marshall - Not Alone