In PerspectiveIn 2006, the former right-wing Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, decided to formalise a war on drugs to boost the economy and, thus, legitimate the new government after he defeated the progressive candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in a controversial election. Since then, the country has been exposed to terror of every type
Inés Durán Matute
Associate Fellow
Inés is an active companion of the national struggle of native peoples in defence of their territory, history, and ways of life in Mexico and a militant in the Struggle for Life upheld by various peoples and collectives. She is currently a researcher at the Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (Mexico) where she investigates the multiscale political and economic manoeuvring of “development” and “democracy” and addresses its social and environmental impacts. Her perspective explores through this lens how resistances can be weaved together to create other non-capitalist futures in the context of the socioecological crisis.
Theory & ResearchIn April 2023, IRGAC and the Seminar on Subjectivity and Critical Theory (Seminario Subjetividad y Teoría Crítica, SSCT) of the Graduate School of Sociology at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico) met for a “South–South” dialogue, exchanging findings and experiences regarding the dynamics of the multiple global crises. This dossier presents some of the insights that have emerged from this encounter
In PerspectiveThe more we dive into the coronavirus pandemic analysis, the more we perceive how its emergence, development, and devastating consequences are marked by the precepts of the Capitalocene. This means we cannot disassociate the logics of exploitation, accumulation, and consumption—which characterize the current era—from the velocity, extension, and force exerted by the pandemic.
