Weaving Transnational Solidarity: From The Catskills To Chiapas And Beyond (studies In Critical Social Sciences)

Book documents contemporary, civil society, political and economic justice organizing by autonomous, Mayan women's weaving cooperative, Jolom Mayaetik, and its sister grassroots, NGO, in Chiapas, Mexico- epicenter of neoliberal globalization and resistance to it- and an emergent transnational solidarity network. Copyright Contents Gracias (Thanks) Glossary List of Illustrations Preface—!Mujeres adelante! (Women Moving Forward!) PART I FRAMES/LOOMS Chapter One Introduction: Transnational Solidarity— Global Justice is Gendered: Civil Society in Resistance Chapter Two 'For a Life with Justice and Dignity': Indigenous Women's Rights and Voices in Global Context PART II WEAVERS Chapter Three 'Ya Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em': Reflections on Fieldwork in the Zona de Conflicto (Conflict Zone) Chapter Four Learning to Walk in Women's Land: The Process of Accompaniment with K'inal Antzetik Chapter Five Jolom Mayaetik—Mayan Women's Weaving Co-operative and Collectivism Chapter Six Davida y Goliath: Rosalinda Challenges the World Bank PART III TAPESTRIES Chapter Seven Creating Transnational Solidarity—Linking Economic, Health, Reproductive, and Political Rights Chapter Eight Building Intercultural Bridges—Rethinking Academic Practice Chapter Nine Conclusion—Tying Up Loose Threads (Beads on a Rosary) PART IV APPENDICES Appendix 1 Rosalinda Santiz Diaz Speech in South Africa at the World Court of Women Against War Appendix 2 Micaela Hernández Lopez, Coordinadora, K'inal Antzetik, A.C., "Sembrar Es Nuestra Trabajo Para Construir La Resistencia De Las Mujeres Indigenas" 2001 English Translation: Micaela Hernández Lopez, Director, K'inal Antzetik, A.C., "Our Job is to Sow the Seeds to Build Indigenous Women's Resistence" Appendix 3 Micaela Hernández Meza, Coordinadora de K'inal Antzetik, "De trabajadora doméstica a Coordinadora de una ONG" English Translation: Micaela Hernández Meza, Director of K'inal Antzetik "From Domestic Servant to Coordinator of an NGO" Appendix 4 Rosalinda Santiz Díaz, International Women's Day Speech English Translation: Rosalinda Santiz Diaz, International Women's Day Speech Appendix 5 Syllabus Soc 350 2005 Globalizing Solidarity: Fair Trade, Social Justice, and Human Rights Course delegation to Chiapas, Mexico Appendix 6 Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women Appendix 7 Jolom Mayaetik Web Page and Address Appendix 8 List of Supplies and Medicines Needed by the Chol Clinic in 2001 Appendix 9 Barbara Schütz, K'inal Antzetik, Letter of Concern to International Planned Parenthood/Global Partners Program 2001 Appendix 10 May 17, 2001 O'Donnell Proposal for Fair Trade-Youth Café in Oneonta, New York Bibliography Index Weaving Transnational Solidarity from the Catskills to Chiapas and Beyond analyzes the grassroots, economic justice work (1998-2009) of three groups-two Mexican organizations, Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan women's weaving cooperative, and K'inal Antzetik, NGO in the highlands of Chiapas, and an informal, international solidarity network. The book provides scholar-activist, ethnographic case study data which contributes to understanding collective organization, indigenous rights, and the solidarity process within transnational social movements and critically reflects on Fair Trade, health, and education solidarity efforts as well as the class, ethnic, and gender dimensions of neoliberal globalization. Central themes include solidarity, human rights, and social justice. Indigenous women's voices are featured in the book as powerful in transnational justice organizing-in the global south and north. Critical Global Studies , volume 2 Weaving Transnational Solidarity from the Catskills to Chiapas and Beyond analyzes the grassroots, economic justice work (1998-2009) of three groups-two Mexican organizations, Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan women's weaving cooperative, and K'inal Antzetik, NGO in the highlands of Chiapas, and an informal, international solidarity network. The book provides scholar-activist, ethnographic case study data which contributes to understanding collective organization, indigenous rights, and the solidarity process within transnational social movements and critically reflects on Fair Trade, health, and education solidarity efforts as well as the class, ethnic, and gender dimensions of neoliberal globalization. Central themes include solidarity, human rights, and social justice. Indigenous women's voices are featured in the book as powerful in transnational justice organizing in the global south and north. --Book Jacket Katherine ODonnell PhD Sociology, Indiana University; Professor, Sociology, Hartwick College. Her recent publications include Weaving Solidarity from Oneonta to Oxchuc in Antipode, 2008 and Pimping Maria from Puebla to Panama: Peasants, Paramilitaries, and Petroleum in North American Dialogue 2004.