Articles by Upside Down World

Domitila Chungara, Revolutionary Heroine of Bolivia: An Interview

July 10, 2012 Upside Down World 0

After Domitila Chungara died in Cochabamba on March 13 of this year, three days of national mourning were decreed, honoring her heroic life of struggle on behalf of the working class and of women.  Married to a miner, she organized other women in mining communities to struggle for justice and for better conditions of life.  She was jailed, tortured, and driven into exile;  she is most famous for joining four other women in leading a hunger strike that began in 1977 and finally brought down the Banzer dictatorship in 1978.

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Domitila Chungara, Revolutionary Heroine of Bolivia: An Interview

July 10, 2012 Upside Down World 0

After Domitila Chungara died in Cochabamba on March 13 of this year, three days of national mourning were decreed, honoring her heroic life of struggle on behalf of the working class and of women.  Married to a miner, she organized other women in mining communities to struggle for justice and for better conditions of life.  She was jailed, tortured, and driven into exile;  she is most famous for joining four other women in leading a hunger strike that began in 1977 and finally brought down the Banzer dictatorship in 1978.

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Student eviction does not stop Guatemalan movement against privatization

July 5, 2012 Upside Down World 0

As the conflict over educational reforms in Guatemala’s escuelas normales rages on, police violently evicted student protesters on July 2    from their occupation at Industry Park and various schools throughout Guatemala City, in an ongoing campaign to repress the movement. In the morning, reports described that four police squads detained up to eight students, while 12 more were  sent to the hospital. Allegations of sexual aggression toward young female protesters also circulated via independent media outlets.

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