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An Unlikely Alliance: Indigenous and Campesinos Build an Alliance for Self-DefenseGarcés, Andrew Willis http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/1315Publisher: Left Turn Date Written: 01/06/2009 Year Published: 2009 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX9547 In Colombia, campesinos are mostly non-indigenous family farmers who have often been pitted against indigenous people by wealthy landowners and corporations. Yet despite being traditional rivals, the Barí and campesino communities have been driven to a partnership by common enemies, including multinational mining companies, complicit Colombian regulatory agencies, and the US government. Subject Headings |