A beautiful review of @palestine1492 was published this morning in the LA Review of Books @lareviewofbooks by David Palumbo-Liu. I am humbled by David’s close reading and his enormous heart.
Check out David’s podcast @speaking_out_of_place for some of the smartest conversations right now, conversations urgent and necessary for our times.
Check out wildoxbooks.org @wildoxbooks to read all chapters of Palestine 1492: A Report Back for free along with audio readings
Order a print copy from your fave bookstore, online or in person.
Visit AKPress at the good book fairs to pick up a copy with the @akpressdistro
Visit me at quiqui.org to learn more about my work…
Pray for a Spanish translation ready by December…
and an Arabic translation also in the works… inshallah, ojalá
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#Palestine1492 #Zapatistas #EZLN #1492
Imagine if land wasn’t something to own, but something we belong to. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) such as @elserenocommunitylandtrust are helping us rebuild that connection—protecting land for communities instead of profit. Colonialism and capitalism have fractured our relationship with the Earth, fueling gentrification that displaces families - a persistent problem in our neighborhoods.
In cities like Los Angeles, CLTs are key to creating permanently affordable homes, preventing the displacement of vulnerable communities.
Curious for more? Check out the full episode of our podcast to dive deeper into how CLTs are changing the housing landscape!
#LandBack #CommunityLandTrust #Gentrification #LandJustice #podcast #eastlos #sela #nela
Zapatista Communique: The Common and Non-Property (December 2023)
"On some past occasion, a few years ago, the Zapatista people explained to themselves the struggle 'as the women that we are' pointing out, not a matter of mere will, disposition or study, but the material basis that made this change possible: economic independence of Zapatista women. And they were not referring to having a job and salary or the alms in coins with which governments across the political spectrum buy votes and memberships. They pointed to collective work as the fertile ground for this change. That is, organized work that was not intended for individual well-being, but for that of the group. It was not just about getting together for crafts, commerce, raising livestock, or planting and harvesting corn, coffee, and vegetables. Also, and, perhaps, above all, it was about their own spaces, without men. Imagine what in those times and places they spoke and speak among themselves: their pain, their anger, their ideas, their proposals, their dreams..."
#ezln #zapatistas #mujereszapatistas #zapatistawomen #elcomun #thecommon
We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with WORKNOT! @weworknot For our first online laboratory in english!
April 28th - May 26th : Tuesdays 7-9PM CET
Registration: March 10th - April 20th
Link in bio
Asymmetric Spatialities: Territorial Coloniality is a laboratory that studies coloniality and decoloniality trans-versally through the power relations present in territorial trans-formation. We understand coloniality as the socio-environmental “power asymmetries” present in the domination of authority, knowledge, and ways of being imposed by capitalist-patriarchy. We aim to critically examine spatial practices or sets of socio-environmental transformation technologies. Through conversations with invited guests, readings, drawings, cartographies, and case studies, we will meet both synchronously and asynchronously in a non-hierarchical setting to study together how spatial practices (re)produce various forms of discrimination, inequity, and exclusion. Throughout these sessions we will ask ourselves: How is de/coloniality spatialized and territorialized?
Invited guests: Ishaq Albalbary, Marquis Bey, Linda Quiquivix @qqvx
It’s an honor to be part of the No-State Solution special issue of @thefunambulistmagazine , joining the conversation with Sophia Azeb and a humbling ensemble of artists and writers pushing the conversation and imagination in the direction we need.
My contribution, “A Maya Critique of Global Capital and the Nation-State”, builds on the Zapatistas’ theorizations of the Fourth World War and their metaphor of capitalism as a hydra, asking that we not assume the state is the starting point for politics, that we learn how to live without capital, and that we start building shelter now so we may see the day after this storm…
Order the issue and/or subscribe:
/magazine/the-no-state-solution
Check out Episode 2 of Empire’s Laboratory: Walking with Palestinians, Zapatistas, Panthers, and Jaguars. In this episode, Alex Aviña and Lara Sheehi interview Linda Quiquivix about radical histories and traditions of resistance to colonialism, with a focus on Zionism and its instantiations in Latin America.
👉 Listen here: criticalzionismstudies.org/podcast-unpacking-zionism
Empire’s Laboratory is a mini-series co-hosted by ICSZ founding collective member Lara Sheehi and advisory board member Alex Aviña. Empire’s Laboratory will provide a critical analysis of Zionism in Latin America. Subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes!!
This weekend in Occupied Ohlone Territory
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May 22, 5pm
“What Zapatista Political Theory Can Tell Us About the Palestinian Struggle”
Linda Quiquivix in Conversation with David Palumbo-Liu
Stanford University
CCSRE Conference Room
360-361J
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May 24, 5:15pm
“Palestine in Abya Yala: Revelations, Resonances, Contradictions“
Latin American Studies Association
San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Sierra B
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May 25, 6:30pm
Book launch and Encuentro: Anthony Dest’s “Dissident Peace: Autonomous Struggles and the State in Colombia”
Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery @medicinefornightmares
3036 24th Street
San Francisco
On a brief book tour on the east coast. First stop: Atlanta with the compa for life @williamcson@community_books_ga :
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us Friday, February 21 at 6pm for a visual presentation of “Palestine 1492” by author Linda Quiquivix, a report-back that globalizes the Palestinian struggle. Her presentation will focus on Chapter 4: “Panthers and Jaguars,” where she puts Palestine into conversation with Zapatista and Black Panther elders on theories of fascism. After the presentation, she will be in conversation with William C. Anderson to expand our analysis and discuss our current moment, at once old and also new.
Books will be available for purchase at the venue. For a free PDF, email the publisher: [email protected] 📚
🌍✨ Session Announcement: A Maya Compass for a World in Common ✨🦋
🗓️ Date & Time: Friday, January 24th, 3 PM - 4 PM UTC
📍 Facilitator: Linda Quiquivix
Join us for a transformative session exploring lessons from Maya geography to challenge the dominant world and reimagine a new one where all worlds fit. Together, we’ll uncover how power circulates within existing structures and envision ways to redesign them for greater inclusivity and equity.
About the Facilitator:
Linda Quiquivix, a geographer and popular educator of Maya-Mam roots, brings unique insights shaped by Palestinians, Zapatistas, Panthers, and jaguars. Author and illustrator of Palestine 1492: A Report Back (Wild Ox Books, 2024), Linda organizes toward a world in common from Occupied Tongva and Chumash lands. Learn more about her work at quiqui.org.
✨ Don’t miss this opportunity to explore, reflect, and create a vision for a world that embraces infinite differences.
#LearningFestival2025 #MayaCompass #YouthxYouth #WorldInCommon #TransformativeEducation
A Maya Compass.
Accompanying the maps throughout @palestine1492 is a compass inspired by Maya ceremonial altars.
It is nicely appreciated on the book cover for its colors where red is east, black is west, yellow is south, white is north.
Also present is the all-important green-blue at the center to represent the earth-sky, and the implication that between earth-sky there is you.
Seven cardinal directions rather than four reminds us we are not above the land, not owners of the land, never separate from the land.
#Palestine1492 #Mayageography #geography #cartography #countercartography #maps #countermaps #compass #Maya #altar
Grateful to share what I hope can be medicine in these heartbreaking times.
Palestine 1492 is a report back I began working on after the March of Return in 2018 that shares my research, analysis, diary entries, stories, and personal journey accompanying the Palestinian struggle for life.
It is a journey through history, geography, and political theory disguised as memoir.
It's now available for ordering from your local independent bookstore at a good discount, and available at those other places, too.
The publisher is happy to share a PDF for anyone who can benefit 🙏🏽
Send an email to [email protected]
#palestine1492 #zapatismo #blackradicaltradition #gaza #medicine #heartmedicine #zionism #maps #countercartography #geography #history #theory #empire
Photos of book launch at @medicinefornightmares
