Weapons, Drugs, and Money: Crime, Corruption, and Community Based Liberation in the US/Mexico Neoliberal Military Political Economy

Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense organizer, filmmaker, educator, artist, and author. For the last 15 years, Sedillo has been teaching geopolitics and political economy. Sedillo has contributed to the production of a wide variety of documentary films and investigative articles, which focus primarily on the effects of the neoliberal military political economy on indigenous communities, immigrant communities, and communities of color in the US and Mexico. Sedillo´s work more importantly focuses how social movements, particularly in Indigenous communities in Mexico, are organizing and resisting neoliberalism.

Carolina Saldaña is an independent media journalist, translator and author of the book, Agosto Negro: Presas y presos políticos en pie de lucha. https: //subversiones.org/PDFs/agostonegro.pdf The co-editor also works with the collective Amigos de Mumia en México. To read her articles and translations see: https: //amigosdemumiamx.blog/ or https: //www.facebook.com/mumia.libre Contact: [email protected]

Samara Almonte is part of the Michoacán diaspora, raised between the lakes and Tierra Caliente regions of Michoacán and occupied Coast Salish territory or the Pacific Northwest. Samara identifies as a P'urhepecha descendant reconnecting with her ancestors, which has greatly influenced her work as an environmental justice storyteller. Samara holds a B.A in Urban Planning and Sustainability Development, with a specialization in Environmental Justice and Education, from Western Washington University.