Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala

Presents struggles for liberation in the Americas from the perspectives of structural victims Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala explores the ways people occupying different positionalities respond to various catastrophes while discussing how collective processes of struggle make new meanings and create new forms of relationality and subjectivity. Bringing together contributions by a diverse panel of well-established voices and rising scholars, this provocative volume challenges readers to resist, take direct collective action, organize, protest, and give proper uptake to social movements that fight against injustice and life-threatening conditions. Operating primarily within the context of “Abya Yala” — the term deployed by indigenous peoples to refer to the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean — the volume demonstrates and advances the explanatory and normative power of Philosophy of Liberation and the Decolonial Turn through theoretical analysis of current social changes unfolding in the Americas. Throughout the book, academic scholars and on-the-ground activists illustrate the reach, impact, and implications of radical social transformations that support victims of the system. Offering perspectives from the people who have chosen to rebel and act in solidarity against the system that oppresses them, Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala: Addresses different struggles for social justice in the US, México and Latin America Draws from philosophical tradition with influence in Africana philosophy, feminism, critical race theory, ethics, and political philosophy Tasks readers to fight for reparations, stand in solidarity with marginalized and indigenous peoples, and abolish dispossession Critiques the capitalist and colonial relationships that facilitate the exploitation of large segments of the population Promotes social mobilization through education and the decolonization of Westernized university and educational practices An urgent call to action for all those seeking to fundamentally change the world, Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala is a must-read for undergraduate and graduate students, educators and university lecturers, academic researchers and scholars, social and political activists, policymakers, journalists and media professionals, and general readers who are committed to liberation.

Table of Contents:
Notes on Contributors v Introduction 1 Ernesto Rosen Velásquez and Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda Section I Theoretical Approaches 9 1 Liberation Philosophy and the Search for Combative Decoloniality: A Fanonian Approach 11 Nelson Maldonado- Torres 2 Decolonizing Understanding: A Utopian Reading of Aníbal Quijano’s Coloniality of Power and Knowledge 29 Alejandro Vallega 3 Transmodernity as a Postulate: First Eurocentrism, Prejudice, and Critique 43 Enrique Téllez Fabiani Section II Gender 59 4 Reflections on the Erotics of Liberation: A Contemporary, Feminist Latin American Perspective 61 AFyL Women Collective 5 Sylvia Wynter’s Gender and Genre for a Queer and Trans- inclusive Politics 73 Elisabeth Paquette Section III Education 85 6 Struggles to Make Black Lives Matter 87 Ernesto Rosen Velásquez 7 In the Trap of Critique: Making Decolonization Metaphor 105 Stephanie Rivera Berruz 8 Education in Latin America: Decolonization as an Ethical–Political Urgency 116 Nadia Heredia 9 Philosophy of Liberation Praxis in Mexico City 127 Gabriel Herrera Salazar Section IV Social Movements 139 10 Experiences of Weaving: The Chilean Social Revolt as an Esthetic Proposal 141 Paloma Griffero 11 Migration Justice in Times of Pandemics in the Borderland of Ciudad Juárez/El Paso 161 Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda 12 Latin American Animal Ethics 173 Iván Sandoval-Cervantes and Amy Reed- Sandoval 13 Zapata Revisited: Views on the Zapatista National Liberation Army 182 Ernesto Castañeda 14 Decolonizing Peyote Politics in Mexico and Southwest U.S. 197 Osiris Sinuhé González Romero Index 211

About the Author :
LUIS RUBÉN DÍAZ CEPEDA is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. His research focuses on ethics, borders, social movements, critical theory, and philosophy of liberation. He is author of Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy: From Ciudad Juárez to Ayotzinapa and co-editor of Latin American Immigration Ethics. ERNESTO ROSEN VELÁSQUEZ is Associate Professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA. He specializes in Latinx philosophy, critical philosophy of race, and political philosophy. He is co-editor of Decolonizing the Westernized University: Interventions in Philosophy of Education From Within and Without.