Toward Freedom Editor, Author at Toward Freedom

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: Bolivia’s Lesson in Triumphalism

Toward Freedom Editor November 15, 2019 Toward Freedom Editor

This is the English transcription of Bolivian historian Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui's intervention at the Women's Parliament in La Paz, Bolivia, on Tuesday November 12, 2019.

The Bone Searchers: A New Trade in a Country of Mass Graves

Toward Freedom Editor November 13, 2019 Toward Freedom Editor

A new trade has come into existence in Mexico: that of the bone searchers, who dig for human remains of the disappeared in exchange for a paycheque.

We Love Music: Cumbia Anti-Fascista

Toward Freedom Editor October 25, 2019 Toward Freedom Editor

Anti-fascist, anti-police cumbias from South America, to dance to while we fight the patriarchy.

We Love Music: Helado Negro

Toward Freedom Editor October 23, 2019 Toward Freedom Editor

Helado Negro is one of our favorite musicians. He just released an incredibly beautiful track that was recorded live at KCRW in LA. The song is called Sabana de Luz (Sheet of Light) and you can listen to its haunting, playful sound on Bandcamp. Makes a person want to see it performed live, right?

País Nublado, one of our other fave tracks by Helado Negro, is a melancholy lament that we’ve got on steady rotation. Enjoy!