Insurrection, self-government and Stateless living in communalist Mesoamerica

Abstract

Barbarism, state terror, ecocide and the reiteration of end-of-the-world figures have been consuming social relations today, especially during the pandemic. On the other hand, this is also a time of insurrections and the existence of communalist societies that are organized around self-government and autonomy, especially in Mexico; that is, they despise state institutions for organizing community life. Reiterating that they are distinct thoughts, in which one does not assert itself over the other, living without government is also the horizon of anarchist thought; This text seeks to articulate the writings of Ricardo Flores Magón, David Graeber and Piotr Kroptkin to think about principles such as self-management, autonomy, mutual support and free association in rough times.