Shirin Hess

Shirin Marie-Rose Hess is a communications specialist and freelancer based in Oaxaca de Juarez. Her work is focused on social movements, women's rights and human rights defenders. You can find her on Twitter at @shihess.

Zapatista women inspire the fight against patriarchy

Seven thousand attended the first Zapatista event organized exclusively by and for women in hopes that they would gain skills and inspiration for the struggle against patriarchy.More

April 3, 2018
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Oaxaca’s teachers movement not thwarted by state terror

Despite a vicious crackdown, encampments and roadblocks by teachers in the Mexican state of Oaxaca protesting neoliberal education reform continue.More

June 27, 2016
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