Don’t Say Thank You

Elena Poniatowska

NON FICTION, 2009. PLANETA NEW EDITION, 2023. 160 PAGES.

The legendary story of how seven families occupied land in Morelos in 1973 and ended up building a settlement of fifteen thousand people led by Güero Medrano in an unprecedented experiment in solidarity, resistance and social justice.
The legacy of the peasant, warrior and social leader Florencio el Guëro Medrano is much more than the events of 31 March, 1973 when seven families occupied semi-abandoned land in Morelos and founded the first people's commune in Latin America, which at its peak housed fifteen thousand inhabitants who lived according to their own moral code. The detailed history of the Rubén Jaramillo Colony is told in this essential text, which also pays homage to those who understood that a true revolutionary spirit is founded in self-respect.
The Elena Poniatowska Library brings together the fiction, essays and journalism of an author who has always questioned the hegemonic system and conventional thinking, championing the underprivileged and social justice. Don't Say Thank You encourages us to follow the commune's example as we strive to build a fairer world.

PUBLISHED BY: Spanish PLANETA

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