WHAT: Come celebrate Ernesto Villalobos and Ben Barson's birthdays at the 52 Marble Hill Boat with the third Revolutionary Summer House Party, concert and fundraiser for Kol-lek-tive Snajtaleltik (an awesome tongue-twister and also an incredible indigenous community in Chiapas)VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3892703108630WHERE: 52 Marble Hill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463WHEN: This Friday, June 26th from 7 PM to 7AM. Please note the change in date because of rain!TICKETS: $15 at the door special guest feature performance by spiritchild______________________________________________Join us this Friday! The 52 Marble Hill Summer House Parties are in full swing and this weekend we expect a full house. Our birthday party/concert/discussion will highlight and celebrate the work of indigenous Mexicans fighting for self-definition & self-determination. Musicians Gizel Xanath, Ernesto Villalobos and Ben Barson have just returned from Mexico, and they will report back on the struggles of Indigenous Mexicans in Veracruz, Sonora and Chiapas for autonomy, cultural memory, and the rights of the Earth. Professor and lifelong activist Margaret Cerullo will discuss the 20 year legacy of Zapatismo, and the movements since influenced through the Global South. Ernesto Villalobos, violin virtuoso and cultural organizer, will be celebrating a belated birthday, and perform along with some of the best musicians from the New York area. The party will be a fundraiser for Kol-lek-tive Snaktaeltik, a revolutionary group of Tzeltal-Tzotzil speakers based in San Cristobal, Chipas, who use the Mayan concept of Sk'oponel Snopel ta Stalel Ilumaltik (Communication and Popular Education) to create seed libraries, artisanal exchange, self-sufficiency, and other non-capitalist forms of knowledge sharing and continuation.About the 52 Marble Hill Summer House Parties:In the summer of 2011 we (the Villalobos Brothers) opened our backyard and started hosting an informal concert series. Little did we know that these small gatherings would soon become monster parties of mythical proportions!By the end of 2012 hundreds of guests would make the trip uptown, coming in from An Beal Bocht, Manhattan College, the Shul of New York, Columbia University, the Mariachi Academy and the United Nations. By the end of that summer the 52 Marble Hill Summer House Parties had become a weekend destination... a most delicious urban escape, a legendary summer party with all the live music... and none of the drama. Over the years we have been fortunate to have great musicians grace our stage: from the classical Indian trio Karavika, to the reggae band Rocky and the Pressers and from Bernardo Palombo to Mariachi Real de Mexico, Outernational, Jarana Beat and Los Cojolites. About Ecosocialist Horizons: Ecosocialism is a vision of a transformed society in harmony with nature, and the development of practices that can attain it. It is directed toward alternatives to all socially and ecologically destructive systems, such as patriarchy, racism, homophobia and the fossil-fuel based economy. It is based on a perspective that regards other species and natural ecosystems as valuable in themselves and as partners in a common destiny.About Snajtaleltik:Kol-lek-tive Snajtaleltik is a point of departure, but also a space where we arrive, we meet, we talk and we build community. From the Tzeltal-Tzotzil Maya thought, Snajtaleltik is the home of our physical and spiritual being, and it includes and is a consequence of our actions. A House where we share, grow, sow, work, speak our word; a place to laugh, to play, to sing, to heal our hearts, to listen to our ancient spirits; a way to recognize who we are and what we can become, to value and recognize our greatness, and to find and reconnect with our philosophy and other philosophies of life, to cultivate eco-friendly spirituality, and respect for all human beings. Our mission is to sow the thoughts that value and recognize the greatness of life.