FIGHT FOR AUTONOMY
a celebration of the founding of the EZLN
The Chiapas Support Committee invites you to a film night to celebrate and reflect on the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation). This will be a fundraiser to support the Zapatistas’ secondary schools.
Thursday, November 17, 2016, 6:30 p.m.–9:30 pm
At the Omni Oakland Commons
4799 Shattuck Ave | Oakland CA 94609
Donation requested: $5.00-$10.00
No one turned away for lack of funds.
SPEAKERS
We will have a speaker on the struggle for water justice in Standing Rock.
An update on the recent Zapatista developments in Mexico after the film-viewing.
FILM: The Sixth Sun
The Sixth Sun is a compilation video of the early years of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico.
Director Saul Landau and famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler assembled a great mixture of original and borrowed footage to tell the unforeseen January 1, 1994 indigenous-led Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico.
The Sixth Sun is in English and Spanish with English subtitles and runs 56 mins.Sponsored by the Chiapas Support Committee
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CNI-EZLN announce consultation with indigenous peoples on forming council of government and having an indigenous woman represent them in the Mexican 2018 presidential elections!
