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Program of activities for “The Zapatistas and ConSciences for Humanity”
Program of activities for the gathering “THE ZAPATISTAS and CONSCIENCES for HUMANITY.” Where: CIDECI-Unitierra. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. When: From December 26, 2014, through January 4, 2017. [Admin Reminder: The 2nd phase of the 5th CNI is…
Read MoreThe Standoff at Standing Rock: Reflections from a White Ally
By: Todd Davies For background information, please go to OcetiSakowinCamp.org and StandingRock.org. [NOTE: This post appears as an article in the December 2016 issue of Chiapas Update, and was written on December 6, 2016.] As I write this, the Army…
Read MoreChiapas: Modevite will consult their communities about EZLN proposal
THEY DEMAND RESPECT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OVER THEIR TERRITORY and AGREE TO CONSTRUCT COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS By: Angeles Mariscal In this state of the Mexican Southeast, the mining industry has been granted concessions to almost 20 percent of the territory, and there…
Read MoreA history that cannot be written with words
By: João Pedro Stédile * São Paulo, Brazil We lost Fidel. We gained a history of examples and wisdom. The history of Fidel is indescribable; we cannot delineate it with words. Then, I would like to give a testimony. He…
Read MoreA talk on Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy & Rights in Chiapas
En español con interpretación al inglés (ver abajo) Walking together: INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES FOR AUTONOMY & RIGHTS IN CHIAPAS & OTHER STRUGGLES Chiapas Support Committee Invites you to a talk with Luisella Preciado from the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center,…
Read MoreChiapas Indigenous initiate a 12-day march against mega-projects
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas, (apro) By: Isaín Mandujano More than a thousand indigenous Choles, Tzeltales and Tzotziles, left this Tuesday morning for Salto de Agua, in a pilgrimage that will tour 11 municipalities (municipios) to denounce and protest against the mega-projects…
Read MoreEZLN gives the Grito in Chiapas!
THE GOVERNOR of CHIAPAS GIVES the GRITO AT AN ALTERNATE SITE; THE EZLN GOES AHEAD OF the MAYOR and GIVES IT IN PALENQUE By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas. (apro) While Governor Manuel Velasco Coello had to give the Cry…
Read MoreZibechi: the black bloc as tactic and excuse
By: Raúl Zibechi In recent weeks we have attended a debate in the wake of black bloc activity in Brazil, which involved leaders of social movements and collectives of militants. The black bloc tactic (destruction of glass panes and windows…
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