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Category: Autonomy
Emergency in the Chol town of Tila, Chiapas
By: Magdalena Gómez Starting last June 2, paramilitary aggression and threats against the Tila ejido in Chiapas have intensified. [1] They accuse, its authorities point out, “that we are robbing them of their 130-hectare property and that they have more…
Read MoreThe CNI starts meeting today
Published by Pozol Colectivo Chiapas, Mexico “The National Indigenous Congress prepared for 20 years to reach this day and point out a good path,” Subcomandante Moisés argued last January 1, with respect to the creation of the Indigenous Government Council…
Read MoreConvocation of the Constituent Assembly of the Indigenous Government Council for Mexico
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS CONVOCATION Considering that the V National Indigenous Congress (CNI, its initials in Spanish), in its second stage carried out on December 29, 30, 31, 2016 and on January 1, 2017, agreed: FIRST. – “…To name an Indigenous…
Read MoreEZLN: The first of several
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO March 2017 To the Sixth in the world: Compas: Because we had told you that we were going to see the way of supporting you so that, at the same time, you will support the…
Read MoreThe transition blossoms, although we may not see it
By: Raúl Zibechi We are transitioning towards a new, post-capitalist world. In the measure that it is a process we are experiencing, we don’t have sufficient distance to know which period we’re in, but everything indicates that we’re crossing through…
Read MoreWhat Comes Next I: Then and Now
By: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés January 3, 2017 Good evening everyone. We just want to say that this is going to take a while, so now is the moment to leave or take a nap. So first of all, just like…
Read MoreWord Movement: Poets against war & racism
Poets against War & Racism | Poetas contra la guerra y el racismo Poets Amira Ali Arnoldo Colibrí Hummingbird Rafael Jesús Gonzalez with Gerardo Omar Marín Invited poets & performers Open mic. Update with short new video on the Congreso Nacional Indígena congress…
Read MoreLearning to govern ourselves
By: Gustavo Esteva The storm rages; cold and hurricane-force winds threaten from the north, which will be accentuated after next Friday, January 20, and a cyclone forms level with the land all over the country. There is nowhere to take…
Read MoreThe Arts and the Sciences in the history of (neo) Zapatismo
Words of Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano December 28, 2016 Last night I spoke to you about the interplanetary upheaval that had given rise to the question “Why is this flower this color? Why does it have this shape? Why does it…
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