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Joint National Indigenous Congress – EZLN Declaration denouncing the invasion of the Communal Lands of the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla and the attack on Indigenous Yaqui Lauro Baumea To the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla…
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LOS LLANOS OF LOS ALTOS, CHIAPAS ADDS ITS REJECTION OF THE SC-PALENQUE SUPER-HIGHWAY AND EXTENDS INVITATION Los Llanos Ejido, San Cristobal de Las Casas, adds itself to the resistance against construction of the Super-Highway, and extends an invitation to know…
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HOW THE DOMINANT CLASS THINKS By: Raúl Zibechi The crisis continues revealing everything that would stay hidden in periods of normality. This includes the strategic projects of the dominant class, their way of seeing the world, the principal gamble they…
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ANATOMY OF A PARAMILITARY ATTACK: A REPORT FROM SAN MANUEL By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez “Manuel Velasco state paramilitary chief, Enrique Peña Nieto supreme paramilitary chief” That’s what the letrero (hand-painted sign) says in front of the Zapatista bodega at the Cuxuljá…
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CHIAPAS INDIANS IN DEFENSE OF LIFE AND TERRITORY By: Gaspar Morquecho Laguna Suyul, San Juan Chamula, September 7, 2014 A little more than 2,000 people, between boys and girls, men, women and elderly people met in Laguna Suyul, convoked by…
Read MoreCategory: Chiapas Tourism, Dispossession, Environment/ecology, Indigenous Rights Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, community self-defense, Mexico, Neoliberalism
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CNI and EZLN Demand Freedom for Mario Luna, Yaqui Tribe Spokesperson September 2014 To the Yaqui Tribe: To the People of Mexico: To the National and International Sixth: To the Governments of Mexico and the World: “We demand the…
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Chiapas Support Committee/Comité de Apoyo a Chiapas P.O. Box 3421, Oakland, CA 94609 Tel: (510) 654-9587 Email: cezmat@igc.org http://www.chiapas-support.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chiapas-Support-Committee-Oakland/
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CNI and EZLN: UNITED AGAINST DISPOSSESSION By: Luis Hernández Navarro Gatherings of popular organizations are celebrated practically every month in the most hidden corners of the country. In them it is sought to confront the dispossession of their lands, territories…
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[This is the last of the documents from the Exchange between the Zapatista Peoples and the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico. The translation came out the day we left for Chiapas.] 2nd DECLARATION from the EZLN-CNI EXCHANGE: ON the DISPOSSESSION of…
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AUGUST 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Exchange (Sharing) with the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) – The Zapatistas held an “exchange” (sharing) with the National Indigenous Congress (CNI, its initials in Spanish) in La Realidad between August 4…
Read MoreCategory: Counterinsurgency, Dispossession, Dolores Hidalgo, EZLN, Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous Rights, Mexico's Social Movements, Mexico's Southern Border, National Indigenous Congress, News Summaries Tags: Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Galeano, La Realidad, Marcos, Mexico, Zapatistas