Chiapas Support Committee

Category: EZLN


The Zapatista delegation La Extemporánea arrives in the capital of the country

By: Fernando Camacho and Elio Henríquez Members of La Extemporánea, the delegation of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) that will depart on Monday for Europe to meet with diverse social collectives on that continent,…

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EZLN: Itinerary of La Extemporánea

September 10, 2021: The airborne delegation [La Extemporánea] will depart the Jacinto Canek caracol early in the morning. September 10, 2021: At an unspecified time after 18:00hrs, La Extemporánea [i] will arrive at the location on Carmona y Valle Street…

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Against Xenophobia and Racism, the Struggle for Life

ZAPATISTA SIXTH COMMISSION Mexico September 4, 2021 To whom it may concern: In accordance with the Zapatista Good Government Councils, the CCRI-CG of the EZLN and the indigenous Zapatista communities, we declare the following: First: In recent days we have…

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For Life: The Departure of “La Extemporánea” to Europe

Zapatista Sixth Commission 
Mexico August 30, 2021. To the Europe below and to the left: To the Sixth in Mexico and abroad: To the organizations, groups, and collectives that seek truth and justice for the victims of forced disappearance: Sisters,…

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Dispute over the past and internal colonialism

By: Luis Hernández Navarro In his Memories, published for the first time in 1955, Jaime Torres Bodet bemoans how the historical interpretation of the conquest and the colonial past of México have painfully and pointlessly divided the country. Secretary of…

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Diverse collectives invite to prepare the reception of The Extemporaneous, the Zapatista airborne company

  We’re going to prepare the reception for La Extemporánea (The Extemporaneous), the Zapatista airborne company! We’re all going to prepare the reception of The Extemporaneous (La Extemporánea), the Zapatista airborne company. There will be music, dance, the creation of…

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500 years, the uses of history

Above: A member of Zapatista Squadron 421 at the 500 Years celebration in Madrid, Spain. By: Luis Hernández Navarro The Plaza de Colón, in Madrid, is the emblematic heart of the Spanish ultra-right and its fantasies of recovering its lost…

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Only 500 years later


Words of the Zapatista Peoples August 13, 2021. Sisters, brothers, hermanoas: Compañeros, compañeras, compañeroas: The Zapatista communities speak through our voices. First, we would like to express our thanks. Thank you for having invited us. Thank you for having welcomed…

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Zapatistas in Madrid: “500 years later, the communities come to listen to you”

Madrid, Spain “Tell us your story, your rage, your rebellion. We come to listen and learn from your story. In each resistance there is a cry for life. 500 years later, the communities come to listen to you,” was the…

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From the Popular Consultation to the National Campaign for Truth and Justice

By: Magdalena Gómez August 1, 2021 will be marked by the first popular “consulta” (consultation or referendum) held on a national scale, with a constitutional and legal basis, the product of four decades of struggles to open the way to…

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