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Zapatista Event at Modern Times Bookstore, SF
20 YEARS OF FREEDOM ACCORDING TO THE ZAPATISTAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm MODERN TIMES BOOKSTORE 2919 24th STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110 For 20 years the Zapatistas have been constructing their autonomy. Some of us that attended the…
Read MoreZapatistas: the Wealth of Dignity
ZAPATISTAS: the wealth of dignity By: Luis Hernández Navarro In the community of Emiliano Zapata in the Whirlwind of Our Words Caracol, 30 Zapatista families work collectively. They have in common a coffee plantation, vegetable gardens and about 350 head of cattle….
Read MoreEZLN: The Fighting lasted 12 Days; the struggle continues
A little Zapatista history… The Fighting Lasted 12 Days; the struggle continues ** 20 years after their Chiapas Uprising, the Zapatistas resist and reinvent themselves By: Hermann Bellinghausen San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, December 30, 2013 Against the versions…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary – December 2013
HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY! As the Zapatistas and their supporters around the world celebrate the 20th anniversary of the EZLN Uprising, the Chiapas Support Committee wishes all our friends and compañer@s a HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2013 was a great year for…
Read MoreEZLN: Rewind 1- When the dead silently speak out
WHEN THE DEAD SILENTLY SPEAK OUT (Rewind 1) (In which he reflects on those who are absent, biographies, narrates the first meeting of Durito with the Cat-Dog, and talks about other issues that are not on point; accordingly he will…
Read MoreEZLN: Rewind 2: On Death and Other Alibis
REWIND 2: ON DEATH AND OTHER ALIBIS December 2013. “One knows one has died when everything around them has stopped dying.” Elías Contreras. Profession: EZLN Investigation Commission. Civil Condition: Dead. Age: 521 years old and counting. It is before dawn, and, if they should…
Read MoreSolidarity & Tenderness for the Zapatista Communities
An appeal for solidarity A call for tenderness across borders La solidaridad es la ternura de los pueblos. | Solidarity is the tenderness of the peoples. —Gioconda Belli December 2013 Dear Friends & Supporters of the Chiapas Support Committee: Please…
Read MoreNoviembre de 2013 Resumen de Noticias sobre los ZAPATISTAS
NOVIEMBRE DE 2013 RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS SOBRE LOS ZAPATISTAS En Chiapas 1. EZLN publica 3 comunicados – Los zapatistas publicaron 3 comunicados: Malas y No Tan Malas Noticias; Rebobinar 3; y Cupo Completo para el Primer Grado de La…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for November 2013
NOVEMBER 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. EZLN Issues 3 Comunicados – The Zapatistas released 3 comunicados: The Bad and the Not-So-Bad News; Rewind 3; and Spaces Full for the December and January Escuelitas (Little Schools). In the first…
Read MoreZapatista Schools Are Full in December and January
Space Full for First Grade at the Little Zapatista School in December 2013 and January 2014 November 2013. To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth: To Who it May Concern: From: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés. Past, present, and future compas:…
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