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The Crack in the Wall: First Note on Zapatista Method
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May 3, 2015 Good afternoon, good day, good night to all listening and reading, no matter your calendars and geographies. My name is Galeano, Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano. I was born in the wee hours of the morning on May 25,…
Read MoreEZLN Corroborates support for Ayotzinapa parents
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[The Seminar on “Critical thought versus the Capitalist Hydra” began May 3. Subcomandantes Moisés and Galeano each gave the EZLN’s word on various topics. At the Homage on May 2, SCIs Moisés and Galeano remembered Compañero Galeano the teacher. Their…
Read More7 months after: investigative journalists talk about Ayotzinapa
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7 Months After: investigative journalists talk about the Ayotzinapa Case Seven months after the attack on Ayotzinapa students, I remembered that unspeakable crime by attending a talk at my local branch library (Temescal) in Oakland. For several hours last Saturday,…
Read MoreCategory: Ayotzinapa Tags: Anabel Hernández, Ayotzinapa
Ayotzinapa, emblem of 21st century social order
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Mexico: Ayotzinapa, Emblem of the Twenty-First Century Social Order By: Ana Esther Ceceña For Julio César Mondragón, in memoriam Ayotzinapa is an ominous emblem of the atrocities generated by contemporary capitalism. Ayotzinapa is anywhere in our world where a dissident voice…
Read MoreEZLN: On the bulletin board the concierge
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ON THE BULLETIN BOARD The Concierge ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY March 2015. Early morning in reality. Just here, as usual: watching and listening. The crack in the wall is barely visible from the other side. On our side it expands…
Read MoreEsteva: Time for Hope
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TIME FOR HOPE By: Gustavo Esteva The disappearance of a loved one is one of the worst evils that someone can suffer. It isn’t just the uncertainty that it provokes. It’s wondering every day if it won’t be happening to…
Read MoreU.N. Committee issues report on Mexico’s disappearances
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U.N. URGES MEXICO TO CREATE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S UNIT AGAINST ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES By: Afp and Dpa (agencies) Geneva. The UN Committee against Enforced Disappearances [1] recommended to Mexico the creation of a “an attorney general’s unit specialized in investigating forced…
Read MoreZibechi: Systemic chaos and transitions
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SYSTEMIC CHAOS AND TRANSITIONS UNDERWAY By: Raúl Zibechi Geopolitics helps us comprehend the world in which we live, particularly in turbulent periods like the current one, whose principal characteristic is global instability and a succession of permanent changes and fluctuations….
Read MoreCategory: Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, EZLN, Mexico's Social Movements, Raúl Zibechi, Student Movements Tags: Ayotzinapa, Capitalism, Immanuel Wallerstein, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Zapatista News Summary for January 2015
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ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY for JANUARY 2015 In Chiapas 1. EZLN Issues New Years Comunicado – We received the EZLN’s comunicado: “Words on its 21st Anniversary of the Beginning of the War against Oblivion” in English the first week in January. Sup…
Read MoreThe Shipwreck of the Mexican State
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THE SHIPWRECK OF THE MEXICAN STATE By Rafael Barajas and Pedro Miguel Without drug money, the Mexican economy would collapse, which is why politics, economics and organized crime are entwined at the highest levels. That reality, underlying the students’ massacre,…
Read MoreCategory: Ayotzinapa, Mexico Drug War Tags: Jose Manuel Mireles, Mexican Economy, Mexico, militarization, Nestora Salgado, politics, Rafael Barajas
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