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Joint CNI-EZLN Comunicado denouncing repression in Arantepacua, Michoacán
JOINT COMUNICADO of the CNI and the EZLN DENOUNCING REPRESSION AGAINST the PURÉPECHA COMMUNITY of ARANTEPACUA, MICHOACÁN To the Purépecha Community of Arantepacua, Michoacán: To the alternative communications media: To the peoples of the world: The National Indigenous Congress, the…
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 MoreIndigenous Women: an expanding view
By: Magdalena Gómez March 8 is International Women’s Day. In the case of Indigenous women, as of today, the complexity is not fully realized that their belonging to a people and the dimension of gender involve. In the last 20…
Read MoreDelegation to Chiapas, March 26-April 1, 2017
CSC SPRING DELEGATION to CHIAPAS, March 26 – April 1, 2017 The Chiapas Support Committee of Oakland, California announces a Delegation to Chiapas, Mexico. We hope you will join us to explore the autonomous parallel government being constructed in…
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 MoreJoint CNI-EZLN communiqué on Rarámuri murders
Joint Comunicado of the National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista National Liberation Army in solidarity with the Rarámuri People STOP THE MURDERS OF INDIGENOUS RARAMURIS COMPAÑEROS IN DEFENSE OF THEIR TERRITORY! Indigenous Territories of Mexico, February 4, 2017 To the…
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 MoreCNI-EZLN pronouncement on Mapuche political prisoner
JOINT PRONOUNCEMENT FROM THE CNI AND THE EZLN FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR MAPUCHE SISTER MACHI FRANCISCA LINCOLAO HUIRCAPAN To the Mapuche People: To the Chilean People: To the International Sixth: To the Media: We peoples, nations, and tribes of…
Read MoreZapatismo’s presidential candidacy
By: Raúl Zibechi The decision of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) to submit the possibility of presenting an indigenous woman as a candidate for the presidency in the 2018 elections to its support…
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