Chiapas Support Committee

Category: National Indigenous Congress


Words of the EZLN at the closing of the 5th CNI Congress

WORDS OF THE EZLN AT THE CLOSING OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE FIFTH CNI CONGRESS ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO JANUARY FIRST, 2017 Sisters and Brothers of the National Indigenous Congress: Compañeras, compañeros y compañeroas of the national and…

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The Power of Below

By: Raúl Zibechi It’s unheard of in Latin America that dozens of indigenous peoples and nations decide to endow themselves with their own government. The recent decision of the 5th National Indigenous Congress (CNI), after consultation and approval by 43…

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And it shook! A Report from the Epicenter

To the Original Peoples of Mexico To Civil Society of Mexico and of the World To the National and International Sixth To the Free Communications Media Brothers, Sisters, It is the time of the peoples, for seeding and reconstructing ourselves….

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CNI announces an autonomous parallel government for Mexico

THE EZLN EXTENDED THE CONSULTATION TO DEFINE ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE  By: Isaín Mandujano OVENTIK, Chiapas. (proceso.com.mx). – Some 3,000 participating delegates of the National Indigenous Congress (Congreso Nacional Indígena, CNI), with support from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista…

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CNI-EZLN, the Mexican State and the registry of an independent candidate

The CNI-EZLN and the MEXICAN STATE VERSUS the REGISTRY of an INDIGENOUS WOMAN AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR 2018 By: Gaspar Morquecho It’s probable that on January 1, 2017 the CNI-EZLN will announce the strategic agreements, “if there are any,”…

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CNI-EZLN: Despite aggressions, the consultation continues

JOINT COMMUNIQUE BY THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS AND THE ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY December 2, 2016. TO THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO: TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD: TO THE FREE MEDIA: The steps taken by our peoples are great, wise…

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Chiapas: Modevite will consult their communities about EZLN proposal

THEY DEMAND RESPECT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OVER THEIR TERRITORY and AGREE TO CONSTRUCT COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS By: Angeles Mariscal  In this state of the Mexican Southeast, the mining industry has been granted concessions to almost 20 percent of the territory, and there…

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EZLN: a clarifying text

By: Magdalena Gómez I dedicate this collaboration to the Cuban people and to Pablo González Casanova for the “Lessons of Fidel” and, his own. Very opportune the text “A story to try to understand,” [1] elaborated by sub Galeano and…

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Convocation of the second phase of the fifth CNI

CONVOCATION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS Given that: During the first phase of the Fifth National Indigenous Congress (CNI), we analyzed and discussed in depth the different faces of the capitalist war on our peoples….

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Galeano: Don’t get confused, the EZLN doesn’t bet on the electoral path to reach power

GALEANO; DON’T GET CONFUSED, THE EZLN DOESN’T BET ON THE ELECTORAL PATH TO REACH POWER, MUCH LESS BY MEANS OF ARMS By: Isaín Mandujano At 33 years from the foundation of the National Liberation Forces (Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional, FLN)…

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