Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Mexico’s Social Movements


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…

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Convocation 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…

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Indigenous 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…

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Until dignity becomes the custom

By: Francisco López Bárcenas [1] Everything was going according to what was programmed until Estela Hernández, the daughter of Jacinta Francisco Marcial, [2] took the microphone and spoke her word. It was straight to the point from the beginning. She…

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“There will be no wall:” Sioux, Yaqui and Tohono O’odham

 Indigenous struggles unite from Standing Rock to the Sierra Norte of Puebla  From the Editors of Desinformémonos  February 20,2017 Trump’s “xenophobic and aggressive policy against Mexico” has placed the Native peoples of the United States and Mexico on alert. They…

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Pueblo Creyente proposes to construct autonomy in their communities

CHIAPAS: “We propose constructing autonomy in our communities,” 25 anniversary of Pueblo Creyente* Communiqué of Pueblo Creyente (Believing People) on the Sixth Anniversary of the Death of Jtatik Samuel (Bishop Samuel Ruiz) “We denounce the death projects” To public opinion…

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Delegation 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…

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Word 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…

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Joint 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…

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The gasolinazo and the protests

By: Luis Hernández Navarro The image has been reproduced a thousand times as a symbol of the times. At the exit of a department store sacked by a plebeian multitude, a young man carries an enormous new screen on his…

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