Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Mexico’s Social Movements


EZLN-CNI Statement on Arrests in Xochicuautla

Joint Declaration from the National Indigenous Congress and the EZLN on the Cowardly Attack by Government forces against the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla on November 3, 2014 To the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla To…

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Zapatista News Summary for October 2014

OCTOBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Solidarity with Ayotzinapa, 4 Comunicados, 2 Demonstrations  –  First, the Zapatistas issued a comunicado expressing solidarity with Ayotzinapa students and announcing that its members would participate silently in the October 8…

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CNI-EZLN denounce land invasion and attack on Lauro Baumea

Joint National Indigenous Congress – EZLN Declaration denouncing the invasion of the Communal Lands of the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla and the attack on Indigenous Yaqui Lauro Baumea To the Ñatho Indigenous Community of San Francisco Xochicuautla…

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Guerrero and Narco-Politics

[Comment from an administrator of this blog: As you read this article, it would seem appropriate to remember that the U.S. government has urged and participated in Mexico’s so-called “Drug War” and financially supports Mexico’s Narco-State with beaucoup bucks while…

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EZLN & CNI Statement on Ayotzinapa

JOINT DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS AND THE EZLN ABOUT THE AYOTZINAPA CRIME AND FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE YAQUI LEADERS (NOTE: CNI members read this text in some of the mobilizations that were held in Mexico on October…

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Thousands of Zapatistas Demonstrate in Chiapas on Oct 22

IN CHIAPAS, THOUSANDS OF ZAPATISTAS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF AYOTZINAPA aND the YAQUI PEOPLE Chiapas México. October 22, 2014 Just like in different parts of the country and the world, thousands of Zapatista support bases once again demonstrated in silence,…

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Zapatistas join October 22 events

ZAPATISTAS JOIN OCTOBER 22 EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF AYOTZINAPA AND THE YAQUI PEOPLE Communiqué from the Revolutionary Indigenous Clandestine Committee-General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico October 19, 2014 To the classmates, teachers, and family members of the…

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Father Solalinde: State agents, kidnappers of the students

STATE AGENTS, KIDNAPPERS OF THE STUDENTS: ALEJANDRO SOLALINDE * Criminals did not participate in the acts, as they want to make you believe, the priest asserts By: Fabiola Martínez He pointed out that he is willing to tell what he…

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Indigenous communities meet in Chiapas about super-highway

LOS LLANOS OF LOS ALTOS, CHIAPAS ADDS ITS REJECTION OF THE SC-PALENQUE SUPER-HIGHWAY AND EXTENDS INVITATION Los Llanos Ejido, San Cristobal de Las Casas, adds itself to the resistance against construction of the Super-Highway, and extends an invitation to know…

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20,000 Zapatistas March for Ayotzinapa

SILENT MARCH of 20,000 ZAPATISTAS FOR AYOTZINAPA By: Chiapas Paralelo Some 20,000 indigenous men and women, milicianos and support bases of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) among them, held a silent mega-march in solidarity with the students in Ayotzinapa,…

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