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Shall We Start Again?
From El Capitán, EZLN, original here. The fig tree rubs its wind with the sandpaper of its branches,and the forest, cunning cat, bristles its brittle fibers. (Romance Sonámbulo.Federico García Lorca) Yes, the wind and the mountain seem to have known each other…
Read MoreArt as revolutionary weapon: Reflections from Zapatista territory.
By the Observatorio Memoria y Libertad The most powerful ammunition of the Zapatistas are their bullets of verses, theater, and music; poetry. It is enough to read their proclamations, their proclamations, communiques and stories to confirm it. A struggle against…
Read MorePalestinians & Zapatistas: Extremes that come together in the fight against inhumanity
By Pietro Ameglio | Originally published by Desinformémonos in Spanish. For this article we will take as a basis the textual words chosen from particularly significant moments, of Palestinian and Zapatista protagonists about their struggles, challenges and sufferings, since they…
Read MoreEZLN Subcomandante: The Zapatista vocation is to be of “good seed’
By Elio Henríquez, La Jornada correspondent, November 21, 2023 The Zapatista vocation, according to “a laconic definition,” is “to be a good seed,” stated Subcomandante Moisés of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional). “We do not…
Read MoreCNI-EZLN Pronouncement
PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS AND THE EZLN IN RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENT EVICTION OF THE “TIERRA Y LIBERTAD” CAMP IN THE MIXE COMMUNITY OF MOGOÑE VIEJO, GUICHICOVI, OAXACA, BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS To the peoples of…
Read MoreTHERE WILL BE NO LANDSCAPE AFTER THE BATTLE
(On the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine.) ZAPATISTA SIXTH COMMISSION Mexico March 2, 2022 To those who signed the Declaration for Life: To the national and international Sixth: Compañer@s and herman@s: We tell you our words and thoughts about what…
Read MoreCommuniqué of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army
[Admin: Bishop Samuel Ruiz García died 10 years ago, on January 24, 2011. Below, we re-publish the EZLN’s communiqué issued upon his death with English interpretation.] January 2011 To the people of Mexico: The Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of…
Read MoreThank You
Zapatista Sixth Commission Coordinating Team for the Journey for Life: Europe Chapter December 14, 2021 To the organizations, movements, groups, collectives, original peoples and individuals from the different geographies of the land today known as “Slumil K´ajxemk´op”.[1] From the Zapatista…
Read MoreWords of the Zapatista communities on the Occasion of the March Against the Destruction of Nature
Above photo: EZLN, CNI and FPDTA in the climate strike protest in Vienna, Austria on September 24 In Vienna, Austria. In the voice of compañera Libertad, on September 24, 2021 Good afternoon. This is our own little word in a…
Read MoreThe Zapatista delegation La Extemporánea arrives in the capital of the country
By: Fernando Camacho and Elio Henríquez Members of La Extemporánea, the delegation of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) that will depart on Monday for Europe to meet with diverse social collectives on that continent,…
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