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PART THREE: THE MISSION
By: Subcomandante Galeano How Defensa Zapatista tried to explain Zapatismo’s mission and other happy reasoning to Esperanza “All right, I’m going to explain something very important to you. But don’t take notes—just keep it in your head. You might…
Read MoreParamilitaries kidnap a Zapatista
Frayba demands that the authorities liberate Félix López, EZLN support base [1] By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) asked the Mexican State to intervene “immediately for the…
Read MorePart Four: Memory of What Is to Come
October 2020. Let’s go back, to 35 Octobers ago. Old Antonio watched the bonfire resist the rain. Beneath his dripping straw hat he lights his hand-rolled cigarette with a burning ember. The fire stays alive, hiding occasionally beneath the logs;…
Read MoreA Zapatista mountain on the high seas
By: Gilberto López y Rivas The communiqué of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), entitled A mountain on the high seas, released by its spokesperson Subcomandante Moisés last October 5, contains long-range reflections about the…
Read MoreSamir Flores was murdered for defending life, says Subcomandante Galeano
By: Hermann Bellinghausen In many corners of “this dying planet” there are those who do not give up. In a written Zoom exercise, to refer to the struggle and death of Samir Flores Soberanes, Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano closes in Morelos…
Read MorePart Six: A Mountain on the High Seas
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army MEXICO October 5, 2020 To the National Indigenous Congress—Indigenous Governing Council: To the Sixth in Mexico and abroad: To the Networks of Resistance and Rebellion: To…
Read MoreEZLN: We will go to find what makes us equal // despite oblivion, we live
Zapatistas will go to Europe to say that they continue in resistance and rebellion By: Hermann Bellinghausen The Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) announced that in April 2021 several of their diverse delegations will travel…
Read MoreBecause of Coronavirus, the EZLN Closes the Caracoles and Calls to not Abandon Current Struggles
March 16, 2020 To the people of Mexico: To the peoples of the world: To the National Indigenous Congress – Indigenous Governing Council To the national and international Sixth: To the networks of resistance and rebellion: Sisters and brothers: Compañeros,…
Read MoreA WHALE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MEXICAN SOUTHEAST
Sixth Commission of the EZLN Mexico December 2019 To the National Indigenous Congress-Indigenous Government Council: To the people, groups, collectives and organizations of the national and international Sixth: To the Networks of Resistance and Rebellion: To film-lovers everywhere: Considering, first…
Read MoreInvitation to a Gathering in Defense of Territory and Mother Earth
To the peoples of Mexico and of the world: To the national and international Sixth: To the CIG support networks: To the press: Capitalism is a world economic system that has, since its birth, operated against human life and our…
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