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Autonomous region members report a new ORCAO armed attack against BAEZLN in Ocosingo
By Desinformemonos | February 12, 2024 Mexico City | Desinformémonos. Residents of the autonomous region of Moisés & Gandhi, Chiapas, reported a new armed attack against the Support Bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (BAEZLN) by the Regional…
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 MoreChiapas: Armed group displaces Zapatista community La Resistencia
by Elio Henriquez, La Jornada correspondent | February 3, 2024 San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. The National Network of Civil Human Rights Organizations “All Rights for All” (Red TDT, Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos Todos los…
Read MoreWest Coast premiere of new zapatista film: La Montaña
Please join us to view La Montaña, the new documentary on the Zapatista voyage to Europe, by Diego Enrique Osorno. Released in 2023, La Montaña provides an intimate view of the journey for life that the Zapatista 4-2-1 squadron initiated…
Read MoreDefend life to the rhythm of a cumbia
By Mariana Mora | Originally published in Spanish by La Jornada Over the course of three decades, Zapatismo has managed to break through again and again into what appears to be the inevitable destiny of a historical outcome. Just when…
Read MoreThe Common: the new horizon
By Raúl Romero | Published in Spanish in La Jornada here. The journey has been long. Due to battered and privatized roads, we are running into sections under repair and accidents. The driver of our vehicle says: “You have to…
Read MoreIndigenous peoples: Farewell to the so-called new relationship
By: Magdalena Gómez At the time of the suspended dialogue between the federal government and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) it was claimed that a new relationship would be built between the State and the indigenous peoples. The farewell…
Read MoreThe “Narco” in the Lacandón Jungle
By: Luis Hernández Navarro The San Javier Crossroads, on the Palenque-Trinitaria Highway, is a strategic point of the old Desert of Solitude. Communities that make up the Lacandón Community intersect there: Frontera Corozal, Lacanjá and Nueva Palestina, where Choles, Lacandons and…
Read MoreInhabitants of Nueva Palestina demand help in the face of an invasion by organized crime
From the Editors Approximately 3,000 residents of the community of Nueva Palestina, municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas, marched yesterday to demand the presence of security forces because members of organized crime, who are disputing the territory, are trying to charge small…
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