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A very special day
By: Gustavo Esteva It was a very special day. They made it special. There was the usual: the display of flowers, supplements and special programs, promises of change, the language of quotas, commercial banality… But the call for a women’s…
Read MoreZapatista Captain calls on women to “struggle together against the patriarchal capitalist system”
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) – Today, the Zapatista Captain Erika welcomed thousands of women that arrived from all the Caracols, as well as from other states and countries, and urged them to compete to see who is…
Read MoreThe Mayor of Oxchuc is removed and new municipal council elected
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (proceso.com.mx) – The State Congress took away her constitutional protection (immunity from prosecution) and removed María Gloria Sánchez Gómez from her elected position as mayor of Oxchuc, and also removed her entire county council;…
Read MoreEZLN: 24 years of dignity and ethical congruence
By: Gilberto López y Rivas Last January 1 one more anniversary was completed of the uprising of the Zapatista Mayas by which the existence of an insurgent group in the majority composed of Indigenous was made public, and which based…
Read MoreEZLN Words on 24th Anniversary
WORDS FROM THE INDIGENOUS REVOLUTIONARY CLANDESTINE COMMITTEE-GENERAL COMMAND of the ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY, JANUARY 1, 2018 24th Anniversary of the start of the war against oblivion GOOD EVENING, GOOD MORNING: COMPAÑEROS, COMPAÑERAS WHO ARE ZAPATISTA BASES OF SUPPORT COMPAÑEROS,…
Read More3 Dead in Oxchuc, Chiapas violence
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT DIED IN AN ARMED ATTACK IN OXCHUC By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) Thousands of indigenous Tzeltals of Oxchuc, demanded justice within the framework of a homage held this…
Read MoreAdvances in the Zapatista Women’s Gathering
ADVANCES IN THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, ARTISTIC, SPORTS AND CULTURAL GATHERING OF WOMEN THAT STRUGGLE (NOTE: registration deadline for activities February 9, 2018. Registration deadline for attendance is March 8, 2018) Compañeras, we want to share with you how the…
Read MoreSupGaleano: From the Diaries of the Cat-Dog
The EZLN’s Sixth Commission at the close of “Consciences for Humanity”: “From the Diaries of the Cat-Dog.” SupGaleano From the Diaries of the Cat-Dog: the story of how two great detectives met, a fragment of what Elías Contreras and Sup…
Read MoreEZLN: anniversary message
By: Magdalena Gómez The General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) issued a message last January 1; I will emphasize some aspects of it. It repeats and bases the call to organization from below,…
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