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EZLN: The first of several
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO March 2017 To the Sixth in the world: Compas: Because we had told you that we were going to see the way of supporting you so that, at the same time, you will support the…
Read MoreAbsalón Castellanos dies; EZLN put him on trial in 1994
By: Isaín Mandujano The former Chiapas governor, Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, who the Zapatista National Liberation Army put on trial in 1994, died this afternoon at 93. His grandson with the same name, Absalón Castellanos Rodríguez, announced the death of the…
Read MoreThe Cat-Dog and the Apocalypse
Science fiction. Remember that: science fiction. You’ll see that, in your coming nightmares, it will help you to not become so distressed, or at least not uselessly distressed. Perhaps you remember some science fiction movie. Perhaps science fiction set some…
Read MoreWhat’s Next? II. The Urgent and the Important
January 3, 2017 I’ve been listening to you: sometimes when I’m here with you all, sometimes via the CIDECI stream, sometimes via what your Zapatista students mention to me. I always try to get a grasp on the meaning of…
Read MoreWhat Comes Next I: Then and Now
By: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés January 3, 2017 Good evening everyone. We just want to say that this is going to take a while, so now is the moment to leave or take a nap. So first of all, just like…
Read MoreDelegation to Chiapas, March 26-April 1, 2017
CSC SPRING DELEGATION to CHIAPAS, March 26 – April 1, 2017 The Chiapas Support Committee of Oakland, California announces a Delegation to Chiapas, Mexico. We hope you will join us to explore the autonomous parallel government being constructed in…
Read MoreZapatista Alchemy
January 2, 2017. We take a lot of care with the value of the word. When we talk about someone, we’re not just saying his or her name: we’re naming his or her presence with us. That’s what we mean…
Read MoreOxchuc Celebrates the “Day of Civil Resistance”
By: Isaín Mandujano With marches, public assemblies, dance, food and sports activities, for two days, thousands of indigenous Oxchuc residents, celebrated the “Day of Civil Resistance” in that municipal capital, to remember that January 8, 2016 on which hundreds of…
Read MoreThe Arts and the Sciences in the history of (neo) Zapatismo
Words of Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano December 28, 2016 Last night I spoke to you about the interplanetary upheaval that had given rise to the question “Why is this flower this color? Why does it have this shape? Why does it…
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