Chiapas Support Committee
Home of the Compañero Manuel blog on zapatistas & mexico
Archives
Moisés Reports on Zapatista Reconstruction Account
RECONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO July 2014. To the compas of the Sixth in Mexico and the World: To all those who have cooperated or contributed to the reconstruction of the clinic and school in La Realidad: The…
Read MoreThe Death of SupMarcos, a blow to revolutionary pride
THE DEATH OF SUP MARCOS, A BLOW TO REVOLUTIONARY PRIDE By: Raúl Zibechi The illuminating farewell of Subcomandante Marcos The farewell communiqué of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, read in the early morning of 25 May in the Caracol of La Realidad, in front of thousands…
Read MoreChiapas: militarization and looting threaten Indigenous
Below is an interview with Victor Hugo López, Director of the Frayba Human Rights Center in Chiapas. It gives a good overview of the current situation the Indigenous Peoples are facing. CHIAPAS: MILITARIZATION AND LOOTING THREATEN INDIGENOUS By: Nancy Flores…
Read MoreSecuring Mexico’s Border with Central America
SECURING MEXICO’S BORDER WITH CENTRAL AMERICA By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez As the current wave of immigrant women and children from Central America brings more public attention to the issue of migration, we take a look at what’s happening to Mexico’s…
Read MoreSCI Moisés: A Meeting in La Realidad a few days ago
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY, MEXICO A meeting in La Realidad a few days ago June 2014. For: The Sixth in Mexico and the world Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world: Brothers and sisters of Mexico and the world: I want…
Read MoreXi’ Nich distances itself from conflict in the Lacandón Community Zone
XI’ NICH DISTANCES ITSELF FROM THE CONFLICT IN THE LACANDÓN COMMUNITY ZONE ** It classifies it as a violent organization and differs with its methods ** Its leader Gabriel Montoya, is responsible for the massacre in Viejo Velasco, it points…
Read MoreARIC-ID and the Lacandóns paralyze Ocosingo
ARIC-ID AND THE LACANDÓNS “PARALYZE” OCOSINGO During the month of May, much attention was focused on Chiapas because of the La Realidad paramilitary attack in which Compañero Galeano was brutally murdered, as well as the subsequent homage to Galeano, the…
Read MoreZibechi: Social policies, ethics and the Zapatistas
SOCIAL POLICIES, ETHICS AND THE EZLN By: Raúl Zibechi Behind the cowardly murder of the teacher Galeano in La Realidad are the so-called “social policies” inspired in the “fight against poverty” sketched by the World Bank four decades ago, after…
Read MoreGustavo Esteva: La Realidad is ours
LA REALIDAD IS OURS By: Gustavo Esteva This Saturday we were able to see, with complete clarity, what that other politics is. The caravan from San Cristóbal, with dozens and dozens of vehicles of all sizes, was a serpent of…
Read More
Chiapas Support Committee 