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Victims of Acteal Massacre seek justice
“THE WEAR AND TEAR HAS BEEN STRONG THROUGHOUT THESE 6, 512 DAYS,” Chiapas, Mexico, October 20, 2015 “They gave us a blow, but now we are here to seek justice,” Juan Vázquez Luna, a member of Civil Society Las Abejas…
Read MoreThe second level of the Zapatista Escuelita II
By: Gilberto López y Rivas / II The texts of the Zapatista women included in Chapter 1 of the book Critical thought versus the capitalist hydra, which students of the second level of the Zapatista Escuelita must analyze, are frightening,…
Read MoreCapitalism, War and Counterinsurgency in Chiapas II
By: Gaspar Morquecho Wars come from afar Some 18 years ago, in June 1997 –when the Moño Colorado [1] was very popular and Zedillo was governing the country–, the Zapatista rebel chief presented us: “7 pieces to draw, color, cut…
Read MoreThe second level of the Escuelita Zapatista
By: Gilberto López y Rivas/I On October 3 the time period ended for sending in the six questions that each second level student of the Escuelita Zapatista (Little School) must send in order to be evaluated on their performance and,…
Read MoreSpecial Economic Zones for Southern Mexico
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AN INITIATIVE FOR DISPOSSESSION By: Angeles Mariscal, Chiapas Paralelo Destining 115 billion pesos coming from public resources in order to attract transnational and Mexican private investment to zones “with high productive potential,” sounds like dispossession. The proposal of…
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