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SILENT MARCH of 20,000 ZAPATISTAS FOR AYOTZINAPA By: Chiapas Paralelo Some 20,000 indigenous men and women, milicianos and support bases of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) among them, held a silent mega-march in solidarity with the students in Ayotzinapa,…
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COMMUNIQUE FROM THE INDIGENOUS REVOLUTIONARY CLANDESTINE COMMITTEE—GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY October 2014 To the students of the Normal School (Escuela Normal) [1] “Raúl Isidro Burgos” in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico: To the national and international Sixth:…
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ANATOMY OF A PARAMILITARY ATTACK: A REPORT FROM SAN MANUEL By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez “Manuel Velasco state paramilitary chief, Enrique Peña Nieto supreme paramilitary chief” That’s what the letrero (hand-painted sign) says in front of the Zapatista bodega at the Cuxuljá…
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Category: Counterinsurgency, Dispossession, Dolores Hidalgo, Human Rights, Mexico's Southern Border
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Galeano, La Realidad, Marcos, Mexico, Zapatistas
SEPTEMBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY  In Chiapas 1. The EZLN Issued 2 Comunicados – The first is a joint demand with the National Indigenous Congress for the freedom of the Yaqui leader Mario Luna, arrested to repress the Yaqui…
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Category: Chiapas Tourism, Counterinsurgency, Immigration, Mexico's Southern Border, National Indigenous Congress, News Summaries, San Sebastián Bachajón, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Mexico, political prisoners, Zapatistas
EDITORIAL 3: BEYOND THE SHARING [This editorial appears in Spanish in Number 3 of the Revista Rebeldía Zapatista.] The Sharing is something beyond. Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world: For us, the sharing [1] was…
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Category: EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Galeano, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatistas
CNI and EZLN Demand Freedom for Mario Luna, Yaqui Tribe Spokesperson September 2014 To the Yaqui Tribe: To the People of Mexico: To the National and International Sixth: To the Governments of Mexico and the World: “We demand the…
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Category: Dispossession, Environment/ecology, EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, EZLN, Mario Luna, Neoliberalism, political prisoners, Yaqui Tribe, Zapatistas
Chiapas Support Committee/Comité de Apoyo a Chiapas P.O. Box 3421, Oakland, CA 94609 Tel: (510) 654-9587 Email: cezmat@igc.org http://www.chiapas-support.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chiapas-Support-Committee-Oakland/
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Category: Autonomous Zapatista Education, Autonomy, Counterinsurgency, Dispossession, Events, EZLN, Immigration, Indigenous Rights, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements, Mexico's Southern Border, National Indigenous Congress
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News
CNI and EZLN: UNITED AGAINST DISPOSSESSION By: Luis Hernández Navarro Gatherings of popular organizations are celebrated practically every month in the most hidden corners of the country. In them it is sought to confront the dispossession of their lands, territories…
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Category: Dispossession, EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Luis Hernández Navarro, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, La Realidad, Latin America, Zapatistas
[This is the last of the documents from the Exchange between the Zapatista Peoples and the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico. The translation came out the day we left for Chiapas.] 2nd DECLARATION from the EZLN-CNI EXCHANGE: ON the DISPOSSESSION of…
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Category: Counterinsurgency, Dispossession, EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, La Realidad, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatistas
[We’re back from an amazing visit to Zapatista Territory and have lots of news about the Zapatistas, the recent attacks on San Manuel, immigration on Mexico’s southern border and the southern border strategy (Plan Sur). We’re looking forward to seeing…
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Category: Autonomous Zapatista Education, Counterinsurgency, Events, Immigration, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Southern Border
Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, EZLN, Marcos, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatistas