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Acteal infamy, 25 years in memory

By: Hermann Bellinghausen* San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas A quarter of a century ago, on December 22, 1997, the direst of omens were fulfilled for the communities of Las Abejas and the support bases of the Zapatista National Liberation…

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UPDATE: Zapatista Rebel Center for Spanish & Mayan Languages is Open: Apply Now to Study May 8-Sept. 1, 2023

Greetings Rebels: We would like to inform you that the Autonomous Zapatista Rebel Center for Spanish and Mayan Languages, CELMRAZ, will restart its activities as of July 25 of the current year, 2022, with new activities and modalities according to…

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It’s not the decision of one person

For the racists: Well, we’ve been reading and listening to everything you’ve been saying and writing. We’ve seen all of your mockery, your scorn and racism that you can no longer hide. I believe that the compañeros and especially the…

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CNI, EZLN and the power from below

By: Neil Harvey* The recent comunicado from the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), “May the earth tremble at its core,” published on enlacezapatista.org, has the virtue of placing at the center of attention the…

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In Chiapas, thousands march in support of the CNTE

THOUSANDS of INDIGENOUS CATHOLICS MARCH IN SUPPORT of the CNTE IN CHIAPAS  By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas Thousands of Indigenous faithful from almost 50 parishes of the San Cristóbal de las Casas Diocese marched today (Monday) in the Chiapas…

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Mega-march fills Tuxtla Gutiérrez

The participation of urban and rural civil society is giving the teachers’ protest broader content. It’s no longer about actions against the education reform, as the contingents that follow the teachers proclaim; it’s about a “resistance to all the structural…

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EZLN and CNI: From the Tempest

Joint Comunicado of the National Indigenous Congress and the EZLN about the cowardly police attack against the National Coordinator of Education Workers and the Indigenous community of Nochixtlán, Oaxaca June 20, 2016 To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples of…

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EZLN-CNI Joint comunicado on Álvaro Obregón community

EZLN-CNI JOINT COMUNICADO ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE COMMUNITY OF ÁLVARO OBREGÓN, OAXACA To the media To the solidarity organizations To the Human Rights organizations To the dignified Binizza community of Álvaro Obregón, Juchitán, Oaxaca Sisters and Brothers Our peoples,…

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Las Abejas of Acteal issues statement

LAS ABEJAS: THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE of FRANCISCO HERE IS “TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE of MEXICO” By: Hermann Bellinghausen Acteal, Chiapas The indigenous of Las Abejas of Acteal are convinced that Pope Francisco, on his visit to Chiapan lands, “brings a…

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Thousands march in Chiapas for New Constitution

THOUSANDS MARCH in CHIAPAS to PROCLAIM “A NEW CONSTITUTION” By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Thousands of persons marched yesterday in this city to later participate in the public proclamation of the Citizen and Popular Constituent,…

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