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The History of Dolores Hidalgo, according to Marcos
[In August 2005, the community of Dolores Hidalgo, now one of the EZLN’s new caracoles, hosted a preparatory meeting for the Other Campaign. The late figure of SCI Marcos gave an opening speech that included the words below.] Compañeros and…
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 MoreEZLN: Why don’t you self-prescribe this?
EZLN: WHY DON’T YOU SELF-PRESCRIBE THIS? [1] Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico To the Federal Judiciary Council of Mexico: In all this time the only terrorists have been those who for more than 80 years have so badly governed this…
Read MoreEZLN: And in the Zapatista communities?
Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico February 2016 To the compañer@s of the Sixth: To whom it may concern: Compañeroas, compañeros and compañeras: Now we are going to tell you a little bit about the Zapatista communities, where the support bases…
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 MoreEZLN renders homage to Luis Villoro and teacher Galeano
The EZLN renders homage to Luis Villoro and to teacher Galeano By: Isaín Mandujano OVENTIK, Chiapas (proceso.com.mx) – This Saturday, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, its initials in Spanish) rendered homage to the Mexican philosopher Luis Villoro Toranzo and…
Read MoreEZLN: On the bulletin board the concierge
ON THE BULLETIN BOARD The Concierge ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY March 2015. Early morning in reality. Just here, as usual: watching and listening. The crack in the wall is barely visible from the other side. On our side it expands…
Read MoreEZLN weaving resistances with Ayotzinapa
EZLN, WEAVING RESISTANCES JOINTLY WITH AYOTZINAPA By: Magdalena Gómez On the very next January 2 and 3, 2015 the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the Congreso National Indigenous Congress (CNI, its initials in Spanish) will hold the plenary of conclusions,…
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