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Chiapas cultural march to support the teachers
By: Isaín Mandujano The music of the marimba, drums and whistles, baskets full of food, thousands of traditional folkloric dancers dressed as Parachicos, Chiapanecas, Tuxtla Zoques and other traditional clothing of the state characterized the cultural march in support of…
Read MoreChiapas People of Faith march in support of the teachers
IF THE REPRESSION CONTINUES, “ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD WILL RISE UP,” THE BELIEVING PEOPLE WARN By Isaín Mandujano This Wednesday (June 8), thousands of indigenous Tsotils from different communities in the municipios of Simojovel, El Bosque, Huitiupán, Amatán and…
Read MoreFear of the teachers
By: Gloria Muñoz Ramírez The teachers are right and the State is afraid. Rejection of the labor reform, which is not educational, is in the streets. The mobilization of Friday, June 3 demonstrated the health of a movement that grows…
Read MoreEZLN supports the teachers in their fight against the education reform
[Here’s a sneak peek at the the new comunicado from the Zapatistas. We’ll publish the entire comunicado when the official English translation is available.] By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chis. (apro). – The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) today came…
Read MoreTeachers and police clash in Chiapas
By: Isaín Mandujano Wednesday, May 25, 2016 TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chis (apro). – Federal and state police confronted this morning with members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) that tried to block east and west accesses and exits of…
Read MoreChiapas parents will reject substitute teachers
PARENTS WILL REJECT SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IF THE SEP FIRES CNTE TEACHERS By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas. (apro). – After nine days of the work stoppage, teachers of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) and parents’ committees from at…
Read MoreChiapas teachers march to show their strength
THE CNTE SHOWS ITS MUSCLE: holds one of the largest marches in its 37-year history By: Isaín Mandujano This Friday, tens of thousands of teachers miles of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE, its initials in Spanish) held one…
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