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Chiapas on the Brink of Civil War
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico September 19, 2021 To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples of the World: To the National and International Sixth: A Europe of Below and…
Read MoreThe EZLN Breaks the Racist Siege for Now
By: Magdalena Gómez The 177-member Zapatista airborne company, called The Extemporaneous (La Extemporánea), took off from Mexico City yesterday bound for Vienna, Austria, with a stopover in Madrid. It was not easy to overcome the structural racism related to the…
Read MoreChenalhó armed group murders a member of the EZLN
By: Angeles Mariscal Above Photo by Ángeles Mariscal: Xuxch´en, Aldama, the hometown of Domingo, the Zapatista murdered by armed civilians from Chenalhó. Domingo was returning from San Andrés Larráinzar, with his family and other members of the communities that make…
Read More177 delegates of the Zapatista National Liberation Army left for Vienna, Austria
By: Nestor Jiménez Before the departure of the “Zapatista Airborne Company” called La Extemporánea, the Mexico City International Airport stopped its activities for a moment. Travelers and workers attentively observed the contingent with whom some would share a flight moments…
Read MoreZapatista Squadron 421 arrived in Mexico City
By: Fernando Camacho Servín Amid great expectation and a chaotic welcome, members of the Squadron 421 Zapatista delegation arrived last night at Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport, after visiting some thirty European countries, where they exposed their…
Read MoreThe Zapatista delegation La Extemporánea arrives in the capital of the country
By: Fernando Camacho and Elio Henríquez Members of La Extemporánea, the delegation of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) that will depart on Monday for Europe to meet with diverse social collectives on that continent,…
Read MoreEZLN: Itinerary of La Extemporánea
September 10, 2021: The airborne delegation [La Extemporánea] will depart the Jacinto Canek caracol early in the morning. September 10, 2021: At an unspecified time after 18:00hrs, La Extemporánea [i] will arrive at the location on Carmona y Valle Street…
Read MoreWomen’s Victory
Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion A La Jornada Editorial In a historic and unanimous vote, [Mexico’s] Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) declared unconstitutional Article 196 of the Coahuila Penal Code, which punishes with imprisonment for one to three years…
Read More“We can’t take it anymore, we are migrants, not animals”
This article further describes why the Zapatistas issued the “Against Xenophobia and Racism” communiqué. Text by: Ángeles Mariscal Photos by Ángeles Mariscal With torn feet, under sun and rain, hundreds of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, Central America and other…
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