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Against Xenophobia and Racism, the Struggle for Life
ZAPATISTA SIXTH COMMISSION Mexico September 4, 2021 To whom it may concern: In accordance with the Zapatista Good Government Councils, the CCRI-CG of the EZLN and the indigenous Zapatista communities, we declare the following: First: In recent days we have…
Read MoreFor Life: The Departure of “La Extemporánea” to Europe
Zapatista Sixth Commission Mexico August 30, 2021. To the Europe below and to the left: To the Sixth in Mexico and abroad: To the organizations, groups, and collectives that seek truth and justice for the victims of forced disappearance: Sisters,…
Read MoreSimulated, inefficient and unpunished; the investigation of the Viejo Velasco Massacre
By: Alma Martínez *According to the semiannual report of the National Search Commission (NSC) for Chiapas, the federal subsidy authorized for actions to search for missing (disappeared) persons is $8,780,727.00 pesos. However, from 2019 to 2021 only two days of…
Read MoreDispute over the past and internal colonialism
By: Luis Hernández Navarro In his Memories, published for the first time in 1955, Jaime Torres Bodet bemoans how the historical interpretation of the conquest and the colonial past of México have painfully and pointlessly divided the country. Secretary of…
Read MoreDiverse collectives invite to prepare the reception of The Extemporaneous, the Zapatista airborne company
We’re going to prepare the reception for La Extemporánea (The Extemporaneous), the Zapatista airborne company! We’re all going to prepare the reception of The Extemporaneous (La Extemporánea), the Zapatista airborne company. There will be music, dance, the creation of…
Read MoreThe Maya Train’s development poles will destroy the richness, biodiversity and geomorphology of territories
By: Yessica Morales Ana Esther Ceceña, Coordinator of the Latin American Observatory of Geopolitics at the Institute for Economic Research, announced that given the Maya Train Comprehensive Development Project, the federal government proposes to reorder the productive, commercial, tourist and…
Read MorePantelhó has a new municipal council
By: Ángeles Mariscal and Andrés Domínguez The Permanent Commission of the State Congress unanimously approved the resignation of Delia Yaneth Velasco Flores, interim municipal president and of the entire municipal council of Pantelhó, to later appoint a municipal council made…
Read More500 years, the uses of history
Above: A member of Zapatista Squadron 421 at the 500 Years celebration in Madrid, Spain. By: Luis Hernández Navarro The Plaza de Colón, in Madrid, is the emblematic heart of the Spanish ultra-right and its fantasies of recovering its lost…
Read MoreOnly 500 years later
Words of the Zapatista Peoples August 13, 2021. Sisters, brothers, hermanoas: Compañeros, compañeras, compañeroas: The Zapatista communities speak through our voices. First, we would like to express our thanks. Thank you for having invited us. Thank you for having welcomed…
Read MoreZapatistas in Madrid: “500 years later, the communities come to listen to you”
Madrid, Spain “Tell us your story, your rage, your rebellion. We come to listen and learn from your story. In each resistance there is a cry for life. 500 years later, the communities come to listen to you,” was the…
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