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Zibechi: They assassinate journalists to discipline the media
By: Raúl Zibechi They are not, they cannot be, the collateral and undesired effects of the war on drugs. Critical journalists are one of the objectives; not the only one, because the principal target continues to be those below that…
Read MoreMining: the hope of Mexico?
By: Gilberto López y Rivas Statements from the Mexican Network of those Affected by Mining (Rema, for its initials in Spanish) made to the leader of the Morena Party did not go unnoticed. In an open letter, it rejects Andrés…
Read MoreIACHR finds the State responsible for death of Tzeltal
By: José Antonio Román The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concluded that the Mexican State is responsible for violating the right to life of the Tzeltal Gilberto Jiménez Hernández, executed at the hands of members of the Army in…
Read MoreEZLN: The first of several
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO March 2017 To the Sixth in the world: Compas: Because we had told you that we were going to see the way of supporting you so that, at the same time, you will support the…
Read MoreAbsalón Castellanos dies; EZLN put him on trial in 1994
By: Isaín Mandujano The former Chiapas governor, Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, who the Zapatista National Liberation Army put on trial in 1994, died this afternoon at 93. His grandson with the same name, Absalón Castellanos Rodríguez, announced the death of the…
Read MoreTarahumaras faced with violence from organized crime seek asylum in US
By: Patricia Mayorga CHIHUAHUA, Chih. (apro). – The Rarámuri, Santiago Cruz Castillo, 26, requested political asylum in El Paso, Texas, after organized crime took away his lands in La Laguna de Aboreachi, municipality of Guachochi, like hundreds of indigenous and…
Read MoreThe Cat-Dog and the Apocalypse
Science fiction. Remember that: science fiction. You’ll see that, in your coming nightmares, it will help you to not become so distressed, or at least not uselessly distressed. Perhaps you remember some science fiction movie. Perhaps science fiction set some…
Read MoreWhat’s Next? II. The Urgent and the Important
January 3, 2017 I’ve been listening to you: sometimes when I’m here with you all, sometimes via the CIDECI stream, sometimes via what your Zapatista students mention to me. I always try to get a grasp on the meaning of…
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