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Governing ourselves
By: Gustavo Esteva Cornered in their alley, disconcerted and pathetic elected officials look for an exit from their impossible predicament: they cannot ignore/be unaware of, nor recognize their own disgrace, the fact that their “security forces” operated like bands of…
Read MoreEZLN confirms and extends its participation in CompArte
Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico July 26, 2016 To the participants and attendees of CompArte: To the National and International Sixth: Compañeros, compañeras, compañeroas: Although we could not replace the money that had been allocated for food and transportation for…
Read MoreMassacre in San Juan Chamula
WITNESS: “IT WAS A MASSACRE!” Protest, violence and death They report some 20 injured by gunshots, as well as with machetes; they used guns By: Hermann Bellinghausen San Juan Chamula, Chiapas [1] “It was a massacre,” says a young witness…
Read MoreCompArte is happening at CIDECI
COMPAÑEROS of the CIDECI-UNITIERRA ANNOUNCE THAT the COMPARTE FESTIVAL IS ON San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico July 8, 2016 To all of the artists participating and attending CompARTE: To the national and international Sixth: Brothers and sisters: We send…
Read MoreZibechi: Accumulation by extermination
By: Raúl Zibechi The evolution of war in the last century, in relation to population, offers us clues about the type of society in which we live. Until the First World War the fighting happened between national armies, at the…
Read MoreIn Chiapas they protest the repression in Nochixtlán
WITH ROADBLOCKS, MARCHES, PROCESSIONS, PRAYERS AND TWO FEDERAL POLICE DETAINED, THEY PROTEST THE REPRESSION IN NOCHIXTLÁN Excerpt from an article in Chiapas Paralelo by Isaín Mandujano June 21, 2016 With roadblocks, public pronouncements, processions and religious prayers, as well as…
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