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Critical thought and the pandemic
By: Raúl Zibechi One of the main characteristics of critical thought has been its uneasiness, its capacity to disturb the common places, to question established knowledge and shake off the drowsiness of inertia. It was always thinking that went against…
Read MoreThe Whale Dances
Sixth Commission of the EZLN Mexico | December 2019 To the National Indigenous Congress-Indigenous Governing To the individuals, groups, collectives and organizations of the national and international Sixth: To the Networks of Resistance and Rebellion: To those who enjoy dance:…
Read MoreThe Zapatista Caracoles
By: Raúl Romero* On December 19, 1994, the general command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, its initials in Spanish) announced that as a result of the campaign called “Peace with Justice and Dignity for Indigenous Peoples,” and with…
Read MoreEZLN: Images of the Rupture of the Siege II (and last) from August 17, 2019
Sup Galeano’s Note: Here should be photos in video from the different CRAREZ that were created with the rupture of the siege from August 17, 2019. It’s probable that this video may be eliminated by Mr. YouTube, who demands that…
Read MoreSonata for Violin in G Minor: MONEY
“The devil’s finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.” ― Charles Baudelaire in “The Generous Gambler” The Eighth Passenger Nowhere, or everywhere. A drowsy train drifts off to its own purr. It isn’t coming from or going to…
Read MoreAdagio-Allegro Molto in E Minor: A Possible Reality (from the Notebook of the Cat-Dog)
“As you know, madness is like gravity…all it takes is a little push.” The Joker in the role of Heath Ledger (or was it the reverse?) Nobody knows for sure how it all started. Not even the Tercios Compas [Zapatista…
Read MoreThe Overture: Reality As Enemy
“If our epoch thinks this way,” the world says to itself, “who is (no) one to say otherwise”? Who are the politicians to do so if they should obey us? Who are the judges to do so if their decisions…
Read MoreGaleano: With the current government, it rains on wet for the original peoples
[A new communiqué entitled “Overture: reality as the Enemy” is available in Spanish on Enlace Zapatista (link below). When the English translation is available, we’ll post it. Meanwhile, here’s a summary from La Jornada.] By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal De…
Read MoreEZLN: The Opening Act
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO August 2019. Testing, testing… One… two… testing… Testing one two three… testing… “¿Hello, hello, hello, how low?” From the… wait a minute! Did the Sup just quote the Nirvana track “Smells Like Teen Spirit”? What’s…
Read MorePresidential message: to the EZLN?
By: Magdalena Gómez Two recent events contain a marked contrast. We’re talking about the interview that the President of the Republic conceded to the executives and reporters of La Jornada on the occasion of the first anniversary of his electoral…
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