WOMBLES - Zapatistas

Zapatista-inspired rally held in New York City; aims to fight gentrification

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:49:20 +0000

from housingstruggles, 5 March 2010: Over 120 people and 40 organizations participated in the Third Encounter for Dignity and Against Gentrification hosted by the Movement for Justice in el Barrio this past Sunday in East Harlem, New York... “The objective of this third encuentro was to connect our struggle. Our struggle doesn’t have boundaries...” more

Chiapas: What is really behind the attacks and evictions? Eco-tourism in the Lacandon

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:52:45 +0000

from gcsg, 23 February 2010: "In the attack that took place in the community of Bolon Ajaw, the Zapatista bases of support found themselves face to face with members of OPDDIC (among them was the late Adolfo Moreno Estrada). The trajectory of the bullet (that killed him) indicates that it entered Moreno Estrada through his back and exited through his chest. The position of the body leaves no room for doubt: Adolfo Estrada Moreno died due to friendly fire from an OPDDIC bullet..." more

Newswires: Zapatistas

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:39:02 +0000

Updated daily: Articles from external newswires on the Zapatista's struggle for dignity and autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico. Keywords: Zapatista, Chiapas, EZLN, Zapatismo more

Cafe Rebelde Zapatista: Solidarity with the Zapatistas

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:19:30 +0000

Updated 11 June 2009:: In order to challenge exploitation and poverty, the EZLN developed social and political projects: building, from the bottom up, a society where the people can enjoy autonomy, safeguarding their own idioms and culture, and organising their own access to education, health, and land, through forms of direct democracy. One of these projects is the creation of small co-operatives that produce the 'Cafe Rebelde Zapatistas'. more

Chronicle of the Second NYC Encuentro for Dignity & Against Displacement

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:12:27 +0000

from nyc-imc, 14 June 2009: "By Movement for Justice in El Barrio: This past Sunday, June 7th, 2009 in zapatista East Harlem known as El Barrio, the Second New York City Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement, with the participation of 38 organizations representing the resistance against neoliberalism in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. En español abajo..." more

Of sowing and harvests: Subcomandante Marcos' speech on Gaza

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:03:48 +0000

from various sources, 11 January 2009: "Two days ago, the same day we discussed violence, the ineffable Condoleezza Rice, a US official, declared that what was happening in Gaza was the Palestinians' fault, due to their violent nature. The underground rivers that crisscross the world can change their geography, but they sing the same song. And the one we hear now is one of war and pain. Not far from here, in a place called Gaza, in Palestine, in the Middle East, right here next to us, the Israeli government's heavily trained and armed military continues its march of death and destruction..." more

Zapatista call for worldwide festival of dignified rage, December 2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:49:07 +0000

from slash, 25 November 2008: "To the adherents of the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign... In Mexico City, a national and international exposition will be installed where every struggle, every experience, every rage, will have a space where it can set up and show its struggle and its courage. This way we can all see, hear, and know each other..." more

Bonfire night benefit gig @ The Grosvenor for prisoners in Oaxaca, 5th November 2008

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:51:03 +0000

from email, updated 1 November 2008: Gig @ The Grosvenor, Sidney Road, Stockwell, London SW9, from 9pm +++ Benefit for CIPO-RFM prisoners in Oxacaca +++ 3 awesome bands for just 3 quid, - The Suicidal Birds - Headjam - The Kut + Lotsa 'avin it riot porn visuals from REEL NEWS + All dub and ska tunes from DJ Captain Scarlet + Indoor fireworks to celebrate the anniversary of that bloke who came close to solving the Parliament problem. more

Mexico: Declaration & Call to Action from Oaxaca

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:50:13 +0000

from ainfos, reposted 30 August 2008: It is in this context that the Procurador General de la Republica or PGR (Public Prosecutor) tries to charge the APPO with the murder of Bradley Roland Will, an independent journalist of Indymedia from the United States. As videos clearly show, he was murdered by a group of militiamen from Santa Lucia del Camino municipality. These facts were confirmed by international experts from the independent organization Doctors for Human Rights. more

Update: Zapatista prisoners on hunger strike in Tabasco

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:31:16 +0000

from narcosphere, 23 April 2008: As previously announced, on April 21 two Zapatista political prisoners, Ángel Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez and his father Francisco Pérez Vázquez, went on hunger strike in the Tacotalpa, Tabasco, prison where they're incarcerated. Originally announced as a fast that would last "for three days or as long as necessary," the prisoners sent a letter to Other Campaign adherents on April 22 confirming that they are on hunger strike for an "indefinite period of time." more

'We Learn As We Go': Zapatista women share their experiences

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:03:48 +0000

from Abahlali, 9 April 2008: On December 29 - 31 women from all five Zapatista Caracoles (centers of resistance) gathered in the community of La Garrucha, Chiapas to meet with women who had come from all around the world to hear their stories of struggling, organizing, and participating in the Zapatista litical leaders and members of the autonomous government, health and education promoters. more

Chiapas government frees 30 political prisoners after one last thorough beating

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:31:09 +0000

from email, 7 April 2007: Kristin Bricker (mywordismyweapon.blogspot.com) reports that on Tuesday, April 1, "the Chiapas government freed thirty political prisoners in response to years of protests for their freedom, but not before giving some of them one last thorough beating." Seventeen more people are still incarcerated, however the government refuses to negotiate their release. As of April 1, thirteen of them have been on a hunger strike for 37 days. more

Political prisoners in Mexico participating in the Other Campaign and the Zapatista fight are on hunger strike

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:53:11 +0000

from email 17 March 2008: "On the 12th February 2008, begun the hunger strike of Zacario Hernández Hernández in prison nº 14 of Cintalapa (in Chiapas). On the 25th February 12 more political prisoners begun a hungers strike, 8 from the "La Voz del Amate" group that participates in the other campaign and 4 that are Zapatista political prisoners..." more

Harlem community fights gentrification - allied with Zapatistas

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:13:47 +0000

posted 7 March 2008: Viewed by many as one of the few Manhattan neighborhoods that is not yet completely gentrified, East Harlem -- or El Barrio -- has been the target of landlords, business owners, and corporate conglomerates who are eager to profit. Movement for Justice in El Barrio has been resisting attempts to push people out of their homes. more

Calling All Anti-Authoritarians: Join the Solidarity Without Borders campaign!

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:58:38 +0000

from email, 3 March 2008: We are writing to introduce the Solidarity Without Borders Campaign, a coordinated, sustained, three-pronged campaign in solidarity with immigrant and indigenous struggles across North and Latin America. Anti-authoritarian groups from across the Northeast and Midwest USA have come together to form the Solidarity Without Borders Group. more