Zapatistas

from deletetheborder: This proposal was read at the Encuentro with the Zapatista Communities and the People of the World in Oventic on January 2nd 2007 in the plenary session for the Intergalatic Encuentro as a proposal for a theme to the Intergalactic and a Global Call to Action. more

from A&S, May 26, 2007: Movement for Justice in El Barrio Proposes an International Day of Action... What follows is a proposal for “An International Day of Action Against Repression and for the Liberation of All Political Prisoners in Mexico.”  more

The EZLN, by means of their Sixth Commission, announces to the companeras and companeros adherents to the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign, to the Zezta International and to the people of Mexico and the world the following:

First: Due to the new offensive against the Zapatista communities carried out by paramilitaries affiliated with the PRI and PRD and supported by the state [Democratic Revolution Party] and federal [National Action Party] governments, the Zapatista leadership has had to make some adjustments that will allow continued protection of our communities and at the same time fulfilling their commitments with the Other Campaign. more

Each day the gathering will start with a shared breakfast, then have one session before lunch and another after lunch. On the Saturday evening we hope there will be opportunity to watch films showing the struggles of Mexicans in Oaxaca and Chiapas.

In addition to our solidarity activities with the Zapatistas, we will also be discussing what we can do in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca and Atenco, both of which have suffered severe state violence recently as payment for their dignity and courage in rebellion.  more

Subcomandante Marcos announced the Zapatistas will establish a peace camp in a community of Cucapa (Cocapah) near the U.S. border in Baja California, Mexico. The Cocopah and Quilihua peoples are struggling to survive because of the loss of fishing rights. A second peace camp will be estbalished near San Cristobal in March. more

Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee – General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation :

... As has been denounced by the Autonomous Municipalities and the Good Government Councils, the supposed campaigns against narcotrafficking carried out by the government are a farce. Just like that which took Mr. Calderón Hinojosa to power.

In the municipalities with official governments, that authorities cover for those who steal cars and plant and traffic drugs is publicly known... more

Among the many prisoners being held in jails around Mexico are anarchist activists Oscar Santa Maria. Anarchists and anti-authoritarians have played a vital role in the struggle against the government of Ulisses Ruiz Ortiz in Oaxaca.

From Magonistas like the CODEP and CIPO-RFM to the Bloque Autonomo (Autonomous Bloc) and the Ocupacion Intercultural en Resistencia, anarchists and anti authoritarians have had an important presence in maintaining barricades in the face of attacks from paramilitaries and police as well as helping repel the PFP (Federal Preventative Police) during street battles in front of the University, in media and cultural projects and spaces, political prisoner support and within the APPO itself. more

Reposted from Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group: The New Year has seen more brutal repression in Oaxaca, including the murder of teacher Enriqueta Santiago Santiago by a death squad after her abduction on 12th January.

Resistance such as street and prison demos is continuing (though with fewer people than earlier) while indigenous Triquis have declared an autonomous municipality. A "megamarch" has been called for 3 February in Oaxaca City.  more

The Other Campaign in the North of Mexico: saying “Oaxaca” from above and below :: Hundreds of people detained illegally, dozens of people disappeared, tortures, searches, and beatings. Young men and women, indigenous people, children, elders. In other words: the people of Oaxaca who come from below. Above, there are the Federal Preventive Police, Ulises Ruiz’s paramilitaries, the mass media, the political class. more

If you speak Spanish and English to a comprehensible level and support the struggles of the Zapatistas, please get in touch and donate a little of your time. more

The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca greets with joy the initiative that the EZLN has taken calling to a great world-wide mobilization in solidarity with our people. A great attack against the democratic forces of the mother country it is plan today by the extreme right positioned in the political class, and symptom of that attack is the state of emergency that is lived in Oaxaca, the capital of the resistance. more

The network of UK Zapatista solidarity groups is calling for a national week of action, awareness raising, protest and fundraising in support of the people's struggle in Oaxaca, Mexico. more

Oaxaca solidarity protest in London - end the repression! Monday 20th November, 6pm outside Mexican Embassy, 16 St George St, Hannover Sq, W1S 1LX. more

Shut-Down of Roads, Highways and the Media on November 1; General Strike Called for 20 November 2006 more

What is presented here is part of the reflections and conclusions that have been shared with some persons, groups, collectives and organizations, adherents of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle. In accord with our “mode” of doing things in the Other Campaign, first we listened to the words of these companer@s and then we put forward our analyses and conclusion. more