UK Zapatista Newswire Archive
The Four Horsemen of Chiapas
01-12-2008 19:33
Tourist development, mining, agro-fuels and oil again threaten the indigenous peoples and the biodiversity and natural environment of the Lacandon JungleLarry Cox, head of Amnesty International, silent as guard assaults activist.
26-11-2008 03:25
The four minute Youtube video was posted at:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qHqDjL8gR18 The activist was there to draw attention to AI's support of the Merida Initiative, aka, Plan Mexico, a military aid package that arms the Mexican army and police who are involved in the murder and arrest of activists in Oaxaca and Chiapas and the massacres in Atenco.
Realities after the dollar and before the Revolution
08-11-2008 22:55
"Only the combination of acknowledged economic power and an attractive, original political vision could overthrow the prevailing system or allow all its participants to be treated as equals" and "we are still a long way from a united front with the capacity to impose new international rules or dethrone the dollar and its institutional props, the IMF and the World Bank."
For "we are still a long way off" I would like to suggest we must read "revolution"; meaning sustained & decentralised simultaneous organisation on a national/transnational scale.
UK Zapatista Planning/Discussion Tues 21st UCL
20-10-2008 22:50
The Other Campaign : Government from Below and to the Left, Everywhere
Global Festival of Dignified Rage
19-10-2008 15:31
Brutal Police Massacre in Mexico, Chiapas, Oct 3rd, 2008
08-10-2008 13:21
Six Deaths by Eviction in Chiapas Ejido
08-10-2008 10:49
Although not Zapatistas the 6 peasants murdered by the Mexican police were exercising their right to control over their territory in an area which has seen over 500 years of repression. Indigenous and peasant groups in Chiapas have faced a counterinsurgency war since the Zapatista uprising in 1994 resulting in massacres like that of 'Las Abejas' in Acteal in 1997 when 49 peasants were murdered.In memory of SAlly Grace activist raped and murdered in Oaxaca
04-10-2008 12:16
Mexico: Solidarity with Zapatista communities under attack.
30-09-2008 17:46
The Zapatista communities in resistance, with their autonomous schools, clinics and decision-making structures, have been an inspiration to the anti-capitalist movement. Now Zapatista villages and lands are sustaining increasingly violent attacks by the state and paramilitariesZapatista Benefit, Hallowe'en
30-09-2008 08:49
Benefit night for Zapatista communities, Hallowe'en, HulmeMass 11.10 Walkabout?
18-09-2008 17:05
solidarity with activists all around the world.
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/242/144/
Latest EZLN communique translation
18-09-2008 11:10
Communiqué from the of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command, of the Zapatista Army for National LiberationSixth Commission—Intergalactic Commission of the EZLN
liberty and justice for atenco
17-09-2008 18:04
translation of new EZLN communique about political prisoners, and calling for action in support of atenco prisonersPreparing for US invasion
17-09-2008 02:46
As George Bush's presidency draws to a close, progressive governments in Latin America are facing ever-greater danger, writes Charley Allan (Morning Star, Wednesday September 17 2008)Solidarity campaigners highlight threat of Latin American coups
16-09-2008 03:21
Hands Off Latin America - demo and rally this Wednesday in London
14-09-2008 23:19
emergency demo outside US embassy on wednesday
12-09-2008 16:09
Defend the Bolivian and Venezuelan revolutions! No to coup plotting, no to US interference!MJB Support Group Meeting London 10/09/2008
02-09-2008 09:47
Meeting to set up a UK support group for MJB and Harlem tenants in their fight against London based landlords Dawnay Day Group ..
Zapatista solidarity protests at Edinburgh, Bournemouth and European Airports
24-08-2008 09:25
Not exactly. “Torture….Death Squads…Human Rights Breaches…” continued the lower half of the banner, with a carefully painted AK47 illustrating the point.