Inter Milan accepts challenge of playing Zapatista football team
translation | 16.05.2005 13:52 | Indymedia | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World
As previously reported on Indymedia Scotland and Indymedia UK, plagiarised though of BBC world news, Subcommandante Marcos from the EZLN in Chiapas, Mexico, wrote an invitation for a solidarity football game to Inter Milan.
Now the solidarity group B.A.S.T.A. Reports on Indymedia Germany that Inter Milan would have accepted the challenge, however, not yet detemining the time and location of the match.
Now the solidarity group B.A.S.T.A. Reports on Indymedia Germany that Inter Milan would have accepted the challenge, however, not yet detemining the time and location of the match.
subcommandante marcos playing football, by Alessio from LaJornada
La Jornada, 
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/may05/050514/index.php ,
the mexican daily lefty newspaper, printed a letter of Subcommandante Marcos last saturday, in which he challenges the football team of Inter Milan to a match:
"I challenge you to a match against a team from the Zapatista national liberation army," it said, "at a time and a place to be determined."
"Given the affection we have for you, we're not planning to submerge you in goals," the letter went on.
"As we wait for your reply, we'll continue with our rigorous training regime."
The team has started in the last year to support solidarity projects in Chiapas, when the team captain Javier Zanetti and his wife Paula initiated the relations.
The EZLN fights since 1st of january 1994 for indigenous autonomy, grassroots democracy, women's rights, and against neoliberal economic exploitation in Chiapas.
Bruno Bartolozzi, the manager of the Italian club confirmed that Inter Milan has received the letter of the EZLN with “great happiness and full of emotions” and that they will accept the invitation.
The news about this brilliant idea of the unusual friendly solidarity match has dominated the frontpages of the Italian and Mexican press ad will lead to a lot more people hearing about the struggle of the Zapatistas and become interested.
It won't even matter who will loose the game, as it will nevertheless be the mexican government, which breaks the word and agreement about respecting the indigenous rights and uses economic, military, violent and marginalising repression.
Gruppe B.A.S.T.A. 15.5.2005
http://www.gruppe-basta.de/
http://germany.indymedia.org/2005/05/116851.shtml
http://scotland.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/284
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2005/05/311185.html
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/may05/050514/index.php , the mexican daily lefty newspaper, printed a letter of Subcommandante Marcos last saturday, in which he challenges the football team of Inter Milan to a match:
"I challenge you to a match against a team from the Zapatista national liberation army," it said, "at a time and a place to be determined."
"Given the affection we have for you, we're not planning to submerge you in goals," the letter went on.
"As we wait for your reply, we'll continue with our rigorous training regime."
The team has started in the last year to support solidarity projects in Chiapas, when the team captain Javier Zanetti and his wife Paula initiated the relations.
The EZLN fights since 1st of january 1994 for indigenous autonomy, grassroots democracy, women's rights, and against neoliberal economic exploitation in Chiapas.
Bruno Bartolozzi, the manager of the Italian club confirmed that Inter Milan has received the letter of the EZLN with “great happiness and full of emotions” and that they will accept the invitation.
The news about this brilliant idea of the unusual friendly solidarity match has dominated the frontpages of the Italian and Mexican press ad will lead to a lot more people hearing about the struggle of the Zapatistas and become interested.
It won't even matter who will loose the game, as it will nevertheless be the mexican government, which breaks the word and agreement about respecting the indigenous rights and uses economic, military, violent and marginalising repression.
Gruppe B.A.S.T.A. 15.5.2005
http://www.gruppe-basta.de/ http://germany.indymedia.org/2005/05/116851.shtml http://scotland.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/284 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2005/05/311185.html
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