UK Zapatista Newswire Archive
!Zapatista! Speaker From Chiapas, Mexico
06-04-2010 19:23
AUTONOMY, REPRESSION AND REISISTANCEEDUCATION, HEALTH, LAND,
JUSTICE, SELF-GOVERNMENT...
WALKING NEW PATHS
The Other Campaign - don't vote, organise!
03-04-2010 22:00
Dissident Island Radio - another radio riot on April 2nd
02-04-2010 14:58
Defending Mother Earth at Bolon Ajaw
15-03-2010 18:15
I have just returned from the Zapatista village of Bolon Ajaw, Chiapas, where on 6th February 230 civilian Zapatistas took part in an action to retake control of their “reclaimed lands” which had been invaded and taken over since 20 January by the paramilitary group OPDDIC. For the state and business interests, the Zapatistas and their determination to defend Mother Earth are “a problem” standing in the way of the realisation of multi-million tourist investments.New Chiapas Monthly Newsletter
14-03-2010 20:28
Boca En Boca (Word of Mouth) is a new monthly Chiapas magazine, now on it's third edition. It aims to diseminate what happens in the organised indigenous communities such as those of the Zapatistas and Other Campaign adherents. A pdf of an English translation is available from:Mitziton: community in Chiapas resisting the government road
05-03-2010 19:01
The increasing use of paramilitary groups in Chiapas, often disguised as evangelical organisations, as instruments of counterinsurgency, to repress, intimidate, torture, threaten, injure and attack social movements, especially those connected in any way with the ZapatistasHow luxury ecotourism destroys indigenous peoples and the jungle the live in.
27-02-2010 13:29
The government’s plans for tourism in Chiapas, and the implications for indigenous peoples and the environment.A Flower in the Hands of the People
22-02-2010 14:49
Gustavo Esteva explains what lies atthe heart of indigenous politics in Mexico.
Zapatistas reclaim Mother Earth
22-02-2010 00:02
On 6th February 230 civilian Zapatistas took part in an action to retakecontrol of their reclaimed lands at Bolon Ajaw, Chiapas, Mexico, which
had been invaded and taken over since 20 January by the paramilitary group
OPDDIC, report the human rights group Fray Bartolome de Las Casas. The
25 Zapatista families of Bolon Ajaw, part of autonomous municipality
Comandanta Ramona, were given solidarity by Zapatistas from further
afield.
Indigenous Health Clinics and Schools - Delegation to Chiapas Appeal
18-02-2010 09:35
In March this year some members of the Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group will be traveling to the Autonomous Zapatista communities in Chiapas to visit the communities and see how their struggle for a dignified life is progressing, to observe the current state of human rights in Chiapas, and to discuss how we here in the UK can continue and improve our support for the Zapatista movement of Mexico's indigenous south.
More Zapatista Communities Face Eviction
08-02-2010 00:23
According to La Jornada eleven more communities are targetted for eviction.These are Nuevo San Gregorio, Nuevo Salvador Allende, Nuevo San Pedro, 6 de Octubre, Poblado Laguna El Suspiro, Ojo de Agua el Progreso, San Jacinto Lacanjá, Nueva Galilea, Benito Juárez, Ojo de Agua La Pimienta and Chuncerro
On 22 January, some 120 indigenous people who had lived for 20 years in the villages of El Suspiro and Laguna San Pedro, in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in the Lacandon jungle, were evicted by federal police, units of the Mexican army, and personnel from the office of Federal Prosecution for Environmental Protection (Profepa).
Zapatista Communities Evicted For ‘Ecotourism’ Centres
02-02-2010 00:11
Zapatistas denounce the eviction and destruction of an indigenouscommunity and accuse the government of aiming to set up ecotourism
centres.
'Reforestation' is the pretext used by the authorities to perform the
operation against the EZLN support bases.
Hermann Bellinghausen, La Jornada Sunday 31 January 2010, p. 7, originally
published in Spanish.
Chiapas News January 2010
17-01-2010 20:58
Fears, rumour, lies and repressionIn the last months of 2009, the fierce repression of communities and targeted individuals by the state and federal forces, the army and paramilitary groups has increased and extended. These actions are now not only targeting Zapatista communities, Other Campaign adherents and human rights defenders, but now also campesino groups not involved with the Other Campaign. False rumours and press releases appeared predicting an uprising in 2010 and describing finds of stores of arms.
Anniversary of the Acteal Massacre of Zapatista supporters
22-12-2009 22:29
Today is the 12th anniversary of the massacre.Chiapas Solidarity @ RIB Glasgow 11 + 12 Dec
06-12-2009 22:51
Chiapas Solidarity Stall @Radical Independent Bookfair
Friday 11th December
12.00 - 9.00pm
Saturday 12th December
10.00am - 7.00pm
Dead of the Dead Zapatista Film +Call for justice for victims of Acteal Massacre
27-10-2009 20:47
Day of the Dead Zapatista Film ScreeningActeal - 'A Massacre Foretold'
Introduced by Scottish film maker Nick Higgins
Sunday 1st November
4pm
Glasgow Social Centre
66 Osborne Street
Glasgow G1 5QH
Mexican Day of the Dead Commemoration of massacre of Zapatista supporters
21-10-2009 15:56
A number of state sponsored paramilitaries responsible for the killing of Zapatista supporters have recently been given early release or will soon be released. The people in power who gave the orders for the massacre have never been brought to justice. There will be a vigil protesting at the lack of justice outside the Mexican Embassy on Monday 2nd November, theMexican Day of the Dead.
Zapatista Film Night Sun 18 Oct Glasgow
14-10-2009 00:10
Zapatista Film NightSunday 18th of October
7.30pm
Upstairs Lounge
Dow's Bar (opposite side entrance of Queen Street Station)
Glasgow
Other Campaign Success, Chiapas, Mexico.
05-10-2009 19:53
Last month, the Tseltal population of San Sebastian Bachajon, municipality of Chilon, Chiapas, peacefully regained control of the booth collecting payments from visitors to the waterfalls at Agua Azul. In doing this, they were exercising their legitimate right to protect and manage the natural resources in their territory. The response of the government, headed by Juan Sabines, has been to intimidate and threaten the community by despatching about 250 police to the area..New Zapatista Solidarity Calendar 2010 - Out Now!
27-09-2009 15:17
With high quality images from our twinned autonomous municipality '16 de Febrero' and other Zapatista communities, the 2010 calendar is essential for activists and supporters alike. All funds raised from the sale of the calendar will be shared between Kiptik, who support water, health, media and art projects in Zapatista communities, and Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group's support of autonomous health clinics and schools in the Chiapas highlands region. See images from the calandar at www.edinchiapas.org.uk .
