August 2024. Actually, the letter is very brief. It came from Cauca, in the geography called…
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Images of Impossible Bridges: II A Book.
The book arrived a few days earlier. At that time the Zapatista leaders were in a…
The ‘Fire’ Against Zapatismo: the Option for Peace and Democracy in the Communities (1995-2014)
If 1994 had closed with the declaration of the Autonomous Municipalities by the Zapatistas and the…
Declaration of the 5th National Assembly for Water, Life and Territory
To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the Sixth Commission of the EZLN To the…
Forced Displacement Rising in Chiapas Leaving Ghost Towns
Forced displacement in Chiapas due to drug violence is increasing in towns and communities in the…
The Indigenous Peasant Resistance Before the EZLN: the Genesis of a ‘Very Other Revolution.’
The history of Chiapas is unique; there the most conservative elites of the region who were…
EZLN Denounces Cartels Clash in Chiapas over Protection Racket for Mayan Train and Trans-Isthmus Corridor
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation spoke out against President López Obrador’s megaprojects, highlighting that they…
The EZLN and “Mrs. Civil Society”: Thirty Years of Knowing One Another
The EZLN has made multiple rapprochements with Mexican and international civil society during all these years.…
A Pick and a Spade: On Solidarity, Empathy and Courage
Solidarity with what is far away – and I am not referring to geography, but to…