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In his morning conference on June 23, López Obrador, the head of the federal executive, accompanied by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of National Defense and the Governor of Chiapas, minimized the attacks against Zapatista communities and the serious and widely documented situation in the state of Chiapas.
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This attitude not only seems alarming to us, but we are concerned that it could be the preamble to an even greater physical and/or media attack.
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Minimizing violence encourages paramilitary groups by covering them with a cloak of impunity. The words directed against Samir Flores Soberanes prior to his assassination, a crime that remains unpunished to this day, are engraved in our memory.
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We hold the heads of the federal and state governments responsible for the aggressions that the Zapatista communities, human rights organizations, journalists and accompanying solidarity organizations may suffer.
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In the context of increasing violence throughout the state of Chiapas, we urge you to sign on to our message today, June 30th, 2023 tell President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that we are seeing the violence
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Zapatista communities in several regions of Chiapas are living under constant violence that threatens their lives and livelihoods. Daily aggressions make it impossible to go about daily activities including planting, harvesting, going to school and fulfilling essential daily chores. These threats grow more severe every day. (See our blog.)
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To share a few ideas of supplies your Gift might provide:
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- $15- 10 k soap
- $20 – 50k corn
- $25 – 25k rice
- $50- 50k sugar
- $75 – 50k beans
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Any amount you can give provides a lifeline to these communities at a critical time.
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Your Gifts of Change to this emergency fund will help us provide emergency aid to beseiged Zapatista communities. Please join us in pledging your Gift of Change today!
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From the mountains and forests of the northwestern Turtle Island, to the Emerald Isle of Slumil K’ajemk’op, (Unsubmissive Ireland), to the coastal territories of Baja California and the borderlands, to the jungles and highlands of the Mexican southeast, we - Schools for Chiapas call for an immediate end to the state-sponsored war against the Zapatista communities.
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Over several years now, as observers first-hand and from a distance, we have witnessed the aggressions against Zapatista communities...
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Friends and compañerxs, it is true that in these volatile and uncertain times, our work needs your support more than ever.
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We exist because we resist.
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Thank you for everything you do.
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Schools for Chiapas is an international solidarity organization supporting autonomy in the Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Our work depends on support from people of conscience everywhere.
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