“Lupita´s secret” tells the story about how the organized Zapatista communities of the Mexican southeast resist in the face of the megaprojects of the bad government.
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From Pain, from Rage, for Truth, for Justice
From Pain, from Rage, for Truth, for Justice. September 2015 Compañeras, compañeroas, and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and in the World: Sisters and brothers of the peoples of the Earth: Our collective heart knows, now as before, that our pain is not a sterile sorrow. It knows that our rage is not some […]
Ayotzinapa ~ National Education Association Letter to the President of Mexico
Spanish version of NEA’s letter to the president of Mexico about Ayotzinapa from Oct. 10, 1014 ayot-nea-carta English version of NEA’s letter to the president of Mexico about Ayotzinapa from Oct. 10, 2014. ayot-nea-letter
Zapatistas open their hearts to Ayotzinapa
“It is terrible and marvelous that the poor and humble families and students who aspire to be school teachers have become the best teachers this country has seen in recent years.” In thousands of tiny, rural Zapatista communities throughout Chiapas, Mexico; emotions run deep in support of the now famous 43 – murdered and disappeared student-teachers from Ayotzinapa. The powerful speech reprinted below was delivered in the name of the Zapatista leadership by Subcommander Insurgent Moises in Caracol II, Oventic on Nov. 15, 2014 during a visit by the families of the 43.
Ayotzinapa: Zapatistas support student teachers
To the students of the Escuela Normal of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico, and to your family members, classmates, teachers, and friends, we simply want to let you know that:
You are not alone. / Your pain is our pain. / Your dignified rage is ours also.
To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world, we call on you to mobilize, according to your means and ways, in support of the community of the Escuela Normal in Ayotzinapa, and in demand of true justice.
