The support bases of the EZLN in Nuevo San Gregorio showed us that resistance is not for a day or a year. It is a way of living life. It is not a struggle to obtain something material, or to obtain personal or collective advantages. Even less for immediate results. The struggle is to continue being peoples who are different from hegemonic capitalism. And for dignity.
Despite election promises to remove the Armed Forces from the streets and from roles in public security and the fight against organized crime, this term of office of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has witnessed continued militarization. In his ongoing love affair with the military, AMLO has given control of railways, ports and airports to the Armed Forces.
The latest communiqué from the Solidarity Caravan details recent agressions against autonomy and livelihoods in the community of Nuevo San Gregorio, autonoumous municipality of Lucio Cabañas.
Guarantee life, the integrity of the Bases of support and respect for Zapatista autonomy The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights, A.C. (Frayba), has received information from the Junta de Buen Gobierno Patria Nueva, Caracol 10 “Floreciendo la semilla rebelde” Flourishing the Rebel Seed, based in the official municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico, in which they report that since January 18, 2021, until today, members of the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo (ORCAO) have attacked the community of Moisés Gandía with gunfire. On January 18, 2021, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., members of ORCAO …
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CECCAM director Ana de Ita takes a community-eye view of the AMLO’s star program for reducing poverty in the country.
