Massive and forceful collective action must reinforce the organization, because that is the only thing that can give it continuity in the long term. If we organize, things can change, but we will achieve nothing if we believe that the system will fall with a single blow.
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With the excuse of verifying a complaint about the existence of “pirate” radio antennas, a convoy of the National Guard (GN), with fifty troops, raided the support base community of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) located in the Huitepec hill, in San Cristóbal de Las Casas. According to the residents’ report, the soldiers arrived in the community aboard five artillery units, went to some of the houses, and detained a resident. Inhabitants of the community, inhabited by indigenous Tsotsiles, gathered on the main street of the town, and questioned the military about the incursion and the detention of
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The message released by Zapatista women to all the women who are “no longer here.” on International Women’s Day, March 8.
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By Gloria Muñoz Ramirez “They sowed fear in us, we grew wings,” says Vivir Quintana’s emblematic song of women’s mobilizations against gender violence. The lyrics portray the outrage for the thousands of murdered, disappeared, harassed and violated women; and also the strength of those who have lost their fear and have taken to the streets to demand “not a single one more.” A year ago, we experienced in Mexico a historic women’s demonstration -the last one before the beginning of the health measures due to the coronavirus. The National Palace was painted by dozens of young people, with slogans denouncing
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In Rojava and in Zapatista Chiapas, emancipatory alternatives of a new kind are being built. They are not the only ones, there are others with their own ways and times. A new history is being built and we must learn to listen to it.
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