On this 16th anniversary of the unpunished massacre of Viejo Velasco, the XINICH organization remembers and commemorates the compañeros and compañeras who were assassinated in this massacre, reiterating that they are alive in our memory and in the collective memory of the peoples who resist and struggle; it is they who push us every day to continue fighting for autonomy, for the defense of territory, for our Mother Earth and for an Other Justice.
Though outright privatization of ejido land has affected surprisingly few hectares of the Mexican countryside, other “arrangements” have drastically affected land use, access and viability for a great number of campesino farmers. Ana de Ita of Ceccam explains.
Eight years have passed since the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa. There has been neither truth nor justice for the parents of the 43 in that time. In the following article, La Montaña Tlachinollan Human Rights Center gives its analysis of the latest report from the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) and the current status of the investigation.
Original version at https://www.tlachinollan.org/el-giei-y-la-lucha-por-la-verdad/. Translated by Schools for Chiapas.
Raúl Zibechi takes us inside the collectives in resistance of Nuevo San Gregorio and into the hearts of the families who continue to combat counterinsurgency with creativity and courage.
Products from these collectives can be found in our solidarity store.
Marking what would have been the one hundredth birthday of philosopher and activist, Luis Villoro, Raúl Romero shares a glimpse of his contributions to the Zapatista struggle and ours.
