Following the EZLN’s invitation to the CNI to join in as they travel 5 continents, Gloria Muñoz Ramirez interviews CNI lawyer, Carlos Gonzalez about the struggles facing indigenous peoples and their strategies of resistance.
2020 hails in a new decade, and with it, an entirely new context for all of us, across the globe. For Schools for Chiapas’ work in solidarity with Zapatista autonomous communities over the last year, this has meant tracking many moving parts — the domino-effect of brutal immigration policies stemming from the U.S., the dynamics of a new administration in Mexico, the realities posed by global climate change, and the response of the MAREZ (Zapatista Rebellious Autonomous Municipalities.) In this post, I attempt to share where we have been in the last year to lead us to where we are …
Indigenous brothers and sisters, the hour of the people has arrived. It is the moment for us to turn and look to our communities, to turn and look to our brothers and sisters. Whatever we’re suffering, they’re suffering too. Even if they are a different color than we are, even if they think differently than we do…
This mural was created in the spring of 2016 as part a collaboration between the students and educators at one Zapatista school and a group of international and Mexican people-of-conscience including students from the University of Wisconsin, Parkside. This mural painting caravan was hosted by the Zapatista Education Commission of the Caracol of Morelia and organized by Schools for Chiapas.
The descriptions below of seven sections of this mural captures some of the conversations and understandings during our mural painting collaboration. We appreciate you suggestions and comments; your support for our next Zapatista school mural is also vital! Join us!
Bilingual and detailed descriptions of murals painted on and around the rebuilt school and health clinic of Galeano in La Realidad, Chiapas, Mexico during Easter week 2015 by a multinational team of volunteers organized by Schools for Chiapas. About 40 people traveled with Schools for Chiapas / Escuelas para Chiapas from 12 countries to join with the community of La Realidad, Chiapas in producing a mural for Jose Luis Solís López, also known as Galeano, the Zapatista teacher who was murdered on May 2, 2014. Our “Artist in Resistance” was Gustavo Chavez Pavon aka Gushepe who taught and animated everyone to climb amazing mountains of creativity. We came from the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Columbia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, and Uruguay Mas fotos / more photos: http://woocommerce-180730-527864.cloudwaysapps.com/multimedia/galeanos_mural_in_la_realidad/
