In the wake of the recent state-supported attacks on Zapatista autonomy, an interview with De Parres Gómez, a researcher of the Zapatismo, discusses the current administration’s relationship to the movement in the context of its mission to advance territorial control.
The State remains silent in the face of authority-aided attacks on the Zapatista communities, breaking with the Law of the Dialogue, conciliation and a dignified peace established 30 years ago.
In the Face of Attacks on the Zapatista Movement: Silence from the State? READ MORE »
Frayba denounces and places into context the recent assault on Zapatista territories.
Luis Hernandez Navarro describes the seamless evoluton of from the times of the plantations and white guards of Chiapas, only 30 years ago, to the paramilitaries and organized crime of today. Memory is a powerful thing.
Chiapas, the war that does not say its name READ MORE »
A crime against humanity such as this one challenges both the State and society as a whole. It is an open wound that has not healed and that damages the country as a whole. For it to heal, the archives must be fully opened, the investigation must continue and justice must be done. Nine years later, the parents of the young people who disappeared in Iguala are our great civic heroes. Their tenacity, commitment and dignity are an example to follow.
Ayotzinapa, Nine Years READ MORE »
