What other system has declared war on humanity in such a methodical and complete way? What other system systematically practices genocide and extermination of entire portions of youth, women and children?
Capitalism is the Murderer READ MORE »
Chiapas 94 Campaign Plan. This plan had as its strategic-operational objective “to destroy the EZLN’s will to fight, isolating it from the civilian population and achieving the support of the latter, for the benefit of the Army’s operations”. The tactical objectives of Plan Chiapas 94 included “to destroy and/or disorganize the political and military structure of the EZLN”. For this purpose, together with intelligence, psychological, population control and logistical operations, it instructed to organize, train, advise and support “self-defense forces or other paramilitary organizations” (sic). And it added: “In case there are no self-defense forces, it is necessary to create them”. It was ordered to “secretly organize certain sectors of the civil population – among others, cattle ranchers, small landowners and individuals characterized with a high sense of patriotism – who will be employed on orders in support of our operations”.
Chiapas: necropower and paramilitarism READ MORE »
Many say it is madness to resist the system, but in reality, it is madness not to resist it, wrote Mumia Abu-Jamal, the black panther who has been a political prisoner for 41 years and recognizes the contributions of the Zapatista struggle. Manuel Gómez Vázquez is one of those who resist the system, and his resistance is the reason he is in jail.
Manuel, the Zapatista imprisoned for struggling, that is, for being a Zapatista, should be released immediately.
Manuel Gómez Vázquez, Prisoner for His Struggle READ MORE »
The path of Father Marcelo, of the Diocese of San Cristóbal, was born of the pain of the Acteal massacre in 1997. Since his conversion, his path has led him in his accompaniment of peasant people, “to weep with those who weep, to suffer with those who suffer” and, above all, “to walk with them.”
Mexico III. Father Marcelo: “The Earth Groans with Labor Pains” READ MORE »
In light of the widely-publicized organized crime violence in San Cristóbal on June 14, Magdalena Gómez signals the ongoing crisis of violence, intervention of criminal groups and chaos that ensues just an hour away in Oxchuc.
Oxchuc, In the Face of a Complicit State that Promotes Impunity READ MORE »
