Provoked by the recent kidnapping of two and murder of one member off the EZLN, SupGaleano warns of the impending crisis created by the actions and inaction of the government of the State of Chiapas under Rutilio Escandón.
By Raúl Zibechi Counterinsurgency strategies are flexible, adapting to every time and place, to each sector of the population to be fought. They behave differently in urban and rural areas, facing armed or peaceful actors, in every case deploying appropriate devices for each situation. Counterinsurgency strategies are many, as has been demonstrated over the last century in Latin America. They blend massacres and social programs, ferocious dictatorships that in one moment promote democratic openings, that are then reduced to calling elections. Modern counterinsurgency has only one objective: to crush those that are different, dispossess them of their territories, rebuild them …
Sharing testimonies from the Solidarity Caravans organized by Ajmaq Network of Resistance and Rebllion, Raul Zibechi reports on the ongoing war of attrition against Zapatista communities in Moisés Gandhi and Nuevo San Gregorio.
Raúl Romero contextualizes recent paramilitary aggressions against Zapatista support bases, juxtaposing the war of capital with its antithesis in the EZLN, an army for peace and life.
With elegant acuity, Raúl Romero describles the neoliberal war on indigenous life and territory. We highly recommend listening/watching the conversation with Raúl hosted by Sexta Grietas del Norte, linked below.
