To all with the same vocation of freedom and justice:
Two and a half weeks ago, a beloved priest and defender of life was murdered in broad daylight in San Cristóbal de las Casas. This Sunday, November 3rd, thousands upon thousands of his followers packed the streets of the city to demand justice for his murder and an end to the violence and impunity in the state.
His example, and theirs, is a beacon of light in dark times. A path of righteousnous in the name of peace, in the name of justice for the people.
On the morning of November 6th, those who walk this path in the U.S. awoke to the painful revelation that our struggle for a world where many worlds fit will be much more complicated. But WE ARE NOT AFRAID. We will organize, build webs of connection, and RESIST the cult of death. We will accompany those who suffer, and work to build autonomy, dignity and that which is common to all of us.
As the compañerxs Zapatistas shared in the Declaration for Life:
We will make the pains of the Earth our own…And we will fight, everywhere and at all times against this system …What allows us to move forward is the listening to and the observation of the Other that, distinct and different, has the same vocation of freedom and justice.
–Excerpts from A Declaration for Life, EZLN Jan, 2021
This statement which we make as part of Sexta Grietas del Norte network, calls for an end to the war Chiapas and against the Zapatistas, and justice for Padre Marcelo. We invite you to sign on, and in doing so, to sign on to keep building our connections in this struggle for life. Together, WE ARE NOT AFRAID.
#NuestraLuchaEsPorLaVida
#AltoALaGuerra
#EZLN
Thank you to those who have already signed!
Joe Cucci
Justin Marcello
Gilberto Lopez y Rivas
Kyle Nelson
Felipe Monjaras
John Stutts
Egla Martínez
Nohemi Lopez
Timothy Hardin
Winsor Kinkade
Corina Yturbe
Kristine Smith
Matt McCallum
Marisa Raya
Colleen Loprinzi
Tim Absalonson
Francesco Orsenigo
kimberly rosa
David Drustrup
Diane Cherry
Lyle Funderburk
chris farmer
emilia estrella
Glen Kuecker
jay steele
Per Emilsson
eli tizcareño
Carlos Aceves
Cemelli de Aztlan
Sylvia Ovalle
Bryan Wold
Karla Padilla
Crystal Moran
William Simpson
Monika Bywalec
Kelsey Baker
Heather F
Diana Guizado
thomas leclere
Jennie Lopez
Yolanda Leyva
Olav de Geus
| Joe | Cucci |
| Justin | Marcello |
| Emmeran | Geyer |
| Gilberto | Lopez y Rivas |
| Justin | Warber |
| Kyle | Nelson |
| Felipe | Monjaras |
| John | Stutts |
| Egla | Martínez |
| Nohemi | Lopez |
| Timothy | Hardin |
| Winsor | Kinkade |
| Corina | Yturbe |
| Kristine | Smith |
| Matt | McCallum |
| Marisa | Raya |
| Colleen | Loprinzi |
| Tim | Absalonson |
| Francesco | Orsenigo |
| kimberly | rosa |
| David | Drustrup |
| Diane | Cherry |
| Lyle | Funderburk |
| chris | farmer |
| emilia | estrella |
| Glen | Kuecker |
| jay | steele |
| Per | Emilsson |
| eli | tizcareño |
| Carlos | Aceves |
| Cemelli | de Aztlan |
| Sylvia | Ovalle |
| Bryan | Wold |
| Karla | Padilla |
| Crystal | Moran |
| William | Simpson |
| Monika | Bywalec |
| Kelsey | Baker |
| Heather | F |
| Diana | Guizado |
| thomas | leclere |
| Jennie | Lopez |
| Yolanda | Leyva |
| Olav | de Geus |