Zapatista Communiques
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Summary of the third part of the Zapatista participation in the Meeting of Resistances and Rebellions
Summary of the third part of the Zapatista participation in the Meeting of Resistances and Rebellions. Previously After attending a meeting with our dead (part one) and severely criticizing the functioning and structure of the autonomous governments (part two), the Zapatista communities begin to analyze the positive contributions of those early initiatives. While highlighting the…
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The Storm Chapter Mexico: The Crime, the Executioner, and the Victims
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Introduction to the Encounters of Resistance and Rebellion
Capitán Insurgente Marcos December 28, 2024CIDECI-UnitierraSCLC, Chiapas, Mexico I am going to ask you to collaborate with me in an exercise that will be helpful for the talks that will be held these days. I have to confess that I suffer from a progressive and incurable disease. So I’m going to ask you to raise…
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CALL FOR A GLOBAL DAY: JUSTICE FOR SAMIR FLORES SOBERANES! 6 YEARS OF IMPUNITY
Original Spanish ★ January 27, 2025 TO THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION FOR LIFE SISTERS, BROTHERS: It has been 6 years since the life of our brother Samir Flores Soberanes was taken, six years that the one who ordered his death has governed, six years of continuing with the deception, imposition and contempt towards our…
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EZLN: A Series of Advice for Young People
From “The Watchtower: Signs for tomorrow” by Capitan Insurgente Marcos Original Spanish ★ December 30, 2024 I’m going to end with a piece of advice for young people, a series of advice for young people. When you start giving advice to young people, you’re already old. “When I was your age, blah blah blah…” Well,…
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On the topic: The Storm and the Day After. Part eleven: ‘Otroas’ on the day after?
Part eleven: ‘Otroas’ on the day after? “Well, one less obstacle on the intricate path to happiness,” said the captain. I know, this beginning may seem disconcerting to you, so let me put it “in context.” We are again in the hypothetical situation of the day after in an indigenous community that did see the…
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On the topic: The Storm and the Day After Part ten: HEALTH ACCORDING TO DOÑA JUANITA.
On the topic: The Storm and the Day After Part ten: HEALTH ACCORDING TO DOÑA JUANITA. Today is not the day after. Doña Juanita grinds the corn that will later be a new tortilla on the table where, after practice, the promoters will eat. Doña Juanita confesses to me that, when it comes to distributing…
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Images of Impossible Bridges: I A Radish… (Or an onion, it depends on the case, or thing)
Images of Impossible Bridges: I A Radish…(Or an onion, it depends on the case, or thing) August 2024. No, I don’t mean that I don’t give a damn what they say against us, defending your precious president. Nor that, as “progressives”, they are red on the outside and white on the inside. I’m talking about…
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The Mayan Aleph?
THE MAYAN ALEPH? August 2024. The dust devil they raised could be seen from afar. Like those waterspouts where the wind chases itself and, unable to achieve it, destroys what it finds, lifts it to the clouds and throws it back to the ground. “The storm,” I thought. “Or something worse,” I thought again. “Anything…
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A Brilliant Idea
A Brilliant Idea August 2024. I took my first screenshot. Don’t go telling I told you, but I have triumphed in the arduous and dizzying technological race. After 6 months 6 of strenuous research, studies and exhausting practices, alone, with no help other than 453 tutorial videos, I was able to take a screenshot. I…