Zapatistas

from nyc-imc, 14 June 2009: "By Movement for Justice in El Barrio: This past Sunday, June 7th, 2009 in zapatista East Harlem known as El Barrio, the Second New York City Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement, with the participation of 38 organizations representing the resistance against neoliberalism in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. En español abajo..." more

from various sources, 11 January 2009: "Two days ago, the same day we discussed violence, the ineffable Condoleezza Rice, a US official, declared that what was happening in Gaza was the Palestinians' fault, due to their violent nature. The underground rivers that crisscross the world can change their geography, but they sing the same song. And the one we hear now is one of war and pain. Not far from here, in a place called Gaza, in Palestine, in the Middle East, right here next to us, the Israeli government's heavily trained and armed military continues its march of death and destruction..." more

from slash, 25 November 2008: "To the adherents of the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign... In Mexico City, a national and international exposition will be installed where every struggle, every experience, every rage, will have a space where it can set up and show its struggle and its courage. This way we can all see, hear, and know each other..." more

from ainfos, reposted 30 August 2008: It is in this context that the Procurador General de la Republica or PGR (Public Prosecutor) tries to charge the APPO with the murder of Bradley Roland Will, an independent journalist of Indymedia from the United States. As videos clearly show, he was murdered by a group of militiamen from Santa Lucia del Camino municipality. These facts were confirmed by international experts from the independent organization Doctors for Human Rights. more

from narcosphere, 23 April 2008: As previously announced, on April 21 two Zapatista political prisoners, Ángel Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez and his father Francisco Pérez Vázquez, went on hunger strike in the Tacotalpa, Tabasco, prison where they're incarcerated. Originally announced as a fast that would last "for three days or as long as necessary," the prisoners sent a letter to Other Campaign adherents on April 22 confirming that they are on hunger strike for an "indefinite period of time." more

from Abahlali, 9 April 2008: On December 29 - 31 women from all five Zapatista Caracoles (centers of resistance) gathered in the community of La Garrucha, Chiapas to meet with women who had come from all around the world to hear their stories of struggling, organizing, and participating in the Zapatista litical leaders and members of the autonomous government, health and education promoters. more

from email, 7 April 2007: Kristin Bricker (mywordismyweapon.blogspot.com) reports that on Tuesday, April 1, "the Chiapas government freed thirty political prisoners in response to years of protests for their freedom, but not before giving some of them one last thorough beating." Seventeen more people are still incarcerated, however the government refuses to negotiate their release. As of April 1, thirteen of them have been on a hunger strike for 37 days. more

from email 17 March 2008: "On the 12th February 2008, begun the hunger strike of Zacario Hernández Hernández in prison nº 14 of Cintalapa (in Chiapas). On the 25th February 12 more political prisoners begun a hungers strike, 8 from the "La Voz del Amate" group that participates in the other campaign and 4 that are Zapatista political prisoners..." more

posted 7 March 2008: Viewed by many as one of the few Manhattan neighborhoods that is not yet completely gentrified, East Harlem -- or El Barrio -- has been the target of landlords, business owners, and corporate conglomerates who are eager to profit. Movement for Justice in El Barrio has been resisting attempts to push people out of their homes. more