Radio Zapatista

Radio Zapatista is an alternative radio collective reporting on zapatismo and struggles inspired by zapatismo in Mexico, the US, and the world.

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Most recent programs and audios

2010
Oct 21	The Frayba Report	Civil Mission for Observation of Human Rights and Social Conflicts. The civil organizations that make up the Network for Peace (Red por la Paz) visited the municipalities of Comitán, Trinitaria, Comalapa and Chicomuselo, in the border region of Chiapas with Guatemala, in order to document the situation of human rights in the region. This program presents their report. In English / En español	English Spanish	15 min
Oct 12	Indymedia	Police dismantles Radio Proletaria, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas / 14-year-old detained. On Tuesday Oct 12 police forces broke into the facilities of Radio Proletaria in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to tear down the community radio station which for the last 5 years had been working peacefully. At the time, the 14-year-old compañero Carlos Martínez, a high school student, was transmitting; he was detained. The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center published this bulletin. For more information, visit http://radioproletariachiapas.blogspot.com/.	Spanish
Oct 11	Frayba	Reportaje sobre la lucha de los ejidatarios de Tila en defensa de su territorio. En estos momentos el Magistrado Presidente del Primer Tribunal Colegiado se encuentra a cargo de la revisión del caso del ejido Tila, en donde se decidirá si se obligaría al ejido a aceptar una indemnización o el estado mexicano tendría que reconocer al ejido su derecho como pueblo indígena a su territorio y restituirle las 130 hectáreas. Según los términos legales el día 15 de octubre 2010, se dará esta resolución. Es un momento clave para solicitar al Tribunal que proteja el derecho al territorio del pueblo indígena Ch´ol de Tila, que se haga justicia y que no se permita que sean despojados de la tierra que legalmente les pertenece.	Spanish	4:36
Oct 5	Relatos Zapatistas	Special report: anti-fascist student activism in Mexico City. 12 minute special report (in english) about student protests against fascist youth organizations coordinated by local authorities to repress and dismantle student organizing. interviews with students from CCH-Vallejo & Instituto Politécnico.	English	11:46 min
Oct 1	La Onda Bajita	October program for La Onda Bajita. Destruction of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca The Frayba Report: "Sustainable Rural Cities" in Chiapas Repression against social movements in Chile	Spanish	55:13 min
Sep 16	Frayba	The Frayba Report: "Sustainable" Rural Cities in Chiapas.	English	6 min
Sep 16	Frayba	Reporte Frayba: Ciudades Rurales "Sustentables" en Chiapas.	Spanish	6 min
Sep 9	Relatos Zapatistas	Interview with hannibal shakur and josh wolf on neighborhood organizing in west oakland.	English	29 min
Sep 9	Relatos Zapatistas	September program:"SEGURIDAD / SECURITY / SAFETY". (Relatos Zapatistas, originally aired on Berkeley Liberation Radio.)	English	1:50 hr
Sep 3	La Onda Bajita	September program for La Onda Bajita	Spanish	54:15 min
Aug 20	interview	Interview to community representatives at the "sustainable rural city" of Nuevo Grijalva, Chiapas (full, unedited interview)	Spanish	1:15 hr
Aug 6	La Onda Bajita	August program on La Onda Bajita	Spanish	55:30 min
Aug 5	Relatos Zapatistas	Full Relatos Zapatistas show. News updates from Chiapas and Mexico; This Month in Zapatista History; Interview with Anat Shenker-Osorio about the Documentary Presunto Culpable; Report on SB1070 Protests; Interview with George Ciccariello-Maher about the Oscar Grant Case; and the Durito Storyhour.	English Spanish	1:44 hr
Aug 5	Relatos Zapatistas	Interview with Anat Shenker-Osorio, political director of the documentary PRESUMED GUILTY, about Mexico's justice system, the need to reform the criminal trial process, the grave situation of political prisoners in Mexico, and the support the Mexican government receives from the US through the Plan Merida.	Spanish	27:30 min
Aug 2	Relatos Zapatistas	Interview with George Ciccariello-Maher on the Oscar Grant verdict, the nonprofit industrial complex, and the Oakland Assembly.	English	15 min
Aug 1	Relatos Zapatistas	Special report on the mobilizations against the anti-migrant law SB1070 in Arizona. News on the 29 July 2010 demonstrations all over the country with a special focus on San Francisco, including interviews with two hip-hop artists: Bocafloja and Cambio.	Spanish English	25 min
Jul 25	Relatos Zapatistas	Interview/reportback on US Social Forum 2010: interview/reportback with two comp@s who attended the US Social Forum in Detroit. Topics include: the history of the US social forum, capitalism and trauma, alternative media, and the people's movement assemblies (PMAs).	English	45 min
Jul 25	Relatos Zapatistas	Report on the liberation of political prisoners from San Salvador Atenco: after 4 years in prison, Mexico's Supreme Court ordered their freedom. Actions in solidarity that took place during the international action day in support of Atenco's prisoners, including the action in front of the Mexican consulate in San Francisco.	Spanish	14 min
Jul 25	Relatos Zapatistas	Fourth of July program: "THE TRIAL": complete radio program including reports/discussions on: mexico/chiapas news, US social forum in detroit, liberation of political prisoners from san salvador atenco, oscar grant trial (pre-verdict).	English Spanish	1:43 hr
Jul 17	Audio	European Brigade in solidarity with the zapatistas: Audios of the interviews made by the European brigade on its visit to autonomous zapatista territory. Final communiqué. Interview by Radio Teocelo to a member of the brigade. (For more information, visit Chiapas Indymedia.)	Spanish
Jul 9	Noticias de la Otra	Report on the community of Mitzitón, the roadblock to demand relocation of the paramilitary group Army of God and the background of the conflict.	Spanish	15:45 min
Jul 2	La Onda Bajita	July program for La Onda Bajita	Spanish	53:40 min
Jul 2	Noticias de la Otra	Special report: Political prisoners from Atenco are freed, and Mitzitón (Chiapas) blocks the federal highway to demand that paramilitaries be relocated outside of their community. (Subscribe to the podcast for Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	20:23 min
Jul 2	Testimonios	Feminicide of Tatiana Trujillo by husband and former federal deputy for the PRI Elmar Darinel Díaz Solórzano (Ocosingo, Chiapas). Testimonies by her parents during press conference at Frayba: Testimony by Tatiana's father Testiomony by Tatiana's mother Words by Frayba	Spanish
Jul 1	Audio	Mitzitón blocks the federal highway today to demand that the paramlitary groups be relocated out of their community. Listen to their testimony here: About the road block (1:50 min) Current situation (1:10 min) Words by compañero (2:20 min) Words by another compañero (3:10 min) For more info, see: Indymedia Chiapas	Spanish
Jun 24	Cidesi	MST, Lula's government and agrobusiness. Words by Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, researcher and professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista and militant of the Landless Peasant Movement (MST) and Vía Campesina in Brazil, during his presentation at Cidesi/Universidad de la Tierra, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Escucha en español / Escuta em português.	Spanish Portuguese	1:15 hr
Jun 22	Ciepac	Report by Ciepac: Integración para el despojo: El Proyecto Mesoamérica, o la nueva escalada de apropiación del territorio Parte 1 / Parte 2 / Parte 3 Interviews to the author by Frecuencia Libre 99.1: Sobre el Plan Puebla Panamá y el Proyecto Mesoamérica Sobre el Proyecto Mesoamérica en Chiapas Sobre las Ciudades Rurales Sustentables	Spanish
Jun 15	Noticias de la Otra	Report on the caravan Bety Cariño y Jyri Jaakkola to the Triqui autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, and other news from Chiapas and the Other Campaign. (Note: The previous version of this audio denounced the invasion of lands belonging to the community of Choles de Tumbalá by the organization Xinich. We clarify that it was the Official Xinich and NOT the true Xinich organization, which is a member of the National Indigenous Congress.) (Subscribe to the podcast of Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	16:30 min
Jun 13	Audios Encounter	Encounter of relatives, collectives, friends and organizations of Political Prisoners Cideci/UniTierra, San Cristóbal de las Casas June 12 Inauguración Saludos esposas presos cucapás Informe General San Sebastián Bachajón Mitzitón Voces Inocentes Molino Los Arcos Frayba Mult Gloria Arenas Cartas desde Oaxaca Pueblo Loxicha Brigada Callejera Colectivo contra la Tortura Víctor Herrera Govea Sara López, Candelaria Guerrero Presos Cucapá Segunda de Mitzitón Puebla Saludos para el Encuentro June 13 Pronunciamientos y saludos finales CLAUSURA	Spanish
Jun 6	Relatos Zapatistas	One year anniversary of the massacre at Bagua, Peru.	English	7:40 min
Jun 6	Relatos Zapatistas	June program by Relatos Zapatistas: News from México/Chiapas Oakland gang injunction Oscar Grant case University of Puerto Rico strike Hunger strike at UC Berkeley SB 1070 & Arizona protests One year anniversary of the massacre at Bagua, Perú	inglés	2 hr
Jun 1	Noticias de la Otra	Report on Frayba's Annual Report and other news: Cucapa fishermen detained in Baja California Mobilization by Movimiento de resistencia civil contra las altas tarifas de la energía eléctrica de Candelaria, Campeche Armed attack against member of the Movimiento de resistencia civil contra las altas tarifas de la energía eléctrica de Candelaria Agression against members of Frente Cívico Tonalteco and the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center Break-in and intimidations against journalist Laura Castellanos Solidarity actions in Paris Karakola Global convokes to cultural uprising (Subscribe to the podcast of Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	17:20 min
May 27	Frayba	Annual Balance of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center(Frayba) Welcome Introduction by Diego Cadenas Words by Tatik Samuel Balance by Agnieszka Raczinska Answers by Diego Cadenas to two questions Words by Las Abejas Summary of the Annual Balance	Spanish
May 23	Noticias de la Otra	One year after the recuperation of the Agua Azul pay booth. Ejidatarios from San Sebastián Bachajón, adherents to the other campaign, celebrate the aniversary of the takeover of the pay booth at Agua Azul, and other important news from Chiapas, the Other Campaign and the Zezta Internazional. (Subscribe to the podcast Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	16 min
May 10	Audios Seminar	International Seminar "Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, Mexico" «Global Crisis and 'Other' Social Movements» 6 May 2010 - Cideci/Unitierra - San Cristóbal de las Casas - Chiapas First Part Introduction by Gustavo Esteva, México Fatma Alloo, Tanzania Aseem Shrivastava, India Peter Horsley, New Zeland Jennifer JonesM, EU Second Part Sawyasaachi, India Charlotte Sáenz EU Michal Osterweil, EU Derek Shaw, Canadá PT George, India Reflexión de Gustavo Esteva Intervenciones del público Translation: Mojdeh Hojatti Panelist profiles	Spanish
May 7	La Onda Bajita	Program in Spanish: Reportaje sobre las mentiras publicadas en el periódico Reforma. Reportaje sobre el Plantón Primero Nuestr@s Pres@s. Palabras de Gustavo Esteva en el Seminario internacional sobre la crisis global y movimientos sociales "otros".	Spanish	55 min
May 6	Noticias de la Otra	Our Prisoners First, Report/summary of the Sit-in Our Prisoners First on May 3 and 4 at the zócalo in Mexico City, with voices of the main participants and interviews.	Spanish	21:00 min
May 3 and 4	Audios	OUR PRISONERS FIRST, Mexico City zócalo May 3: Political declaration of the sit-in Our Prisoners First, read by compañera Carmen Jimenez Díaz, from the community of Mitzitón. Pronouncement against the agressions against the Other Campaign, read by Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio and Italia Mendez Words by Omar Esparza, from CACTUS, Oaxaca, on the attack agains the caravan to San Juan Copala. Declaration of the Campaign Our Prisoners First and the Network against Repression read by Gustavo Canales, teacher from the collective of teachers of the Other Campaign. Tables from the states: Campeche. Resistance against the high energy tariffs in Candelaria. Participants: Orlando Lara (son of Sara López, political prisoner), Dámaso González and José Vaca. Tables from the states: Chiapas. Participants: Voces Inocentes, by Julio Cesar Peres Ruiz and Gabriela Patistán Mitzitón, by Salvador Pérez Guzman Sociedad Civil Las Abejas, Acteal, by Lázaro Arias Gómez Words by compañeros from the People's Front in Defense of the Land from San Salvador Atenco. May 4 Taller de Desarrollo Comunitario (TADECO), Guerrero. Commitee for the freedom of Víctor Herrera Gobea. Compañeras prisoners in Atenco, Campaign against political repression and sexual torture. List of political prisoners of the Other Campaign. Civilian organizations of Oaxaca. Colective of Zapatista Lawyers, by Pedro Suarez. Trini del Valle, Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra (FPDT), San Salvador Atenco. Compañero of the FPDT. Closing words. Read the Political declaration of the sit-in Our Prisoners First	Spanish
Apr 28	Noticias de la Otra	Report on the lies published by the daily Reforma, with testimony by Leuccio Rizzo, whose photo the newspaper published claiming to be the unmasked face of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. In addition, latest news from Chiapas and the Other Campaign.	Spanish	13:30 min
Apr 17	Other radios	Programa Territorios by Radio UdG, about the 27th meeting of the National Indigenous Congress of the Center-Pacific region, celebrated in the Wixárika Autonomous community of Bancos de San Hipólito.	Spanish
Mar 17	Noticias de la Otra	Bolom Ajaw: Interview with the Good Government Council of Morelia. The JBG of Morelia speaks to us about the events on February 6 at Bolom Ajaw, the current situation and the government's strategy to undermine zapatismo while preparing the ground for tourism projects in the region. For more information on the precedents to the current situation, listen to our 1 Feb 2008 documentary with testimonies by compañer@s from Bolon Ajaw, Nuevo Progreso Agua Azul and 24 de Diciembre.	Spanish	15 min

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