Words of the Zapatista women at the closing ceremony of the First International Gathering of Politics, Art, Sport, and Culture for Women in Struggle
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Words of the Zapatista women at the closing ceremony of the First International Gathering of Politics, Art, Sport, and Culture for Women in Struggle in the Zapatista Caracol of the Tzotz Choj Zone
March 10, 2018
Good evening, good morning, good afternoon, compañeras and sisters in struggle, wherever you may be.
Sisters and compañeras who have accompanied us in this First International Gathering of Women in Struggle:
We are going to say a few words on behalf of all of us, the Zapatista women of the five caracoles.
We would like to thank the compañeras from the city who worked as part of the support teams: we know very well how fucking hard they worked to handle the emails, registration, organization of transportation, and the scheduling of times and locations for all the activities.
We would also like to send our regards to our Zapatista compañeras who could not come to this gathering, and who stayed behind attending to other tasks so that we could be here.
Similarly, we would like to thank our compañeros who had to stay behind to take care of our families, animals, homes, barracks, and fields, and who were on alert in case the bad governments committed any malicious acts against this gathering.
But our final words are especially for you, sisters and compañeras, women in struggle.