WORDS OF THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE EZLN, IN THE VOICE OF SUBCOMANDANTE INSURGENTE MOISÉS, IN HOMAGE TO COMPAÑERO GALEANO.
MAY 24, 2014 IN LA REALIDAD, CHIAPAS, MEXICOO
Compañera and compañero comandantes, compañera and compañero bases of support, militia, and insurgentes.
Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth. Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening to all of you, wherever you may be.
Compañeras and compañeros, brothers and sisters:
Through my voice speaks the voice of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation.
Through my voice speaks the pain and rage of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people, men, women, children, and elders of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation.
We are here with the compañer@s of La Realidad, to support them with all of our dignified rage.
The compañeros and compañeras of the Sixth must understand something: the EZLN cannot involve itself in the affairs of the communities and the autonomous governments anytime it wants to. Because when we as the EZLN say “respect,” it isn’t just talk, it is our practice. The EZLN, as a force of the people, can only become involved in an issue in the Zapatista communities if the autonomous authorities request this. This is so because an army, of whatever kind, should always respect and serve the people, the civilians.
Good evening, afternoon, or morning, whichever it may be in your geography, time, and way of being.
Good very early morning.
I would like to ask the compañeras, compañeros and compañeroas of the Sixth who came from other places, especially the compañeros from the independent media, for your patience, tolerance, and understanding for what I am about to say, because these will be the final words that I speak in public before I cease to exist.
An ambush against zapatistas in the caracol of La Realidad this May 2, 2014, resulted in the murder of José Luis Solís López, “votán” of the School of Liberty according to the Zapatistas, 15 people injured, the destruction of two classrooms and a clinic, damages to vehicles and other goods belonging to the zapatista autonomous project. Collectives and individuals from various parts of Mexico and the world sent us these messages in solidarity with the zapatistas:
Last May 2, José Luís Solís López “Galeano” was murdered by members of the paramilitary group Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos Histórica (CIOAC-H) at the caracol of La Realidad.
Plataforma de Solidariad con Chiapas y Guatemala de Madrid / Grupo IRU / CEDOZ
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El 17 y 18 de mayo, Madrid ha celebrado el tercer aniversario del 15M. El sábado 17, una manifestción recorrió el camino que va de la Plaza de la Cibeles a la Puerta del Sol. La Plataforma de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Guatemala de Madrid, el Grupo IRU y el Centro de Documentación sobre Zapatismo, participamos en ella con unas pancartas en la que se exigían justicia para Chiapas. Al finalizar la marcha, se realizó una Asamblea en Sol, en la que se leyó el texto que al final reproducimos y la asamblea en homenaje a Galeano (que se unía al de tod@sl@sluchador@s del mundo) realizó un grito mudo -a la manera del 15M- que finalizó con “¡ZAPATA VIVE, LA LUCHA SIGUE!”