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.

Report on the lies published by the Mexican daily Reforma. Report/summary of the Sit-in Our Prisoners First on May 3 and 4 at the zócalo in Mexico City. Words by Gustavo Esteva during the International Seminar on Global Crisis and “Other” Social Movements.

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.

Entrevista a Radio Zapatista en Hora Sexta, 99.1FM, San Cristóbal de las Casas

March program by Relatos Zapatistas

:

• the month of march in zapatista history
• durito storytime
• entrevista con victor hugo lópez (Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas)
• mitzitón – noticias de la otra
• march 20 day of action announcement
• discussion of la otra with gustavo esteva interview
• discussion of march 4th day of action in defense of public education (berkeley, oakland, davis)

March 7 2010

Cideci-Unitierra, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

Womens’ struggles:

• Testimony by compañera from Bella Vista del Norte, Comalapa. The compañera denounces the eviction of women from the community who don’t marry someone from the same community. (4 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Testimony by compañera from the community of Molino de los Arcos. The compañera denounces government repression and imprisonment with the intention of taking their lands for eco-tourism development projects. (1:40 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Testimony by compañero of the community of Molino de los Arcos, who has an order for his arrest. (3:30 min)(Descarga aquí)  
  Translation in Tzotzil. (3:05 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Testimony by compañera whose children are in jail. (2 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Testimony by compañera from the community of san José Magalalnes, La Concordia denouncing the sale of girls and young women. (2:45 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Testimony by another compañera regarding the same situation at La Concordia, Chiapas. (2:05 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañera from the organization Menechi Jobal which works with working indigenous children and youth in San Cristóbal de las Casas. (1:09 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañero from the Tele Maíz Collective, which works with television and education in ecological sciences. (1:47 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañera from the community of Petalcingo, municipality of Tila talks about the need to make better known the work of peaceful organizations like the Other Campaign. (3:30 min)(Descarga aquí)  
• Final words by Mercedes Oliveira (3:55 min)(Descarga aquí)  

Work Groups – Synthesis or summary of proposals:

• Group 1: Hunger and violence(Descarga aquí)   / Translation in Tzeltal(Descarga aquí)  
• Group 2: Family Violence(Descarga aquí)  
• Group 3: Social violence(Descarga aquí)  
• Translation in Tzeltal of proposals by Groups 2 and 3(Descarga aquí)  
• Group 4: Militarization, narco-militarization and paramilitarization(Descarga aquí)  
• Translation in Tzotzil.(Descarga aquí)  
• Group 5: How do men see violence against women(Descarga aquí)  
  Translation in Tzotzil.(Descarga aquí)  

Additional testimonies/denunciations:

• Compañero talks about Molino los Arcos(Descarga aquí)   / Traducción(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañera denunces political prison of her father and asks for support.(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañera denounces political prison of her husbandIn tzetzal and Spanish.(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañera denounces political prison of her children (in Tzotzil and translation to Spanish).(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañero habla sobre lucha sindical y magisterial; propuestas.(Descarga aquí)  

Summary of the day (Xóchitl Leyva):

• Síntesis del día(Descarga aquí)   / Traducción(Descarga aquí)  
• Resumen de las propuestas(Descarga aquí)   / Traducción(Descarga aquí)  

Interviews (realizadas por Hora Sexta, 99.1FM, San Cristóbal de las Casas)

• Mujer de Colonia 5 de Marzo(Descarga aquí)  
• Mujer de Mitzitón(Descarga aquí)  
• Molino de los Arcos(Descarga aquí)  

In the community of Mitzitón, we spoke to residents members of the Other Campaign on the kidnapping, torture and armed attack suffered at the hands of paramilitary members of the Army of God.

Paramilitary attack to the community of Mitzitón; Report by FrayBa on the paramilitary attaco to Bolom Ajaw; Third Encounter for Dignity in NY by the Movement for Justice in El Barrio.

Interview with Oscar from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, in East Harlem, New York, about their struggle and the Third Encounter for Dignity and against Gentrification. In addition, important news:

• Paramilitary aggressions by Opddic against zapatista bases of support at Bolom Ajaw
• Paramilitary threats by Ejército de Dios to Other Campaign adherents at Mitzitón
• National and international solidarity with zapatista communities
• Murder of sex worker in Mexico City
• March by the Frente Plural Ciudadano in repudiation of the massacre of 16 youths in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
• Inform by adherents to the other campaign of Valle de Chalco about the floods and request for aid
• Tlachinollan Human Rights Center in the mountains of Guerrero denounce violence against human rights activists

Live program at Berkeley Liberation Radio.

• News updates
• Important dates of Zapatista history in the month of February
• Analysis and commentary about the Junta de Buen Gobierno De Morelia
• Speech by Supcomandante Marcos on the importance of alternative media
• Interview with folks from pirate cat radio
• Interview from Radio Zapatista with radio garifuna Faluma Bimetu Honduras
• Interview with spoken word artists from the el kilombo collective from Mexico about Haiti
• Update about the UC struggle around education
• Durito Story hour- A communique by Marcos entitled “Apples and the Zapatistas”