Autonomy and Resistance
National Indigenous Congress and Indigenous Governing Council Communiqué on the 25th Anniversary of the Armed Uprising of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation
To the Zapatista Army for National Liberation:
To the CIG Support Networks:
To the Networks of Resistance and Rebellion:
To the Mexican people:
To the peoples of the world:
To the media:
The peoples, nations, and tribes who make up the National Indigenous Congress and the Indigenous Governing Council proudly salute the 25th anniversary of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation. As of January 1, 1994, we stopped demanding justice by asking for handouts and began exercising our rights, not just in Chiapas but in every indigenous corner of our country.
That day marked a new chapter of our collective life. With heads held high, we now walk in the footsteps of our ancestors and plant the seeds of generations to come, determined to continue to live as peoples, nations, and tribes.
Given the war unleashed upon us, we see ourselves reflected in the path walked by the Zapatista indigenous communities. We know that threats against us abound, all in the name of riches for the few, while the only options offered us are to migrate and leave our territories behind, to mourn our dead in the face of so much violence, pollution, persecution and incarceration, and to settle for fear and resignation.
Words of the EZLN’s CCRI-CG to the Zapatista Peoples on the 25th Anniversary of the Beginning of the War Against Oblivion
Words of the EZLN’s CCRI-CG to the Zapatista Peoples on the 25th Anniversary of the Beginning of the War Against Oblivion
Words by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés
Words by the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee
Words by the Good Government Council “Towards Hope”
Words by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés:
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December 31, 2018
To our compañeros and compañeras who are Zapatista bases of support:
To our compañeras and compañeros who are Zapatista Autonomous Authorities:
To our compañeras and compañeros who are part of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee [CCRI] and those who are Regional and Local Authorities:
To our compañeras and compañeros who are milicianas and milicianos:
To our compañeras and compañeros who are insurgentas and insurgentes:
I speak in the name of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation.
I speak in your name, as it is my job to be your voice and your gaze.
Our hour as Zapatista peoples has come, and we see that we are alone.
I want to tell you clearly that this is what we see, compañeras and compañeros who are support bases, milicianos, and milicianas: we are alone, just as we were 25 years ago.
Alone we rose up to awake the people of Mexico and of the world, and today, 25 years later, we see that we are still alone. But we did try to tell them, compañeras and compañeros, you were witness to the many gatherings we held as we tried to wake others, to speak to the poor of Mexico in the city and in the countryside.
