Third update on the convocation to the “WEEK OF WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF PATISHTÁN AND SÁNTIZ LÓPEZ: BRINGING DOWN THE PRISON WALLS”
May 15 to May 22, 2012

• The Junta de Buen Gobierno (Good Government Council) of Oventic and family members of Francisco Sántiz López, Zapatista support base member, will offer their words on the “Week of Worldwide Struggle for the Liberation of Patishtán and Sántiz López: Bringing Down the Prison Walls”
• Three additional countries will participate in the worldwide actions

To our sisters and brothers, the family members and allies of Alberto Patishtán Gómez:
To our sisters and brothers, the family members and allies of Francisco Sántiz López:
To our Zapatista sisters and brothers:
To our compañer@s of The Other Campaign:
To our compañer@s of the Zezta Internazional:
To our compañer@s, adherents of the International Campaign in Defense of El Barrio and all our allies from around the world:
To the Civil Society in Mexico and in the world:

Compañeras and compañeros:

Receive embraces on behalf of Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign New York.

We send you warm greetings from El Barrio, New York. Today, we find our hearts full of hope and rebellion due to the news conveyed in this third update on the convocation for the “Week of Worldwide Struggle for the Liberation of Patishtán and Sántiz López: Bringing Down the Prison Walls” (full convocation below).

First: We have recently been informed by the Junta de Buen Gobierno of Oventic and family members of Francisco Sántiz López, Zapatista support base member, that they will both offer their respective words on the “Week of Worldwide Struggle for the Liberation of Patishtán and Sántiz López: Bringing Down the Prison Walls.” As soon as we receive their dignified and profound words, we will share them with you all.

The struggle to free our political prisoners, Alberto and Francisco, has undoubtedly been spearheaded by their families and closest comrades. Therefore, the recent responses of the Patishtán and Sántiz López families fill us with the strength and inspiration to continue pressuring the bad government to obey the will of the dignified people, and immediately free our compañeros, Alberto Patishtán Gómez and Francisco Sántiz López.

Second: As we have reported in the previous two updates, every week many countries of the world continue to join our convocation. Upon doing so, they enrich our collective memory, our relationships as communities in resistance, and the call of our compañeros who are imprisoned for fighting for justice. Since the last update, three more countries have announced that they will join us during the Week of Worldwide Struggle. We now confirm the participation of groups and collectives from Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland, in addition to Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Spain, England, Scotland, the U.S., and Argentina. With each country, state, city, and community that joins, we break down another border wall constructed by the powerful and build a new world in the process.
If you wish to add your grain of sand to demand the release of our compañeros Alberto and Francisco, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible if you accept our proposal and will participate in the“Week of Worldwide Struggle for the Liberation of Patishtán and Sántiz López: Bringing Down the Prison Walls.” You may communicate with us via e-mail at:movimientoporjusticiadelbarrio@yahoo.com

That is all for now, compas.

We continue.

Thank you.

Alberto Patishtán Gómez and Francisco Sántiz López: FREEDOM NOW!!!

With love and solidarity,

Movement for Justice in El Barrio
The Other Campaign New York