Radio Zapatista

Ricardo Ravelo, reporter for the magazine Proceso, researcher and analyst on drug trafficking and its links with federal and state authorities at all levels, shares a well documented view of our reality in Mexico, during the presentation of his books Herencia maldita, Los capos and Osiel at Centro Cultural Tierra Adentro, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 18 June 2011.

Introduction (Ernesto Ledesma)(Descarga aquí)  

Speech (Descarga aquí)  

Questions and Answers (Descarga aquí)  
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After 2 days of internal strike to demand the dismissal of the director and other basic demands a commission of the State Government agrees to settle their claims.

• Mining in Costa Rica, a successful struggle.
• June 10 is not forgotten. The “Halconazo,” the student massacre of 1971.
• Che Guevara, 83 years.
• Social networks.
• 2 Radios 12 years, the anniversary of Ké Huelga and Regeneración Radio.

This month’s program, broadcast on June 5, tries to think through the relationship between two concepts: autonomy and austerity. Here we’ve uploaded two interviews as separate segments/files that can be easily downloaded and listened to. The first (both in Spanish and translated into English) deals with the so-called “Spanish Revolution,” the massive popular mobilizations against the electoral system that have been taking place in Spain since May. The second focuses on a series of actions organized against austerity politics and their local manifestations. The two interviews also reflect on the question of how best to articulate an anti-austerity politics that’s at the same time anti-state.

The audios are also available on the Indybay website: 15-M Español, 15-M English, and austerity.

El 23 de mayo la comunidad de Cruztón, adherente a la otra campaña, en el municipio de Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas, denunció que se está formando un grupo para volver despojarlos de sus tierras, en probable complicidad con la Procuraduría Agraria del estado. Entrevistamos a uno de los miembros de la comunidad, quien nos cuenta la historia de Cruztón, la lucha por la tierra, las nuevas amenazas y los intereses de la minería en la región.

Escucha/lee la denuncia completa.

In the face of the authorities’ refusal to listen, a General Prisoner Strike begins, demanding the dismissal of the prison’s director and a dialog with the state.

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• Vittorio lives, a message for the murder of a compañero
• Greece: Demonstration and combats for protest against the government.
• Italy: 16 March 2001 – Eight years without you, eight years with you
• Croacia: Libertarian block protests against the country’s government
• Italy: Repression against anarchist groups
• Greece: Movement “I don’t pay.” A Greek initiative to “stop paying for other people’s crisis”
• Greece: Rebel briefs
• The Arab rebelion and strategic thought. Extract from an article by Raul Zibechi
• Italy: Fascists won’t pass!
• UK: The battle Stokes Croft and the anti-anarchist attacks
• UK: Anti-anarchist attacks in London
• Hungry: Self-organized Rom face fascit groups.

On March 17, 2011, during a peaceful demonstration in the ejido Juan del Grijalva Ostauacán municipality were detained arbitrarily and deceitfully Mr. Marcelo Díaz Castellanos, Ceferino Hernández Castro, Fidencio Altuna Cabos, José Francisco López and Teodoro Sánchez Díaz Morales, by members of the state police …(Descarga aquí)  

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