Radio Zapatista

Mexico City zócalo, May 3 and 4

May 3:

• Political declaration of the sit-in Our Prisoners First, read by compañera Carmen Jimenez Díaz, from the community of Mitzitón.(Descarga aquí)  
• Pronouncement against the agressions against the Other Campaign, read by Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio and Italia Mendez(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by Omar Esparza, from CACTUS, Oaxaca, on the attack agains the caravan to San Juan Copala.(Descarga aquí)  
• Declaration of the Campaign Our Prisoners First and the Network against Repression read by Gustavo Canales, teacher from the collective of teachers of the Other Campaign.(Descarga aquí)  
• Tables from the states: Campeche. Resistance against the high energy tariffs in Candelaria. Participants: Orlando Lara (son of Sara López, political prisoner), Dámaso González and José Vaca.(Descarga aquí)  
• Tables from the states: Chiapas. Participants:
  • Voces Inocentes, by Julio Cesar Peres Ruiz and Gabriela Patistán(Descarga aquí)  
  • Mitzitón, by Salvador Pérez Guzman(Descarga aquí)  
  • Sociedad Civil Las Abejas, Acteal, by Lázaro Arias Gómez(Descarga aquí)  
• Words by compañeros from the People’s Front in Defense of the Land from San Salvador Atenco.(Descarga aquí)  

May 4

• Taller de Desarrollo Comunitario (TADECO), Guerrero.(Descarga aquí)  
• Commitee for the freedom of Víctor Herrera Gobea.(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañeras prisoners in Atenco, Campaign against political repression and sexual torture.(Descarga aquí)  
• List of political prisoners of the Other Campaign.(Descarga aquí)  
• Civilian organizations of Oaxaca.(Descarga aquí)  
• Colective of Zapatista Lawyers, by Pedro Suarez.(Descarga aquí)  
• Trini del Valle, Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra (FPDT), San Salvador Atenco.(Descarga aquí)  
• Compañero of the FPDT.(Descarga aquí)  
• Closing words.(Descarga aquí)  

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.

Programa Territorios by Radio UdG on the 27th meeting of the National Indigenous Congress of the Center-Pacific region, celebrated in the Wixárika Autonomous community of Bancos de San Hipólito.

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.

Speech by Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, to Mexican social movements in Coyoacán, Mexico City. For more information, see the blog: evo-en-mexico.blogspot.com.

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