Editorial No. 2, Word of the EZLN
Compañeras y compañeros de la Sexta y de escuelita zapatista.
Siguen las palabras de las compañeras y compañeros, familias, guardianas y guardianes, maestras y maestros de cómo los vieron como alumnas y alumnos.
Como decimos en estas tierras rebeldes, no hay descanso hay que darle duro al trabajo.
Así lo decimos porque ya viene otro trabajo, con las compañeras y compañeros del Congreso Nacional Indígena. Como ustedes ven, la verdad no hay descanso.
El descanso se usa para trabajar del sostén de la familia, pero también para pensar, estudiar, y hacer planes de trabajo de lucha.
Por el simple hecho de que los capitalistas neoliberales ellos no descansan en pensar cómo lograr ser dominadores para siempre.
Como dicen los compañeros y compañeras, en uno de las comparticiones que hemos hecho: en sólo 19 años hemos toreado al mal sistema contra 520 años de dominación, ahora somos dueños de la libertad y la democracia. Y sólo somos unos miles de mujeres y hombres que gobernamos los pueblos de mujeres y hombres. Qué se dirá si nos organizáramos con los demás millones del campo y de la ciudad.
Como dirán los mismos compañeros y compañeras: esto gracias por organizarnos y entender lo que es la dignidad y la resistencia, ya no conformarnos con las sobras, limosnas o migajas y entre engaños tras engaños del mal gobierno. (Continuar leyendo…)
The EZLN Announces Activities to be held with Native Peoples, an homage to Don Luis Villoro, and a Seminar on “Ethics in the Face of Dispossession,” as well as a New Initiative for the National and International Sixth
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Mexico
March 2014.
To: The Sixth in Mexico and in the World
From: Subcomandante Insurgent Moisés.
Compañeras, Compañeros and compañeroas of the Sixth:
We send greetings from all of the Zapatista men and women of the EZLN.
We want to let you know about our next steps:
1. Native Peoples: During the week of May 26 to 30, 2014, in one of our caracoles, we will have an initial exchange with brothers and sisters from different native peoples and indigenous organizations. During this exchange, we will all share our ways of thinking and histories of struggle and resistance as indigenous peoples. For this initial exchange we are inviting particular organizations and native peoples from Mexico, including: the Kumiai, Rarámuri, Náyeri, Wixárika, Odam, Nahua, Zoque, Coca, Purépecha, Hñahñu, Mazahua, Amuzgo, Ñuu Savi, Me’phaa, Ñuhu, Totonaco, Popoluca, Binnizá, Chinanteco, Mazateco, Ikoot, Chatino, Afromestizo, Triqui, Maya Peninsular, Tzotzil. Tzeltal, Chol, Zoque, and migrants.
In the future, we will invite other native peoples from Mexico and the world. This exchange is a closed event and is ONLY for the native peoples and organizations that are explicitly invited. Those people who have not been invited will not be allowed to enter.
2. On Saturday, May 31, 2014, in the Caracol of Oventik, we, along with some of our indigenous brothers and sisters, will present the conclusions from our initial exchange and a circulate a declaration about how we will proceed in our struggle against the dispossession we suffer and for our indigenous rights and culture. This event is open, all are invited, and whoever wants and is able to may attend. This will begin at approximately 1400 hours.
3. On Sunday, June 1, 2014, also in the Caracol of Oventik, we will have a modest homage to our deceased compañero: Don Luis Villoro Toranzo. This event is open, all are invited, and whoever wants and is able to may attend. It will be at approximately 1400 hrs, and will include the participation of the comandantas and comandantes of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee- General Command of the EZLN, writer Juan Villoro, and Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
4. From Monday June 2, 2014 through Sunday, June 8, 2014, in the Caracol of Oventik and at the CIDECI facilities in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, there will be a seminar—that is, some talks—on the theme of “ETHICS IN THE FACE OF DISPOSSESSION.” This event is also in honor of our compañero Don Luis Villoro Toranzo. The seminar is open, all are invited, and those who want and are able to may attend.
The seminar will begin with a session in the Caracol of Oventik on June 2, 2014, at a time yet to be confirmed, with the participation of the EZLN. The seminar will continue on June 3 in CIDECI-UNITIERRA-Chiapas, in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
This seminar is organized by the EZLN, CIDECI-UNITIERRA-Chiapas, and collectives of students from the Zapatista Little School in Mexico and the World. The following artists and intellectuals will participate, among others:
Carlos González, John Berger, Dr. Pablo González Casanova, Dr. Adolfo Gilly, Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein, Neus Espresante, María de Jesús de la Fuente de O’Higgins, Gustavo Esteva Figueroa, Juan Villoro, Dr. Raymundo Sánchez Barraza, Dr. Paulina Fernández Christlieb, Hugo Blanco Galdós, Raúl Zibechi, Dr. Marcos Roitman, Dr. Sylvia Marcos, Dr. Gilberto López y Rivas, Greg Ruggiero, Karla Quiñonez, Dr. Carlos Antonio Aguirre Rojas, Corinne Kumar, Dr. John Holloway, Magdalena Gómez, Dr. Luisa Paré, Dr. Alicia Castellanos Guerrero, Maestra Ana Lydia Flores Marín, Dr. María Eugenia Sánchez Díaz, Dr. Eduardo Almeida Acosta, Julieta Egurrola, Dr. Arturo Anguiano Orozco, Dr. Fernanda Navarro, Beatriz Aurora, Efraín Herrera, Antonio Ramírez Chávez, Gloria Domingo Manuel “Domi,” Dr. Márgara Millán, Servando Gajá, Lic. Bárbara Zamora López, Malú Huacuja del Toro, Dr. Sergio Tischler Visquerra, Dr. Jérôme Baschet, Dr. Ángeles Eraña, Maestra Mariana Favela, Profesor Enrique Ávila, Claudia Aguirre, Alejandro Varas Orozco, Rosario Hernández, Manuel Rozental, Vilma Almendra, John Gibler, Dr. Eckart Boege Schmidt, Pablo Reyna Esteves, Roco, Guillermo Velázquez, Moyenei Valdés, Hebe Rosell, Amparo Sánchez “Amparanoia,” Modesto López, Marta de Cea, Nicolás Falcoff, Óscar Chávez, Sergio Rodríguez Lascano, and a few more who have not yet been confirmed.
5. During this seminar, the EZLN will announce a proposal for a new initiative for the National and International Sixth.
6. Over the next few days we will be announcing more details about these events.
Also, I wanted to let you know that, if his health permits, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos will be present and may participate in some of the public events.
That is all.
From the Mountains of Southeastern Mexico, Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
Mexico, March 2014, the 20th year of the war against oblivion. (Continuar leyendo…)