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Zapatista Army for National Liberation
Mexico.

April 21, 2015

To the compas of the Sixth:

To the presumed attendees of the Seminar “Critical Thought Versus the Capitalist Hydra”:

We want to let you know that:

As of April 21, 2015, the number of people who have registered for the seminar “Critical Thought Versus the Capitalist Hydra” is approximately 1,074 men, women, others,i children, and elderly from Mexico and the world. Of this number:

558 people are adherents of the Sixth.

430 people are not adherents of the Sixth

82 people say they are from the free, autonomous, independent, alternative, or whatever-you-call-it media.

4 people are from the paid media (only one person from the paid media has been rejected, it was one of the three who were sponsored by the Chiapas state government to sully the name of the Zapatista compa professor Galeano and present his murderers as victims.)

Now then, we don’t know if among those 1,074 who have registered so far there might be a portion who have gotten confused and think that they have registered for Señorita Anahí’s weddingii (apparently she’s marrying somebody from Chiapas, I’m not sure, but pay me no mind because here the world of politics and entertainment are easily confused… ah! There too? Didn’t I tell you?)

Anyway, I’m sharing the number of attendees because it’s many more than we had expected would attend the seminar/seedbed. Of course now that’s CIDECI’s problem, so… good luck!

What? Can people can still register? I think so, I’m not sure. When questioned by Los Tercios Compas, doctor Raymundo responded “no problem at all, in any case the number of people who will actually pay attention are far fewer.” Okay, okay, okay, he didn’t say that, but given the context he could have. What’s more, not even the doc knows how many people are going to come to CIDECI.

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El gobierno no cumple su palabra: indígenas desplazados en Chiapas
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COMUNICADO DE INDIGENAS TOJOLABALES DESPLAZADOS EN CHIAPAS, DEL POBLADO PRIMERO DE AGOSTO
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Las Margaritas Chiapas. 16 de abril. “En pocas palabras hermanos: los ejidatarios de la Cioac-h de Miguel Hidalgo, nos lo llevaron todo, lo han robado todo y lo que no les sirve, lo han quemado”, denuncian familias indígenas tojolabales, desplazadas de la comunidad Primero de Agosto, el pasado 23 de febrero por parte de la Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos Histórica (Cioac-H). “Nos están enterrando en vida, nos quieren matar solo porque nosotros queremos mantener a nuestras familias produciendo la tierra”, externan desde su campamento, en el marco del 96 aniversario luctuoso del General Emiliano Zapata.

En conferencia de prensa, los habitantes del municipio de las Margaritas exponen los antecedentes de su problemática y recuerdan que el ocho de diciembre de 2011, en una reunión con ejidatarios de Miguel Hidalgo y las 17 familias ahora de Primero de Agosto, “dimos a conocer nuestras razones ante la asamblea, peticionando que necesitamos trabajar las tierras que estaban baldíos (predio el Roble), para mantener a nuestras familias. Después de diversas reuniones, los ejidatarios de Miguel Hidalgo cerraron el diálogo, diciéndonos que a partir de entonces ya no pertenecíamos a dicha comunidad”.

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Celebremos el cumpleaños 61 de Mumia Abu-Jamal, preso político desde hace más de 3 décadas, periodista y activista incansable que denuncia la injusticia a nivel global. Mumia está muy enfermo debido a la negligencia médica en al prisión. Estuvo al borde de un coma diabético. Gracias a su fortaleza espiritual y a la solidaridad de quienes sabemos de su injusto encarcelamiento, ha comenzado a escribir de nuevo, pero hasta la fecha no recibe la atención médica que le hace falta por parte de doctores independientes. Estaremos como cada cumpleaños de Mumia, afuera de la embajada gringa en el DF, Reforma casi con la Glorieta del Ángel, viernes 24 de abril, 18 hs., con música, lecturas y proyección de cine documental. Es importante nuestra presencia, gracias al apoyo que Mumia recibió a través de visitas y llamadas telefónicas al penal de SCI Mahonoy en Filadelfia, donde se encuentra recluído, estamos evitando su ejecución por negligencia médica. Nos sumamos a las demandas internacionales para atención médica de calidad, una dieta adecuada, las visitas que le hacen falta, y sobre todo ¡su libertad! No a la ejecución médica de Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Escribe una carta a Mumia a:

Mumia Abu-Jamal #AM8335
SCI Mahanoy
301 Morea Road
Frackville, PA 17932

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“No voy a decirle a la gente qué hacer o cómo organizarse. Ya sabe hacerlo. Creo en la gente. La gente nunca te falla. Hace lo correcto porque sabe en su corazón lo que es correcto. Mis respetos.” –MAJ

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Las Margaritas Chiapas. 13 de abril. “Quiero regresar lo más pronto posible a mi casa, porque quiero que mi bebé nazca bien. Me da mucho miedo y tristeza dar a luz en este lugar”, comenta Elvira Méndez Pérez, indígena tojolabal de la comunidad Primero de Agosto, quien tiene siete meses de embarazo y fue desalojada junto con su esposo y otras familias, por parte de integrantes de la Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos Histórica (CIOAC-H), hace ya casi dos meses, sin que el gobierno haya hecho algo para solucionar su situación.

Elvira tiene 19 años de edad y junto con su esposo esperan a su primer hij@ para dentro de dos meses. “Aquí no tengo comida, aguanto hambre, no hay agua para beber más la que buscamos en los charquitos, pero ya se están secando. Estoy durmiendo bajo un plástico roto y cuando llueve entra agua. Duermo en tierra húmeda donde ya encontramos culebra de color rojo llamado coral, también hemos encontrado alacranes”, expone la originaria del municipio de Las Margaritas.

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On April 7, the Enlace Zapatista website suffered a service denial attack and it is currently unavailable. The attack, few weeks before the Seminar “Critical Thought before the Capitalist Hydra” and shortly after the registration procedures were published, demonstrates how much power fears critical thought. (Update 9 Apr 2015: the Enlace Zapatista webpage is back up.)

We share here the registration forms for the Seminar “Critical Thought before the Capitalist Hydra”:

• Form for adherents to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle
• Form for NON-adherents to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle
• Form for free media collectives
• Forma for paid media

To register, please download the appropriate form, fill it, and send it to the following email address: seminario.pensamientocritico15@gmail.com

More info:

The Storm, the Sentinel, and the Night Watch Syndrome

About the Homage and Seminar

This government has been trying to murder Mumia for 34 years. The power of this movement stopped his execution in 1995 and 1999, and got him off of death row. Now they’re deliberately trying to murder him through medical neglect and intentional torture. This situation is urgent and couldn’t be more serious. Mumia is currently in a wheelchair, two days ago he couldn’t stand up, his speech is slurred, and he can barely hold a bottle of water. This isn’t just medical neglect, this is a continuation of the premeditated murder that was set in place when Mumia was shot in the chest, was rammed headfirst into a steel pole, and was then railroaded through the courts and onto deathrow. Just two months ago Phil Africa died under similar suspicious circumstances. We have absolutely no time to waste.

People must treat this as if Mumia’s death warrant has been signed and the execution date is tomorrow, because that’s their intention. They have absolutely no intention of freeing Mumia, and they have no interest in letting him live a long life in prison continuing to be an example of resistance for the world. They want Mumia dead, and if they can do it by medical neglect they will. The only reason Mumia wasn’t executed in 1995, the only reason he was moved off of death row is because the pressure for justice for Mumia was too strong. The only way Mumia is going to live through this attack on his life is if all people step up and immediately demand healthier diet for Mumia and the ability to have outside medical care. We aren’t asking for anything here that hasn’t been done in Pennsylvania prisons before. There are diets in place for people dealing with health problems and they aren’t even giving him that. Since he was prematurely taken from the hospital and put back in the prison where these problems started his blood sugar levels have been rising because they are only giving him foods like pasta that are dangerous with diabetes.

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Dear friends and enemies: so… err… umm… the thing is… well… remember that at the end of our March 19, 2015 text entitled “About the Homage and the Seminar,” we said that the organization of the seminar was a mess? Well, we have honored that claim: the email address to which we asked you to send your registration information is wrong, erroneous, in other words, that’s not the one. The correct email is: seminario.pensamientocritico15@gmail.com. Okay, okay, okay. It’s on me. Sincerely, yo merengues.

The Storm, the Sentinel, and the Night Watch Syndrome

April 2015.

To the compañeroas of the Sixth:

To all those interested:

Although it may not look like it, the following is an invitation… or is it a challenge?

If you are an adherent to the Sixth, if you are from the free, autonomous, alternative, independent media or whatever it’s called, if you are interested in critical thought, then accept this invitation to the seminar, “Critical Thought versus the Capitalist Hydra.” If in addition to accepting this invitation you would also like to attend the seminar, please follow this link: http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/registro-al-seminario-de-reflexion-y-analisis-el-pensamiento-critico-frente-a-la-hidra-capitalista/

If you are an invited speaker,[i] a similar letter will be sent to you via the same channels through which you have already been contacted. The difference will be that the invitation letter sent to the speakers will contain a “secret clause.”

Ok then, the invitation is really something like the wrapping paper.

Inside, further down below and to the left, you will find…

The Challenge

Oh, I know. The classic beginnings to a Zapatista reflection: disconcerting, anachronistic, silly, absurd. As if not really putting in any effort, as if just sort of putting it out there, a kind of “we’ll leave you to it,” or “see what you can do with it,” or something like “it’s on you.” It’s almost like they toss out a piece of a jigsaw puzzle and expect that people would understand that they are not just describing one part of reality, but have the entire image in mind. As if they saw the completed jigsaw puzzle, with its precise figures and colors in place, but with the border of each piece still visible, as if to point out that the whole exists because of all the parts, and of course, that each part acquires its meaning in relation to all the others.

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