Radio Zapatista

Read: Antonia y la furia de los patriarcas (in Spanish).

To support the families displaced from Banavil, visit the site of the campaign Rostros del Despojo: www.rostrosdeldespojo.org.

Information:
www.caravana43.com

For information on the entire caravan, see: www.caravana43.com.

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THE MOTHERS OF THE 43 STUDENTS OF AYOTZINAPA BROKE DOWN BORDERS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

On March 8^th, 2015, International Women’s Day, the mothers of the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinapa broke down borders by sending a powerful video-message to the global gathering “Women’s Struggles Transform the World!” held in New York and convoked by Movement for Justice in El Barrio.

The worldwide struggle of the 43 disappeared of Ayotzinapa has been headed by the mothers of the students. These amazing mothers have touched the hearts and motivated countless people from throughout the world to join with them. A living testament that this “other world” we desire is currently being inspired and created, from the bottom-up, by women. The mothers of the 43 chose to break down borders with this heartfelt video-message which is yet another reminder of their contribution to movements everywhere.

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San Cristóbal de las Casas, 17 de marzo del 2015

Ejidatarios de San Sebastián Bachajón, adherentes a la Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona nos informan que hoy, 17 de marzo, partidistas de la comunidad Suquil Ulub se encuentran realizando un bloqueo en el crucero de las cascadas de Agua Azul. Los ejidatarios adherentes se deslindan de formar parte de este.

Al mismo tiempo, denuncian que en días pasados han sido agredidos por los partidistas. Hoy en la mañana dos compañeros ejidatarios que se encontraban realizando su cargo de vigilantes fueron golpeados.

Responsabilizan a Alejandro Moreno Gomez, Samuel Diaz Guzman y los 3 niveles de gobierno de las agresiones y de lo que pueda ocurrir. San Sebastían Bachajón continúa exigiendo la libertad de sus presos y se mantienen en resistencia por la defensa de su territorio ancestral. Los compañeros piden estar atentos a la situación del Ejido San Sebastián Bachajón.

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
10 March 2015

The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), has documented, through the Civilian Observation Brigades (BriCO), systematic incursions by the Mexican Army, who are harassing the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) bases of support, in the territory of the Good Government Council of La Realidad, Jungle-Border zone, Caracol I “Toward Hope” (JBG).

The military actions in the territory of the JBG consist of incursions in convoys with trucks, hummers, jeeps, and motorized equipment; with members of the Mexican Army that range from 4 to 30 people. There are also low flights with light aircraft and helicopters photographing and filming members of the BriCO, zapatistas, and the JBG facilities. Since July 2014 these actions have been increasing, both in the size of the troops and the frequency with which they happen. (See the record of military activity at La Realidad).

Frayba is concerned with the increasing harassment by the Mexican Army in zapatista territory, since it constitutes actions to provoque and besiege that harm the rights to autonomy and free determination stipulated in the Mexican Constitution, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the San Andrés Accords.

Therefore, this Human Rights Center demands: Respect for the free determination and autonomy of zapatista peoples; and an end to the harassment by the federal government through the Mexican Army.

Finally, we recall that on May 2, 2014, members of the Central Independiente de Obreros Agrícolas y Campesinos Histórica (CIOAC-H), ambushed zapatista bases of support in the territory of the JBG of La Realidad; durng the attack, the armed group murdered José Luis Solís López, “Maestro Galeano,” and destroyed the Autonomous Clinic and School. The aforementioned organization is part of the municipal government of Las Margaritas and has the protection of the state government of Manuel Velasco Coello, which has allowed it to carry out aggressions, forced displacements, and murders in the region. (See Frayba Bulletin 16 on the aggression to zapatista bases of support at La Realidad on 5 May 2014.)

More information: El paramilitarismo de la CIOAC-HISTORICA desplaza a 17 familias tojolabales del poblado Primero de Agosto.

Interview with the lawyer representing Ejido de San Sebastián Bachajón on the situation of the prisoners Juan Antonio Gómez Silvano, Mario Aguilar Silvano and Roberto Gómez Hernández, Santiago Moreno Perez, Emilio and on the situation of three new prisoners from Bachajón.

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