Los habitantes de Las Peras, la rancherìa Huitepec Alcanfores de San Cristòbal de las Casas y de Cahuarè en Chiapa de Corzo, Tuxtla han decidido unir sus luchas para detener el ecocidio y la contaminaciòn ambiental generada por industrias extractivas. Niños, ancianos, mujeres, en fin, la comunidad entera padece de enfermedades respiratorias y alergias generadas por estas industrias que no sòlo atentan contra su salud, sino que muestran que la riqueza de algunos (en este caso los empresarios, en contubernio con autoridades locales) se construye a base del sufrimiento de otros. Sin embargo, estos otros ahora se han organizado y juntos luchan por una vida digna y un medio ambiente saludable para todos y todas.[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Protesta_contra_ecosidio_en_San_Cristobal.MP3[/podcast]

The population of Las Peras and the Hutitepec Alcanfores neighbourhood in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, and Cahuaré in Chiapa de Corzo, Tuxtla, have decided to unite their struggle against environmental degredation and pollution created by extractive industries. Children, old people, women – in other words the whole community- are suffering from respiratory illnesses and allergies. These are the result of industrial activities which affect the community´s health at the same time as making others rich (in this case, business-owners working hand in glove with the local authorities) on the back of the suffering of others. Nonetheless, the community has organised itself to struggle together for a dignified life and an environment that is healthy for everyone.[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Protesta_contra_ecosidio_en_San_Cristobal.MP3[/podcast] (Continuar leyendo…)

Las manifestaciones por el derecho a la Educación gratuita y de calidad, continúan en Chile. Desde casi 3 meses las movilizaciones suman y siguen. Suman a un mayor sector de la sociedad civil… siguen con o sin permiso del gobierno, ejerciendo el derecho a manifestarse públicamente, exigiendo el derecho al acceso y gratuidad de la Educación, con los cambios constitucionales que requiere… Sin respuesta a la altura de los acontecimientos, 33 estudiantes se encuentran en huelga de hambre.
[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Edu-UVEco-2011r.mp3[/podcast]

(Continuar leyendo…)

[:en]In this report, we joined the students and workers in Santiago de Chile in the massive march on July 14, 2011, to hear the voices of the protesters in their struggle against neoliberalism and for the democratization of public education. We also spoke with an activist in Santiago about the history of the privatization of education to better understand what is happening in the current struggle in Chile.

[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Chile_english.mp3[/podcast]

UPDATE:

Just a few days ago, on Thursday August 4, 2011, the student movement in Chile was brutally attacked by the neoliberal government of Sebastián Piñera. After nearly six weeks of protests, marches, and occupations of schools, the students once again took to the streets in a massive, unauthorized protest. In response to the escalating protests, President Piñera chose to apply a law put in place by former dictator Augusto Pinochet, which makes popular assembly illegal if it is not authorized by the government. Threatening the student activists, the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Hinzpeter stated that “the students will be held responsible for any deaths that result from the protests.”

The massive mobilizations throughout the country were met with violent repression by the thousands of police officers deployed to attack the protesters, and by the end of the day there were dozens wounded and 874 people had been arrested. Reports from Santiago announced that the city was under a state of siege, and the smell of tear gas had permeated the barrios. That night, neighbors took to the streets with the practice known as the “cacerolazo,” banging on pots and pans late into the night to show their support for the students and to denounce the violence. This practice became quite common during the nearly two decades of military dictatorship under Pinochet.

The following day, protests were held across Latin America and around the world, as rallies were held in front of Chilean embassies and Consulates in dozens of countries. And in Santiago, outside of the Memory Museum—a space dedicated to the collective memory of the state terrorism of Pinochet’s dictatorship—student installed the “Museum of Repression” with displays of items they had gathered during Thursday’s protests. Images circulated of a display of tear gas canisters, accompanied by a sign that reads: “Each canister costs approximately $250 dollars, and on this block alone we gathered more than 370 discarded canisters. You can draw your own conclusions.”

What follows is a segment produced by Radio Zapatista a few weeks ago, reporting from the July 14 march in Santiago de Chile. While it is now somewhat outdated, we want to air it because it gives a sense of the events that led to Thursday’s historic march and repression, and allows us to hear some of the voices of those who have been, and continue to, organize in defense of public education.[:]

[:es]En este reportaje, salimos a la mega-marcha de estudiantes y trabajadores en Santiago de Chile el 14 de julio 2011, para escuchar las voces de los manifestantes en su lucha contra el neoliberalismo y por la democracia y la educación pública. También hablamos con un activista de Santiago sobre la historia de la privatización de la educación para entender mejor el cómo y porqué de la lucha actual en Chile.

[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Movimiento_Estudiantil_en_Chile_Julio_2011.mp3[/podcast][:]

Este mes presentamos tres entrevistas detalladas: 1) una bibliotecaria de Oakland, “Agnes,” habla sobre las bibliotecas públicas en una época de austeridad, cuando se amenazaba con cerrar 14 de las 18 bibliotecas de la ciudad; 2) periodista y escritor John Gibler discute su nuevo libro, To Die in Mexico, el cual analiza la llamada “guerra contra el narco” en México; y 3) dos compañerxs de UA in the Bay anuncian la Asamblea General Anarquista que se llevará a cabo el 16 de julio, además de las últimas noticias de la ocupación indígena de Glen Cove. (2 hrs, mp3)

Están disponibles aquí cuatro audios: 1) el programa entero; 2) la entrevista sobre las bibliotecas y la austeridad (28 min); 3) la entrevista con John Gibler (42 min); y 4) la entrevista sobre la Asamblea General Anarquista (14 min).

On this month’s show we bring you three in-depth interviews: 1) Oakland librarian “Agnes” on public libraries in a time of austerity, when 14 of 18 libraries were threatened with closure; 2) reporter and author John Gibler on his new book, To Die in Mexico, which analyzes the so-called “drug war” in Mexico; and 3) two compañerxs from UA in the Bay announce the Anarchist General Assembly that will take place on July 16, along with an update on the continuing occupation of Glen Cove. (2 hrs, mp3)

Four audio files are available here: 1) the full show; 2) interview on libraries and austerity (28 min); 3) interview with John Gibler (42 min); 4) interview on Anarchist General Assembly (14 min).

El programa de este mes, transmitido el 5 de junio, intenta profundizar la relación entre dos temas: autonomía y austeridad. Aquí subimos dos entrevistas como segmentos/archivos separados, para que se puedan bajar y escuchar fácilmente. La primera (en español y traducida al inglés) se trata de la llamada “Spanish Revolution,” las movilizaciones populares masivas de gente en el Estado Español en contra del sistema electoral. La segunda se enfoca en una serie de acciones organizadas en contra de la política de austeridad que se está imponiendo y las formas que toma localmente. Las dos refleccionan la cuestión de cómo articular una política anti-austeridad que al mismo tiempo sea anti-estatal.

Los audios también están disponibles en la página de Indybay: 15-M Español, 15-M English, and austeridad.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.

• Vittorio vive, un mensaje por el asesinato de un compañero
• Grecia: Manifestación y enfrentamientos por protesta en contra del gobierno.
• Italia: 16 de Marzo 2011 – Ocho años sin ti, ocho años contigo
• Croacia: Bloque libertario protesta en contra del gobierno de su país
• Italia: Represión en contra de grupos anarquistas
• Grecia: Movimiento “Yo no pago”. Una iniciativa griega para “no pagar la crisis de otros”
• Grecia: Breves rebeldes
• La revuelta árabe y el pensamiento estratégico. Extracto de un articulo de Raul Zibechi
• Italia: ¡Fascistas no pasarán!
• Reino Unido: La batalla de Stokes Croft y los ataques anti-anarquistas
• Reino Unido: Ataques anti-anarquistas en Londres
• Hungría: Rom autoorganizados se enfrentan con grupos fascistas.

• 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.

II Seminario Internacional
(Tanzania, Turquía, India, México, Nueva Zelandia, Canadá, EUA)
12 mayo 2011 / CIDECI-Unitierra Chiapas

Crisis Global y Movimientos Sociales “Otros”

In Memoriam:
Don Samuel Ruiz García
Felipe de J. Toussaint Loera

Primera Parte

In Memoriam: Semblanzas

Estela Barco / Jorge Santiago / Guillermo Villaseñor[podcast]http://chiapas.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/_mp3_/178414_inmemorian.mp3[/podcast]

Introducción General: Gustavo Esteva

Moderador: Oliver Fröhling (México)

Derek Shaw (Canadá)[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_DerekShaw.mp3[/podcast]

Sonal Mehta (India) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SonalMetha_English.mp3[/podcast]

Sonal Mehta (India) – Traducción al español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SonalMetha_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Peter Horsley (Nueva Zelandia) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_PeterHorsley_English.mp3[/podcast]

Peter Horsley (Nueva Zelandia) – Traducción al español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_PeterHorsley_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Alice Brooks Wilson (EUA) – Español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_AliceBrookeWilson.mp3[/podcast]

Segunda Parte

Moderador: Gustavo Esteva (México)

Jennifer Jones (EUA) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_JenniferJones_English.mp3[/podcast]

Jennifer Jones (EUA) – Traducción al español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_JenniferJones_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_FatmaAlloo_English.mp3[/podcast]

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – Traducción al español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_FatmaAlloo_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Sibel Ozbudun (Turquía) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SibelOzbudun_English.mp3[/podcast]

Sibel Ozbudun (Turquía) – Traducción al español[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SibelOzbudun_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Palabras finales: Gustavo Esteva[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_Esteva_Final.mp3[/podcast]

II International Seminar
(Tanzania, Turkey, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, USA)
12 May 2011 / CIDECI-Unitierra Chiapas

Global Crisis and “Other” Social Movements

In Memoriam:
Don Samuel Ruiz García
Felipe de J. Toussaint Loera

First Part

In Memoriam: Resemblances

Estela Barco / Jorge Santiago / Guillermo Villaseñor[podcast]http://chiapas.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/_mp3_/178414_inmemorian.mp3[/podcast]

General Introduction: Gustavo Esteva

Moderator: Oliver Fröhling (México)

Derek Shaw (Canada)[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_DerekShaw.mp3[/podcast]

Sonal Mehta (India) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SonalMetha_English.mp3[/podcast]

Sonal Mehta (India) – Translation to Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SonalMetha_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Peter Horsley (New Zealand) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_PeterHorsley_English.mp3[/podcast]

Peter Horsley (New Zealand) – Translation to Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_PeterHorsley_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Alice Brooks Wilson (USA) – Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_AliceBrookeWilson.mp3[/podcast]

Second Part

Moderator: Gustavo Esteva (México)

Jennifer Jones (USA) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_JenniferJones_English.mp3[/podcast]

Jennifer Jones (USA) – Translation to Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_JenniferJones_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_FatmaAlloo_English.mp3[/podcast]

Fatma Alloo (Tanzania) – Translation to Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_FatmaAlloo_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Sibel Ozbudun (Turkey) – English[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SibelOzbudun_English.mp3[/podcast]

Sibel Ozbudun (Turkey) – Translation to Spanish[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_SibelOzbudun_Espanol.mp3[/podcast]

Final words: Gustavo Esteva[podcast]https://radiozapatista.org/Audios/Cideci_2011_05_12_Esteva_Final.mp3[/podcast] (Continuar leyendo…)

El movimiento de Resistencia al pago de las altas tarifas de la luz en México, integrado por organizaciones comunitarias y barriales, surgió hace más de 20 años. La paulatina privatización del servicio público de la comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) a manos de empresas trasnacionales, especialmente españolas, y el continuo y arbitrario incremento de las tarifas está desencadenando una mayor coordinación de las luchas a nivel regional y nacional.

En el estado de Chiapas se genera el 45% de la energía hidroeléctrica del país, que se exporta incluso a Centroamérica. Las comunidades chiapanecas en Resistencia, al margen del Estado, cuentan con sus propios técnicos electricistas, compran e instalan los transformadores y postes de luz y mandan un claro mensaje: “No pagaremos la luz hasta que se cumplan los Acuerdos de San Andrés”, firmados entre el gobierno federal y el EZLN en 1996 referentes, entre otros, al control de los recursos naturales.

ESTE ES EL CORRIDO DE LA RESISTENCIA QUE BUSCAMOS LOS QUE TENEMOS CONCIENCIA!

POR LA MADRE TIERRA Y NUESTRAS FAMILIAS ES QUE RESISTIMOS ESTA LUCHA NUESTRA!

The movement of resistance to the payment of high electric power rates in Mexico, made up of community and neighborhood organizations, was born over 20 years ago. The increasing privatization of the public service by the Federal Electric Commission (CFE) in the hands of transnational companies, especially Spanish, and the continuous and arbitrary increase in rates, has led to a greater coordination of struggles on a regional and national level.

In the state of Chiapas 45% of the country’s hydroelectric energy is generated, which is exported even to Central America. The communities in resistance of Chiapas, independently from the state, have their own electric tecnicians, purchase and install transformers and light posts and send a clear message: “We will not pay for electricity until the San Andres Accords are met”, which were signed between the federal government and the EZLN in 1996, and which deal, among other things, with the control of natural resources.

THIS IS THE WAY OF THE RESISTANCE OF THOSE OF US WITH AWARENESS!
FOR MOTHER EARTH AND OUR FAMILIES WE RESIST – THIS STRUGGLE IS OURS!

En este programa examinamos la “nueva geografía” de la guerra en el contexto de la “vieja geografía” de Chiapas. Hablamos con nuestro corresponsal especial en Chiapas, Alejandro Reyes, que reporta sobre el estado actual de la represión y la guerra de baja intensidad enfocándose específicamente en las comunidades de Mitzitón, Bachajón, y Tila. Utilizamos estos eventos para contextualizar y enmarcar una conversación sobre el nuevo texto escrito por el Subcomandante Marcos: “Apuntes sobre las guerras.”

Read the full introduction on Indybay.

On today’s show, we examine the new geography of war in the context of the “old” geography of Chiapas. We talk with a compa of ours on the ground in Chiapas, who reports on some of the most recent clashes of the low-intensity war in Mitzitón, Bachajón, and Tila. We use these events, and the bigger picture in which they take place, to help us frame the conversation about the new letter from Subcomandante Marcos: “Notes on War.”

Read the full introduction on Indybay.