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El CNI – CIG es un espacio de resistencia y lucha que lleva a cabo sus trabajos de reconstitución de los pueblos originarios con el esfuerzo extraordinario de sus propias comunidades y con el apoyo solidario de mujeres y hombres de México y el mundo.

Informamos a todas y todos que la cuenta bancaria que habíamos estado usando hasta ahora SE CERRÓ.
Por lo que para el inicio de la CAMPAÑA PERMANENTE DE FONDOS SOLIDARIOS “EN DEFENSA DE LA VIDA”, hemos abierto una NUEVA CUENTA a nombre de CIENCIA SOCIAL AL SERVICIO DE LOS PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS A. C.
RFC: CSS190801IQA
Correo: aliciac.2145@gmail.com
Banco Bancomer BBVA Número de cuenta 0113643034
Clabe código interbancario 012540001136430347
BBVA MEXICO
SWIFT CODE/ BIC BBVA MEXICO BCMRMXMMPYM
DIRECCION DEL BANCO: AVE PASEO DE LA REFORMA 510,
COLONIA JUAREZ, CP 06600 ALCALDÍA CUAUHTEMOC,
CIUDAD DE MEXICO. MEXICO.

CAMPAÑA PERMANENTE DE FONDOS SOLIDARIOS “EN DEFENSA DE LA VIDA”. CONGRESO NACIONAL INDÍGENA – CONCEJO INDÍGENA DE GOBIERNO

Images from the Breaking of the Siege II (and last)
From August 17, 2019.

Note from SupGaleano: Here there should be a photo slide show from the new CRAREZ [Centers of Autonomous Zapatista Resistance and Rebellion] which were announced as part of the breaking of the siege on August 17, 2019. This video will likely be removed by Mr. YouTube since it is set to a song by Ana Tijoux (Chilean-French) and Shadia Mansour (Palestinian) entitled “Somos Sur,” [We are the South] and supposedly we either have to pay royalties or accept advertising. We are not of course going to accept advertising, and if there’s no money for water tanks for the new caracol Tulan Kaw, then there’s certainly no money to pay royalties. In any case, the Sixth Commission does not “monetize” our videos (plus, the traffic on our channel is like the traffic during semana santa (Easter) in Mexico City), so I doubt Mr. YouTube is going to end up any less rich because of our refusal to accept advertisement, nor are Ana Tijoux and Shadia Mansour going to lose artistic quality or followers because we have accompanied their rebellion with ours.

Maybe instead of taking down the videos that people set to music—as Zapata didn’t say, “music belongs to those who sing/dance/hum/bounce/whisper/shout and spread it (and like Shadia Mansour says, rapping in Arabic: “music is the mother tongue of the world”)—Mr. YouTube should work on his damned algorithm (“Oh, the twisted lines of YouTube”i). You know how it goes, you start out looking for videos of the guys from Botellita de Jerez to pay homage to the memory of Armando Vega Gil, or you search for ska from Los de Abajo, or Salón Victoria, or some tracks from Jijos del Mais, or Van T, or Mexican Sound, or LenguaAlerta, or Lirica, or Ely Guerra, or Keny Arkana, or the Batallones Femeninos, or from those masters Oscar Chávez and Guillermo Velázquez and Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú, and all of a sudden you’re getting bombarded with videos of rodeos, cockfights, Maluma giving classes on how to respect women, or makeup videos (“now we’re going to learn how to do makeup for a ‘no makeup’ selfie”).

It’s not that we’re being fussy—after all, like Inodoro Pereyra said (or was it Mendieta?), “Broad and Alien is the World”ii—but rather that here, bandwidth is about as broad as Trump’s IQ: paltry, in other words.

Given all of the above, if YouTube removes the video because of its soundtrack (like it already did with Princess Mononoke, apparently because Studio Ghibli decided to side with the system instead of with natureiii), we’ll repost the same photo slideshow here but without music, and you can add the music yourselves. In fact, I’ll include the translation from Arabic to Spanish of Shadia Mansour’s rap (based on the contribution from the user qmqz posted on the official music video) [TN: translated here in English]:

“Give me the mic:

Music is the mother tongue of the world
It supports our existence and protects our roots, tying us to greater Syria, Africa, and Latin America
Here I stand with Anita Tijoux
Here I stand with those who suffer, not with those who sold us out
Here I stand with culture, resistance
From the beginning and forever, hasta la victoria siempre!
I am with those who are against, with those who have cooperated, with those not on our side
Way back I did the math and I decided to invest in Banksy after Ban-Ki went bankrupt (Note from SupGaleano: possibly a reference to Ban-Ki Moon, who was Secretary General of the United Nations when this song was recorded, and went “bankrupt” when he refused to condemn the Israeli government’s terrorist actions against the Palestinian people).
As the saying goes, “it’s not that the situation needs a ‘proportionate response’, the situation needs to be stopped”
For every freed political prisoner an Israeli settlement grows
For every civil greeting a thousand homes are destroyed
They use the press to their benefit
But while my sorrow is vetoed, reality insists”

You know what? With or without YouTube, with or without advertising, the Palestinian people and the Mapuche people will achieve freedom. Ten, one hundred, a thousand times they will reach victory.

And if Mr. YouTube takes the whole thing down as part of the “fuck the Zapatistas now” campaign, oh well, we’ll just go back to the good old days of the Zapatista Intergalactic Television System, “the only television channel that you read” (Permit 69, currently being processed by the Good Government Councils, submitted as of 1996 but caracoles move slooooooooowly….).

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
Los Tercios Compas
EZLN Sixth Commission
September 2019

i “Los renglones torcidos de Dios” (The Twisted Lines of God) is a novel by Torcuato Luca de Tena.

ii “El mundo es ancho y ajeno,” a 1941 novel by Ciro Alegría narrating indigenous struggle in the Peruvian highlands against land-hungry interests. Inodoro Pereyra is an Argentinian cartoon created by Roberto Fontanarrosa that parodies folklorism through the story of a lonely Argentinean gaucho and his co-protagonist, a talking dog, Mendieta.

iii Princess Mononoke is a Japanese animated period drama written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli which narrates an epic and fantastical struggle between the supernatural guardians or gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources.

Images from the breaking of the siege I
August 2019.

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

Los Tercios Compas.

Sixth Commission of the EZLN.

August 2019.

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l CCRI-CG EZLN
Al Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
A la Comisión Sexta del EZLN
Al Congreso Nacional Indígena
Al Concejo Indígena de Gobierno y su vocera, María de Jesús Patricio Martínez
A la Sexta Nacional e Internacional
A las Redes de Apoyo al CIG
A las Redes de Resistencia y Rebeldía
A quienes se asumen antipatriarcales y anticapitalistas
A los medios de comunicación, independientes, alternativos
Al pueblo de México

“Sabemos también que la rebeldía está prohibida, como están prohibidas la dignidad y la rabia. Pero en todo el mundo, en sus rincones más olvidados y despreciados, hay seres humanos que se resisten a ser devorados por la máquina y no se rinden, no se venden y no claudican. Muchos colores tienen, muchas son sus banderas, muchas las lenguas que les visten, y gigantescas son su resistencia y su rebeldía.”
Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés. México, Agosto 2019

 En seguimiento a las discusiones emanadas de distintos encuentros y reuniones nacionales e internacionales, y tomando en cuenta que los próximos 6, 7 y 8 de septiembre, en Juchitán, Oaxaca, se llevará a cabo la Asamblea “El Istmo es Nuestro”; invitamos a los pueblos, redes, organizaciones, adherentes a la sexta, individuos y a tod@s aquellos que luchan y se organizan contra el patriarcado y el capitalismo en la CDMX y el área Metropolitana, a encontrarnos el próximo sábado 31 de agosto a partir de las 10:00 hrs. en el auditorio Francisco Breña Alvirez del Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas, ubicado en Calle Maestro Antonio Caso #45, Col. Tabacalera, 06030, Ciudad de México.

Este encuentro tiene por objetivo sentar las bases para, respetando los modos y tiempos de cada quién, crear espacios de diálogo y reconocimiento que nos permitan reflexionar y accionar de manera coordinada para acompañar los firmes pasos del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, del Congreso Nacional Indígena – Concejo Indígena de Gobierno, y tender lazos de solidaridad que fortalezcan todas las luchas de l@s que de abajo y a la izquierda somos.

Tendremos como invitados para hablar del contexto internacional al Dr. Gilberto López y Rivas, para hablar del contexto nacional y el despojo de los pueblos a Carlos González García, integrante del CNI-CIG, y para hablar de la militarización de la 4T y la guerra contrainsurgente contra los pueblos indígenas, al periodista Zósimo Camacho.

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Communique from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation
Mexico

August 17, 2019

To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples of the World:
To the National Indigenous Congress—Indigenous Governing Council:
To the National and International Sixth:
To the Networks of Support and Resistance and Rebellion:

Hermanos, Hermanas, Hermanoas:

Compañeras, Compañeros, Compañeroas:

We bring you our word. The same word as yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It is the word of resistance and rebellion.

In October of 2016, almost three years ago, during the 20^th anniversary of the National Indigenous Congress [CNI], the sister organizations of the National Indigenous Congress and the EZLN made a commitment to go on the offensive in our defense of our Territory and Mother Earth. Persecuted by the bad government, by caciques, by foreign corporations, by criminals, and by the law, and as we accumulated insults, derision, and dead, we the originary peoples (the guardians of the earth), decided to go on the offensive and circulate the words and actions of resistance and rebellion.

With the founding of the Indigenous Governing Council [CIG] and the selection of its spokesperson, Marichuy, the National Indigenous Congress gave itself the job of taking words of warning and organization to the brothers and sisters of the city and countryside. Meanwhile, the EZLN also went on the offensive in its struggle with its words, ideas, and organization.

The time has come to hold ourselves accountable to the CNI-CIG and its spokesperson so that their peoples can decide if we have lived up to what we promised. But it is not only the CNI-CIG that we are accountable to; we also have a pending debt with the organizations, groups, collectives, and individuals (especially those in the Sixth and the Networks [of Rebellion and Resistance], but not only them) that throughout Mexico and the world concern themselves with our Zapatista peoples. These are people who, whatever their calendars, geographies, and habits may be, disregard the walls, borders, and sieges that are erected to divide us so that their hearts can continue to beat close to our own.

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Sonata for Violin in G Minor: MONEY

“The devil’s finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.”
― Charles Baudelaire in “The Generous Gambler”

I. The Eighth Passenger

Nowhere, or everywhere. A drowsy train drifts off to its own purr. It isn’t coming from or going to anywhere in particular. Or at least not anywhere that matters. A dismal population whose haggard lives seem to hang by a thread nod off on board. In the last car, seven bored, grubbily dressed and solitary passengers, their lives as wretched as their clothes, shift irritably in their seats and lament their situation.

“I’d do anything to turn my luck around,” one says. They were speaking a universal language and the other six passengers nod in silence. Just then the long and battered train enters a tunnel, intensifying the shadows and hiding the passengers’ faces. The door opens and an eighth passenger walks in. The passenger’s clothes practically scream, “I’m not from around here,” but they sit down without a word. The tunnel stretches out the darkness.

A thunderous crack interrupts the silence, like a dry branch breaking but without a storm to blame. A pair of blazing eyes appear in the darkness: “I don’t think I need to introduce myself,” the fiery gaze hisses, “You have all conjured me in one way or another and I’m responding to your call. Make a wish: you pay with your soul. Name your price.”

The first passenger chooses health, to never get sick again. “Done,” Satan responds, picking up the healthy soul and throwing it in his bag.

Another passenger chooses wisdom, to know everything. “Done,” the devil murmurs, picking up the wise person’s soul and tossing it in his bag.

The third passenger opts for beauty, to be admired. “Done,” says the king of hell, tossing the beautiful one’s soul in his bag.

The fourth asks for Power, to rule and be obeyed. “Done,” Lucifer says under his breath, the soul of the new ruler added to his bag.

The fifth wants “pleasure,” to awaken passion at will. “Done,” the demon replies with a contented smile. The hedonist’s soul disappears into the devil’s bag.

The sixth passenger sits up straight and pronounces the desire for fame, to be widely recognized and praised. “Done,” Satan declares without a pause, and the famous soul takes its place among the other prisoners.

The seventh passenger practically sings their request for “love.” “Dooooooone,” the evil one replies with a guffaw, and the lover’s soul goes into the depths of the bag.

The fallen angel looks impatiently at the eighth passenger who hasn’t said anything and is merely scribbling in a notebook.

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Adagio-Allegro Molto in E minor: A Possible Reality
(from the Notebook of the Cat-Dog)

“As you know, madness is like gravity…all it takes is a little push.”
The Joker in the role of Heath Ledger (or was it the reverse?)

Nobody knows for sure how it all started. Not even the Tercios Compas [Zapatista media], who took up the task of reconstructing the sequence of events, could pinpoint the exact moment and event in which the story I’m about to tell you began.

According to one version, SubGaleano is responsible for everything. Others say SubGaleano only started it and it was Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés who took it to completion.

See, what happened was that in one of his texts, SubGaleano mentioned a February 2011 program in which the journalist Carmen Aristegui asked if then-president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa was an alcoholic, and added that the nation should be informed about the health of the president. She was fired in retaliation. Up to that point in the story there is no disagreement—and you can confirm that’s what happened by referring to news articles from that time.

The problem really begins when SubGaleano added something like, “Madness, as pointed out by a misunderstood sage of the human soul, is like gravity: all it takes is a little push. To hold Power unlawfully is just that irresistible push that all those above long for, and it begins with three simple words, “I rule here.” If you think anyone in the media is going to question whether the current president is lacking in any of his mental faculties (let’s be clear, he didn’t say “crazy”), don’t hold your breath, because nobody will dare to do so.”

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• Riesgo a la vida, integridad y seguridad de 4 familias tsotsiles del Congreso Nacional Indígena.

Cuatro familias de la Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal (Las Abejas de Acteal), quienes son parte del Congreso Nacional Indígena, (CNI) fueron agredidas y desplazadas forzadamente de la Colonia Miguel Utrilla, Los Chorros, municipio de Chenalhó, Chiapas, México.

Según información con la que cuenta el Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Frayba,) el día 10 de agosto de 2019, aproximadamente a las 16.54 Hrs., un grupo de 200 personas de la colonia Miguel Utrilla, simpatizantes del Partido Verde Ecologista, atacaron violentamente a integrantes de Las Abejas de Acteal, testimonios refieren lo siguiente:

El día de hoy, 10 de agosto, autoridades de la Colonia Miguel Utrilla Los Chorros, Barrio Rio Jordán, municipio de Chenalhó en compañía de alrededor de 200 personas simpatizantes del Partido Verde Ecologista, atacaron violentamente a 4 familias integrantes de la Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal, así como a sus bienes materiales.

Aproximadamente a las 4.54 de la tarde pasaron a la casa de Alonso Jiménez Méndez, como no lo encontraron amenazaron con quemar la casa. A las 6.05 irrumpieron violentamente en la casa de Alonso Ruiz López, ex mesa directiva de 2018, ya dentro de la casa planeaban si destruir un tanque de agua o tirar la casa.

A las 6:22 de la tarde destruyeron la casa de Alonso Jiménez Méndez, a las 6:34 destruyeron la casa de Antonio Ramírez Pérez, ex mesa directiva. A las 6.57, se dirigieron a casa de José Ramón Vázquez Entzín, donde también se escuchó que estaban destruyéndola.

Este ataque se da en el contexto de la marcha-peregrinación que realizarán Las Abejas de Acteal, el próximo lunes 12 de agosto de 2019, fecha en la que se cumplen 10 años de la liberación de los autores materiales de la masacre del 22 de diciembre de 1997.

Es preciso recordar que la colonia Miguel Ultrilla Los Chorros del municipio de Chenalhó, es donde proliferaron los grupos armados en los 90’ y donde persisten las estructuras de aprendizajes violentos, de ahí surgieron los autores materiales que perpetraron la Masacre de Acteal. Además desde 2015 la situación ha sido recurrente, las agresiones hacia integrantes de Las Abejas de Acteal son cada vez con hechos de mayor violencia¹.

En un contexto regional de espirales de violencia generalizada, con más de 7 mil víctimas de desplazamiento forzado, donde las acciones de los gobiernos estatal y federal son deficientes, el riesgo a la población se profundiza. Situación que se extiende en Los Altos de Chiapas, en municipios como Aldama, Chalchihuitán, entre otros.

Por lo anterior exigimos al Estado mexicano a:

Garantizar la vida, seguridad e integridad personal de las y los integrantes de la Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal.

Aplicar los Principios Rectores de los Desplazamientos Internos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas y la Ley para la Prevención y Atención sobre los Desplazamientos Internos en el estado de Chiapas, para asegurar el respeto a los derechos humanos de la población.

Atender la conflictividad de raíz, para detener los actos de agresiones, destrucción, hostigamiento y demás violaciones a los derechos humanos hacia integrantes de la Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal.