{"id":40364,"date":"2021-11-17T13:02:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=40364"},"modified":"2021-11-22T07:04:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T13:04:52","slug":"nuestro-viaje-fue-como-una-odisea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=40364","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Nuestro viaje fue como una odisea[:en]Our journey there felt like an odyssey[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"por-isabel-cortes\">Por Isabel Cort\u00e9s<\/h5>\n<p id=\"m_367705695646090608docs-internal-guid-1920d1a2-7fff-615f-a8ab-60f6d9e572a7\" data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><em>Isabel Cort\u00e9s vive en Londres y es parte de los colectivos Chile Solidarity Network y Bordando por la Memoria. Tambi\u00e9n colabora con el sindicato United Voices of the World (Voces del Mundo Unidas)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" src=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.wordpress.com\/img-2245\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1635863885&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img-2245\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Zapatista Solidarity Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><strong>Nuestro viaje fue como una odisea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><strong>El trayecto dur\u00f3 una hora y tomamos tres trenes para llegar a nuestro destino.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><strong>No dorm\u00ed mucho la noche anterior. Ten\u00eda esa sensaci\u00f3n familiar de cuando estoy a punto de llegar a un entorno repleto de amor en el cual uno se siente acogido. Me parece que tuve \u2018the channels\u2019, que seg\u00fan el camarada Mcintosh, es una sensaci\u00f3n que los marineros tienen antes de comenzar una traves\u00eda.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Pelusa y yo llegamos temprano, primera y segunda generaci\u00f3n juntas, sentadas lado a lado, caminando codo con codo, riendo y hablando; y aunque haya 30 a\u00f1os de diferencia entre nosotras,\u00a0estamos unidas porque las mismas circunstancias revolcaron nuestras vidas, como revolcaron y siguen revolcando la de tantos otros.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Est\u00e1bamos camino a un evento que sab\u00edamos que iba a ser una experiencia de aprendizaje y al que, definitivamente, era un gran privilegio asistir. Precisamente \u00edbamos comentando esto en nuestro trayecto.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u00cdbamos a conocer a la delegaci\u00f3n de Zapatistas en su gira por Europa. Era una reuni\u00f3n cerrada, sin redes sociales, sin fotos y sin grabaciones; un espacio en el cual dejamos nuestros egos (y tel\u00e9fonos) en la puerta para poder compartir experiencias, comer juntos y reflexionar.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u00a0Los activistas hablan de asegurar un espacio, un concepto que tiene menos que ver con el uso del espacio f\u00edsico y m\u00e1s con un espacio metaf\u00f3rico, pues en este caso era el espacio f\u00edsico en el que nos encontramos el que nos aseguraba a nosotros. Un centro comunitario Kurdo escondido entre una estaci\u00f3n de tren y una discreta zona residencial.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Mientras entr\u00e1bamos por el port\u00f3n de hierro decorado con un sol naciente -el amanecer socialista pensaba yo- vimos una mesa afuera del centro, donde caras sonrientes de j\u00f3venes que nos daban la bienvenida y nos registraban. Hab\u00eda un grupo de hombres, j\u00f3venes y viejos, con el pelo negro o sin pelo, fumando y hablando en kurdo. Para m\u00ed, esto pareci\u00f3 muy familiar.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Al completar la inscripci\u00f3n avanzamos a la sala y nos encontramos abrazadas por las pancartas que nos saludaron al entrar. Estaban por todos lados: en el piso y delante de m\u00ed; vinilos hechos a mano con lemas en ingl\u00e9s, espa\u00f1ol y kurdo. Caras de m\u00e1rtires, pancartas y banderas nos cuidaban con su mirada.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Hab\u00eda una mesa en la parte delantera de la sala, pero no como las mesas superiores de las conferencias en las que te dicen c\u00f3mo son las cosas, sino un espacio para compartir y mirarse las caras (u ojos en nuestro caso ya que \u00edbamos todos con cubre bocas). Las sillas fueron colocadas en forma de herradura, lo que hizo que sintiera que el momento me abrazaba cada vez m\u00e1s fuerte.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">El olor de t\u00e9, caf\u00e9, guisos y arroz sal\u00eda de la cocina. S\u00ed, eran las 9 de la ma\u00f1ana y se pod\u00eda oler el arroz. Este era un espacio comunitario. Sent\u00ed ganas de mudarme all\u00ed de inmediato con toda mi familia.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Los j\u00f3venes estaban d\u00e1ndole los \u00faltimos toques a la sala, probando los altavoces y movi\u00e9ndose de un lado al otro llenos de emoci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Pelusa y yo entramos tan disimuladamente que r\u00e1pidamente pasamos a formar parte de los muebles, incluso desde que pasamos por el port\u00f3n de hierro con el amanecer. As\u00ed, acomodarnos en primera fila no significaba nada.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">El evento comenz\u00f3 media hora tarde, y justo antes del comienzo, estaba yo hablando con Pelusa cuando le escuch\u00e9 decir \u2013 buenos d\u00edas compa\u00f1eros \u2013 . Mir\u00e9 hac\u00eda arriba y vi un grupo de hombres con cubre bocas y de piel morena que pasaron por delante de nosotras. Les salud\u00e9 tal y como lo hacemos, como compa\u00f1eros.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u00a0Despu\u00e9s de esto, el evento dio inicio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1891\" src=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.wordpress.com\/img-2238\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1635855997&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img-2238\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024\" \/><figcaption>Foto: Zapatista Solidarity Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 puedo decir sobre la sesi\u00f3n de la ma\u00f1ana?\u2026 Nosotras fuimos las primeras en tener la palabra. Hablamos sobre la solidaridad internacional y el trabajo de toda la vida, de estar orgullosas de ser exiliadas,\u00a0de que \u00e9ramos como semillas dispersadas por los vientos en cada rinc\u00f3n de la tierra; de que nuestra lucha es intergeneracional e internacional, de que no se trata solo de mirar hacia atr\u00e1s y preservar la memoria hist\u00f3rica y de denunciar incansablemente y reclamar justicia por nuestros m\u00e1rtires y para nuestros desaparecidos; sino que tambi\u00e9n se trata de hoy, de la solidaridad pr\u00e1ctica que ofrecemos a los que toman las calles, porque sabemos lo que es la solidaridad, porque no es un t\u00e9rmino de moda que usamos de manera fr\u00edvola, sino que es una experiencia real que nos permiti\u00f3 vivir, que nos ense\u00f1\u00f3 a hacer lo que hacemos. Hablamos sobre el papel de los trabajadores organizados y de las mujeres que fundaron y llevaron adelante los espacios en los que estamos. Les cont\u00e9 c\u00f3mo me lo ense\u00f1aron: no fue con un libro, sino a trav\u00e9s de la acci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Pasamos la palabra y otros hablaron sobre la justicia clim\u00e1tica, sobre la solidaridad con el pueblo Kurdo y el anticolonialismo, sobre descolonizar la mente, sobre c\u00f3mo tratarnos los unos a los otros, sobre c\u00f3mo ser activistas juntos, sobre c\u00f3mo no agotarnos en el intento, sobre c\u00f3mo practicar el amor y la revoluci\u00f3n, sobre c\u00f3mo aprender juntos y c\u00f3mo ser autocr\u00edticos. Los ponentes eran buenos y su an\u00e1lisis me conmovi\u00f3; su juventud y su optimismo, su autocuidado y el cuidado para los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Me di cuenta de que Pelusa nunca perdi\u00f3 aquella alegr\u00eda y juventud rebelde, y yo tampoco la voy a perder.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Comimos juntos, hablamos, conectamos los unos con los otros, vimos caras familiares y compartimos historias.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">La tarde era de los Zapatistas, todos Mayas y miembros del EZLN. Caras cubiertas, ninguna foto, pura clandestinidad. Esto era real, ellos eran reales. Narradores de verdad.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Contaron su historia en 5 partes, cada uno relatando una secci\u00f3n: comenzando con sus t\u00e1rtara-t\u00e1rtara abuelos y abuelas, y c\u00f3mo trabajaban bajo el mando de terratenientes en un sistema feudal cruel que usaba la violencia contra las mujeres como forma de control sobre hombres y mujeres. Hablaban en primera persona desde sus corazones, con frases cortas, lenguaje directo y simple, usando \u201cpues\u201d en lugar de puntos finales, comas y pausas.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Nos llevaron por los a\u00f1os treintas como si fuera ayer y era claro que su historia era una historia vivida y pasada por generaciones y no una historia que se lee en los libros. A los int\u00e9rpretes les costaba traducir esto al ingl\u00e9s, y me sent\u00ed mal al poder resplandecer en el poder de sus palabras. Directos y sin ning\u00fan intento de intelectualizar, con relatos pr\u00e1cticos y honestos \u2013 \u201cy despu\u00e9s esto pas\u00f3\u201d\u2013 . Mi tipo de historia.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Nos tomaron de la mano y nos llevaron por su declaraci\u00f3n de guerra, por los nombres de sus m\u00e1rtires sin usar apellidos, por los a\u00f1os en la selva, por c\u00f3mo montaron su regi\u00f3n aut\u00f3noma hasta llegar hasta el d\u00eda de hoy, en que contin\u00faan resistiendo y rebel\u00e1ndose.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Intent\u00e9 tomar notas pero me di por vencida. Necesitaba estar presente, escuchar y permitir que mi coraz\u00f3n lo absorbiera todo.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Cuando llegaron a los 7 principios s\u00ed tom\u00e9 nota. Pens\u00e9 en la similitud con el plan de 10 puntos de Allende y con el plan de los Black Panthers. No tienen c\u00e1rceles, el trabajo comunitario es la manera en que hacen justicia, tienen un 50% de mujeres en sus consejos, cada consejo es aut\u00f3nomo y tiene una autoridad que rota. Trabajan la tierra juntos, tienen sus propias escuelas y centros sanitarios. Son verdaderamente aut\u00f3nomos.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Tomaron preguntas sobre la violencia de g\u00e9nero y los derechos trans y no usaron ninguna ret\u00f3rica \u2013 \u201caceptamos y respetamos\u201d, es lo que dijeron.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">A lo largo de las 3 horas que contaron su historia, transmitieron palabras de sabidur\u00eda simples pero potentes.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u2013 Venimos aqu\u00ed para aprender de ustedes, para contarles qu\u00e9 hacemos nosotros y c\u00f3mo. No hagan las cosas como las hacemos nosotros, hagan lo que necesiten hacer. El pueblo manda. \u2013<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><strong>El trayecto a casa fue como estar en una nube, sent\u00ed que estaba flotando en el aire con el coraz\u00f3n lleno. Es la sensaci\u00f3n que tengo cuando s\u00e9 que mi alma ha sido nutrida por vitaminas que van a tardar tiempo en gastarse. Me despert\u00e9 a las 6 am para escribir esto, necesitaba escribirlo, saliera como saliera. \u00a1Ahora, a ducharse!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[:en]By Isabel Cort\u00e8s<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\"><em>Isabel Cortes is a member of Chile Solidarity Network &amp; Bordando por la Memoria. Isabel is also an organiser at United Voices Of the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1891\" src=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.wordpress.com\/img-2238\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1635855997&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img-2238\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2238.jpg?w=1024\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">Our journey there felt like an odyssey.<\/p>\n<p>We spent one hour travelling and took 3 trains to arrive at our destination.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t sleep very much the night before,\u00a0\u00a0I had that feeling I get just before am going into a space where I will be surrounded with love, power and acceptance.<\/p>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">\u00a0I think I had \u201cthe channels\u201d which is the feeling seafarers get before the embarking on a voyage according to Comrade Mcintosh.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived early, Pelusa and I, first and second generation together, sitting together, walking side by side, laughing, talking, bound together although there is over 30 years between us, by the same life changing events.<\/p>\n<p>We were on our way to an event that we knew would be a learning experience, and ultimately a privilege and we told each other this.<\/p>\n<p>We were on our way to meet the Zapatista delegation on their European tour, a closed meeting, no social media, no pictures, no recordings, a space where we leave our egos (and phones) at the door so we can share experiences, eat together and reflect.<\/p>\n<p>Activists talk about holding space, a concept that is less about physical space and more a metaphorical one.<\/p>\n<p>The physical space where we met, held us.<\/p>\n<p>A Kurdish community centre, tucked away between a railway bridge and an unassuming residential area.<\/p>\n<p>As we walked through the iron gates, decorated with a rising sun\u00a0\u00a0(socialist dawn I thought) I saw a table outside the community centre, smiling young faces of people welcomed us at a registration table, a group of men, young and old, jet black hair, no hair, smoking and talking in Kurdish. This felt so familiar.<\/p>\n<p>With registration out the way.\u00a0\u00a0We walked into the centre and were met with the warm embrace of banners. Everywhere,\u00a0on the floor directly in front of me,\u00a0vinyl, handmade, with slogans in English, Spanish and Kurdish. Face of martyrs, banners and flags watched over us.<\/p>\n<p>A table at the top of the hall, not a top table like a conference where people sit and tell you how it is, \u00a0instead a space to share and look at each other\u2019s faces (or eyes in our case because we were all masked up), with chairs assembled in a horse shoe hugged me even tighter.<\/p>\n<p>Smells of tea, coffee, stew and rice emanated from the kitchen! Yes at 9am, and I could smell rice. This was a community space. I immediately wanted to move in with ALL my family.<\/p>\n<p>Young people were adding the final touches to the hall, testing the PA system and moving around excitedly.<\/p>\n<p>Pelusa and I slipped in, no fuss, we were already part of the furniture when at the rising sun iron gates, so making ourselves at home on the front row was nada.<\/p>\n<p>The event started half an hour late, just before it did as I was busy talking to Pelu, I heard her say \u201cBuenos dias companeros\u201d . I look up to see a group of small, brown masked men wearing masks and caps walk passed us smiling. I greeted them as we do, como compa\u00f1eros.<\/p>\n<p>And then lift off, the event began.<\/p>\n<p>What can I say about the morning session\u2026 we had the mic first.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" src=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.wordpress.com\/img-2245\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1635863885&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img-2245\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/londonmexicosolidarity.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/img-2245.jpg?w=1024\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-adtags-visited=\"true\">We spoke in the international solidarity section about the work of a lifetime, about being proud to be exiled, that we were like seeds scattered by the wind to all corners of the globe, that our fight is intergenerational, it\u2019s international, that it was not only about looking back and preserving\u00a0\u00a0historical memory and about tirelessly denouncing and demanding justice for our martyrs, for our disappeared but also about Chile today, about the practical solidarity we offer to those that held the streets, because we know what solidarity looks like, because it\u2019s not a trendy term that we use off the cuff, but a real lived experience, that helped us to live, that taught us what and how to do. We talk about the role of organised labour and about women, the women that founded and drove all the spaces we were in. I told them they taught me, not a book, but they taught me through doing.<\/p>\n<p>The mic was passed on and others spoke about climate justice, about Kurdish solidarity and anti-imperialism, de-colonising the mind, about how to treat each other, how to be activists together, how to not burn out, how to practice love and revolution, how to learn together and be self-critical. They were good, I was moved by their analysis, by their youth and optimism, their self care, and care for each other.<\/p>\n<p>I realised that Pelusa never lost that joy and youthful rebelliousness, and that I never will either.<\/p>\n<p>We had lunch together, we talked, we connected, we saw familiar faces and we shared stories.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon belonged to the Zapatistas, all Mayan, all members of EZLN. Faces covered, no pictures,<em> pura clandestinidad<\/em>. This was real. they were real. Real storytellers.<\/p>\n<p>The told their story in 5 parts, each taking a section, starting with their great grandfathers and grandmothers and how they used to live at the hands of the landowners, in a cruel feudal system that used violence against women to control men and women.\u00a0Talking in the first person, from the heart, short sentences, direct and plain language, that used \u201cpues\u201d to replace full stops, commas, and to help them catch a breath.<\/p>\n<p>They took us through the 1930s as if it was yesterday, it was clear this was oral history handed down, a lived history, not read in history books. The interpreters struggled to translate this into English, I felt bad as I basked in the power of their words, no messing, no attempts at intellectualising, practical, honest and \u201cthen this happened\u201d kind of story. My kind of storytelling ?<\/p>\n<p>They took our hands and led us through their declaration of war, they named their martyrs using first names only, then onto their years in the jungle, how they set up their autonomous region and to today, how they continue to resist and rebel.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to take notes but gave up I needed to be there, to listen and let my heart soak it all in.<\/p>\n<p>The 7 principles is when I did take notes. I thought about the similarities with Allende\u2019s 10 point plan, the panthers \u00a0plan. They have no jails, community work is how they do their justice, 50% women on their councils, each council has a rotating chair, and is autonomous. They work the land together, have their own schools, medical centres, they are truly autonomous.<\/p>\n<p>They took questions on gender violence and trans rights \u2013 no rhetoric. \u201cWe respect and accept\u201d is was what they said.<\/p>\n<p>They delivered very simple but powerful words of wisdom during the 3 hours they told their story<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came here to learn from you, we came here to tell you what and how we do. Do not do as we do, do what you need to do. <em>El pueblo manda<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The journey back was like travelling\u00a0\u00a0on a cloud, I felt like I was floating on air, heart full. It was the feeling I get when I know I my soul has been nourished and the vitamins will take a while to wear off.\u00a0 I woke up at 6am to write this, I had to get this down however rough and ready. Now to shower!<\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] Por Isabel Cort\u00e9s Isabel Cort\u00e9s vive en Londres y es parte de los colectivos Chile Solidarity Network y Bordando por la Memoria. Tambi\u00e9n colabora con el sindicato United Voices of the World (Voces del Mundo Unidas). Photo: Zapatista Solidarity Network Nuestro viaje fue como una odisea. 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