{"id":8527,"date":"2013-08-02T08:50:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=8527"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:38:17","slug":"votan-iii-seccion-no-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=8527","title":{"rendered":"Vot\u00e1n III. SECCI\u00d3N NO FAQ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vot\u00e1n III.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> SECCI\u00d3N NO FAQ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lo que usted siempre hubiera querido que le advirtieran acerca de l@s zapatistas, su mentada escuelita y las consecuencias que le puede acarrear asistir.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julio del 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Pues parece que ya m\u00e1s o menos se va a aclarando el panorama sobre en  qu\u00e9 diablos estamos pensando los zapatistas cuando hablamos de la  escuelita.<\/p>\n<p>Pero es de esperar que usted ahora tenga m\u00e1s preguntas que  respuestas.\u00a0 Aunque ya no le preocupa lo del calzado, le quedan  interrogantes.\u00a0 Se le ocurre entonces que tal vez sea cierto eso de que  la zapatista es una rebeli\u00f3n del siglo XXI, h\u00e1bil en todo lo que tenga  que ver con lo cibern\u00e9tico (hasta tienen un <em>grafitero<\/em> de muros  virtuales).\u00a0 As\u00ed que va al caf\u00e9 internet m\u00e1s cercano, o enciende su  computadora y busca: \u201cEscuelita Zapatista, Dudas, preguntas frecuentes,  FAQ, etc\u00e9tera\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vot\u00e1n III.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IAQ Section (Infrequently Asked Questions). <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What you always wanted to know (or be warned) about  the Zapatistas, their renowned Little School, and the potential  consequences of attending.<\/p>\n<p>July 2013.<\/p>\n<p>So, it seems it is becoming more or less clear what the hell the Zapatistas are thinking when we talk about the little school.<\/p>\n<p>But it is as expected that you would now have more questions than  answers. Perhaps you are no longer worried about your footwear, but now  you have other questions. It occurs to you that perhaps it is true what  they say about Zapatismo being a 21st century rebellion, that they are  skilled in all things cybernetic (they even have a graffiti artist for  virtual walls). So you go to the nearest internet caf\u00e9, turn on the  computer, and search \u201cZapatista little school, doubts, common questions,  FAQ, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--more--><!--:es--><br \/>\nLa pantalla da entonces, como quien dice, un \u201celegante giro  cibern\u00e9tico\u201d para eludir la vigilancia de la Agencia de Seguridad  Nacional gringa, y lo adentra en el ultra secreto servidor de los  transgresores de la ley: el ZPS (\u201cZapatist Pozol Server\u201d, por sus siglas  en ingl\u00e9s).\u00a0 Despu\u00e9s de que en la pantalla aparezca un contundente \u201c<em>Fuck You XKeyscore<\/em>\u201d,  usted ve que se le \u00a0pide una contrase\u00f1a para entrar.\u00a0 Usted prueba  \u201cMARICHIWEU\u201d y la pantalla dice \u201cNo\u201d.\u00a0 Prueba con \u201cNOSOTR@S\u201d y en la  pantalla aparece \u201cTampoco\u201d.\u00a0 Intenta con \u201cDURITO\u201d y la pantalla reza  \u201cUh, ni pensarlo\u201d.\u00a0 Irritad@ por los obst\u00e1culos, usted deja un mensaje  con una mentada, no de menta virtual, dirigida al gobierno  norteamericano y, al poner su firma, la pantalla se abre como si fuera  una puerta muy en 3D, sonido dolby y toda la cosa, y aparece un letrero  que dice \u201c<strong>Escuelita Zapatista, NO FAQ, -\u201cPreguntas No Frecuentes. Puede agregar la suya al final-<\/strong>\u201d, seguido de una gran lista con preguntas y respuestas, como las que siguen:<\/p>\n<p>.- Encuentre la descripci\u00f3n que m\u00e1s se asemeje a la suya, ligue con la pregunta y vea la respuesta correspondiente:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; No tengo estudios superiores \/ No soy artista \/ No soy una persona  de renombre \/ No represento a nadie \/ No soy dirigente ni l\u00edder de nada \/  Soy muy joven \/ Soy muy grande de edad \/ Nunca antes fui a la escuela \/  Soy nuev@ en el conocimiento del zapatismo y nunca he estado en una  comunidad \/ No hab\u00eda nacido o era muy peque\u00f1@ cuando ustedes salieron a  la luz p\u00fablica \/ No me enter\u00e9 de nada hasta el d\u00eda del fin del mundo \/  Yo apenas supe hace unas semanas y ped\u00ed que me invitaran \/ Yo no s\u00e9 ni  por qu\u00e9 me invitaron si a m\u00ed los zapatistas me caen mal, bueno los  zapatistas s\u00ed me caen bien, pero el Marcos es un payaso que se est\u00e1  aprovechando de los pobrecitos inditos y  yo-les-voy-a-explicar-que-no-se-dejen-enga\u00f1ar-y-los-voy-a-redimir \/ el  etc\u00e9tera que est\u00e9 de moda \/ _____ (su caso particular)\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preguntas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfMe van a tratar igual que a quien se sabe de memoria el himno  zapatista, que ha asistido a todas las actividades del\/sobre el  zapatismo, que tiene una playera del EZLN, que se sabe bien el  estribillo de \u201c<em>es un honor estar\u2026<\/em>\u201d -ah no, eso es de otro canal-,  que trae unas s\u00faper botas y un equipo de alpinismo de alta monta\u00f1a, que  ha estado muchas veces en comunidad y ha apoyado <em>muuucho<\/em>, pero <em>muuucho<\/em> a los ind\u00edgenas? \u00bfImporta mucho eso en la escuelita?\u00a0 \u00bfEs eso un impedimento para asistir o para pedir que me inviten?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuestas (de acuerdo al orden de las preguntas):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregunta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPuedo quedarme a vivir en una comunidad zapatista?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregunta argumentada:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pero ya lo pens\u00e9 bien y estoy muy decidid@, \u00bfS\u00ed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta reiterada:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Insistencia enf\u00e1tica:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPor favor? \u00bfPor favor? \u00bfPor favor? \u00bfS\u00ed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta igualmente enf\u00e1tica (de acuerdo al orden de las preguntas):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregunta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPuedo dar m\u00e1s de 100 pesos por el material de apoyo educativo, como  una muestra de solidaridad con las comunidades ind\u00edgenas zapatistas?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed, pero ni nosotros ni los dem\u00e1s sabr\u00e1n la cantidad, ni qui\u00e9n la  dio.\u00a0 Al registrarse, pasar\u00e1 usted frente a un bote o caja (no s\u00e9 qu\u00e9  vayan a poner) y ah\u00ed usted deposita sus cien pesos o lo que quiera.\u00a0  Nadie m\u00e1s que usted sabr\u00e1 si s\u00f3lo dio 100 pesos, o m\u00e1s, o menos, o si  meti\u00f3 una tarjeta prepago, o un boleto del metro, o una mentada (de  menta, se entiende).\u00a0 Al final del registro, los compas encargados  vaciar\u00e1n el bote o caja, y entregar\u00e1n lo que contiene a una comisi\u00f3n de  la Escuelita Zapatista.\u00a0 As\u00ed nosotros tampoco sabremos ni qui\u00e9n ni  cu\u00e1nto colabor\u00f3.\u00a0 As\u00ed nadie podr\u00e1 reclamar o exigir trato especial o  V.I.P. porque \u201c<em>t\u00fa no sabes qui\u00e9n soy yo, ni todos los cargos y  premios que he obtenido, ni lo muuucho, pero muuucho que he ayudado a  las comunidades \/ y a m\u00ed no me van a humillar poni\u00e9ndome junto con gente  que ni siquiera ha ido a comunidad, \/ y a m\u00ed no tienen nada que  ense\u00f1arme y s\u00ed, en cambio, todo que agradecerme, \/ y la \u00fanica imagen de  ind\u00edgena que digiero es la de quien, postrado, me adora, la imagen de  ind\u00edgenas rebeldes, es decir, malagradecidos, me indigesta<\/em>\u201d (como ya lo ha hecho una \u201cilustr\u00edsima\u201d persona del medio art\u00edstico-cultural).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregunta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPuedo llevar cosas para regalarle a la familia que me va a recibir?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Claro que ser\u00e1 natural que usted vaya construyendo una relaci\u00f3n de  afecto con quien va a convivir.\u00a0 Pero los \u201cregalos\u201d personales,  desequilibran la comunidad y desplazan una relaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica hacia una  personal.\u00a0 Usted deja entonces de relacionarse con una causa y pasa a  relacionarse con una persona, lo que tampoco es malo, pero no viene a  hacer amistades, sino a aprender.\u00a0 Lo que se va a hacer es que, en el  CIDECI, podr\u00e1 usted entregar lo que quiera donar, sea cuando llegue al  registro o sea cuando termine el curso.\u00a0 Lo donado se har\u00e1 llegar a las  Juntas de Buen Gobierno quienes repartir\u00e1n, EQUITATIVAMENTE y entre  todas las comunidades zapatistas, lo que se reciba.\u00a0\u00a0 Pero tenga en  cuenta que para nosotr@s, es decir, para las familias que reciben a uno y  a otro, lo importante es la persona, no lo que posee o da.\u00a0 Tambi\u00e9n  para usted, lo que debe importar son los pueblos zapatistas en su  conjunto, no la familia o <strong><em>Vot\u00e1n<\/em><\/strong> particular con quien se  relaciona, porque no es un grupo de personas quienes lo atienden sino  todos los pueblos zapatistas organizados, sintetizados para usted en una  familia y un(a) guardi\u00e1n(a).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pregunta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no aceptan que yo le obsequie algo a quien me va a recibir  en su casa, me va a alimentar, me va a cuidar, y me va a ense\u00f1ar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respuesta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mire, hay familias zapatistas que no van a recibir a nadie, pero que  han colaborado y colaboran con alimentos, materiales, transporte.\u00a0  Participan tanto como la familia que recibe. \u00bfPara esas familias no hay  regalito porque no las vio? \u00bfA ellas no les da sus datos por si alguna  vez van a su geograf\u00eda o para que le llamen o le escriban?\u00a0 \u00bfPara esos  ni\u00f1os que no conoci\u00f3 no habr\u00e1 dulces, ropa, juguetes, regalos?<\/p>\n<p>Por ejemplo, hay pueblos zapatistas bajo la amenaza constante de  grupos paramilitares.\u00a0 Como la seguridad ah\u00ed es muy precaria, no  pudieron recibir estudiantes para la escuelita, porque no podr\u00edamos  cuidar a nuestr@s invitad@s en esos lugares.\u00a0 Pero esas familias igual  se prepararon, apoyaron a los que s\u00ed van a recibir, construyeron,  barrieron, lavaron, trapearon, pintaron, cocinaron, juntaron le\u00f1a,  cooperaron con los alimentos que se le van a ofrecer.\u00a0 Usted no los  conoce, ni los conocer\u00e1 en la escuelita.\u00a0 Si las agresiones  paramilitares y polic\u00edacas aumentan, tendr\u00e1n que desplazarse.\u00a0 Usted tal  vez se enterar\u00e1 o no (cheque el n\u00famero de entradas-lectura a la \u00faltima  denuncia de las JBG), pero para usted no tendr\u00e1n nombre ni rostro.<\/p>\n<p>Ser\u00e1n invisibles, lo mismo que cientos de miles de zapatistas.\u00a0 \u00bfHay  quien s\u00ed los tenga en cuenta aunque sean invisibles para usted y para el  resto?<\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed, nosotras, nosotros, sus compa\u00f1eros y compa\u00f1eras.\u00a0 Por eso lo que  se recibe de fuera, se busca repartir equitativamente: se reparte m\u00e1s y  mejor al m\u00e1s necesitado.<\/p>\n<p>Otra cosa sobre este asunto de las donaciones.\u00a0 Sabemos bien que all\u00e1  fuera predomina ese estereotipo de que los ind\u00edgenas son objeto de la  l\u00e1stima y la limosna, de que hay que darles lo que sobra o estorba, en  lugar de tirarlo.\u00a0 Algo como una especie de s\u00edndrome \u201c<em>Telet\u00f3n<\/em>\u201d generalizado. \u00a0\u00a0Su equivalente en la clase pol\u00edtica est\u00e1 en el <em>photoshop<\/em> de la limosna (nada que no se pueda maquillar con una campa\u00f1a \u201ccontra el hambre\u201d\u2026 o con una fotocopiadora).<\/p>\n<p>La \u201caspirina de la conciencia\u201d le llamamos nosotros los zapatistas, las zapatistas.<\/p>\n<p>Y en lo que hemos andado en nuestro largo sube y baja por la lucha,  hemos mirado muchas cosas.\u00a0 Una de ellas es que, en los momentos de  desgracia, quienes m\u00e1s tienen, dan lo que les sobra; y quienes menos  tienen, dan lo que les falta.\u00a0 Alguien con dinero y bienes, dona las  cobijas que ya no usa, la ropa que no le queda, los zapatos que pasaron  de moda, las monedas que no le hacen falta.\u00a0 Y quienes tienen que pelear  cada minuto del d\u00eda por hacerse de un poco de paga para tener algo que  poner en la mesa, adem\u00e1s de un mantel ra\u00eddo o ni eso, dan esa moneda que  necesitan para completar su gasto de supervivencia.<\/p>\n<p>Este pueblo ind\u00edgena, el zapatista, no merece su l\u00e1stima.\u00a0 A pesar  del desprecio recibido por ser moda pasajera o por negarnos a ser parte  de los acarreados del movimiento \u201chist\u00f3rico\u201d en la coyuntura en turno,  nos hemos levantado con dignidad, al igual que hace 20, 50, 500 a\u00f1os.\u00a0 Y  lo seguiremos haciendo.\u00a0 No nos insulte con la limosna.<\/p>\n<p>No le hemos pedido nada que no sea justo: s\u00f3lo el pago del costo del  material de apoyo (cien pesos) y su disposici\u00f3n a aprender.\u00a0 Nosotros  l@s hospedaremos.\u00a0 Nosotras l@s alimentaremos.\u00a0 No ser\u00e1 un hotel de 7  estrellas ni un bufet gastron\u00f3mico, pero en cada tortilla, frijolito,  verdura, camastro o hamaca, nailon para la lluvia, est\u00e1 el cari\u00f1o y el  respeto de todos nosotros y nosotras hacia usted, porque es nuestra  invitada, nuestro invitado, nuestro compa\u00f1ero, nuestra compa\u00f1era, <em>nuestroa<\/em> <em>compa\u00f1eroa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No nos debe nada ni queda a deber nada.\u00a0 De la escuelita no sigue la  militancia, la pertenencia org\u00e1nica, la sujeci\u00f3n de mando, el  fanatismo.\u00a0 Lo que sigue de la escuelita es algo que a usted, y s\u00f3lo a  usted, corresponde decidir\u2026 y actuar en consecuencia.\u00a0 No los invitamos  para reclutarlos, formarlos o deformarlos, programarlos o, como ahora se  dir\u00eda, \u201c<em>resetearlos<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Hemos abierto una puerta y lo hemos  invitado a entrar para que vea c\u00f3mo es nuestra casa, la que hemos  levantado con la ayuda de personas de todo el mundo que, \u00e9sas s\u00ed, no nos  dieron sus sobrantes, sino sus miradas y o\u00eddos compa\u00f1eros, y a quienes  nunca se les ha ocurrido siquiera que les debemos estar eternamente  agradecidos, ni rendirles culto como se le rinde culto a quien posee y  ordena.<\/p>\n<p>Usted es quien es, y s\u00f3lo a usted deber\u00eda corresponder el seguir siendo as\u00ed o de otro modo.<\/p>\n<p>Y para finalizar este fragmento de la secci\u00f3n de Preguntas No Frecuentes:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQue no es usted una gran personalidad? \u00bfQue no tiene grandes  estudios?\u00a0 \u00bfQue nunca ha estado antes en una comunidad zapatista?\u00a0 \u00bfQue  ni siquiera hab\u00eda nacido cuando se hizo p\u00fablico el EZLN?\u00a0 \u00bfQue no se  enter\u00f3 de nada hasta el d\u00eda del fin del mundo, o despu\u00e9s?<\/p>\n<p>No se preocupe ni ocupe de eso. \u00a0Ac\u00e1 no se miran los curr\u00edculos  acad\u00e9micos, ni los calendarios de antig\u00fcedad en la vida o en la lucha,  sino los corazones.\u00a0 Ac\u00e1 vendr\u00e1 gente con varios doctorados y quien ni  siquiera ha ingresado al maternal; personas con m\u00e1s de 90 a\u00f1os y quien  no ha llegado a\u00fan a deshojar un calendario.\u00a0 A todas, a todos, a <em>todoas<\/em>,  los vamos a recibir con el mismo cari\u00f1o compa\u00f1ero, lo vamos a atender  con lo mejor que tenemos, le vamos a ense\u00f1ar igual lo que somos, y lo  vamos a cuidar con el mismo esmero.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que deje esos reparos, traumas y resquemores para su teleserie preferida.<\/p>\n<p>Piense mejor, por ejemplo, que, a su regreso, podr\u00e1 platicarle a sus  familiares, amig@s, o poner en su blog o en su perfil, algo como:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Me acuerdo de cuando el Pablo (Gonz\u00e1lez Casanova), el Luis  (Villoro), el Adolfo (Gilly), el Immanuel (Wallerstein), la Paulina  (Fern\u00e1ndez Christlieb), el Oscar (Ch\u00e1vez), uno que le dec\u00edamos \u201cel  Mastuerzo\u201d por lo mismo, otro que le dec\u00edamos \u201cel Rocco\u201d no s\u00e9 por qu\u00e9,  unos cuates que le hac\u00edan a la cantada con nombres raros como el Comando  Cucaracha, SKA-P y Louis Ling and the Bombs, y otr@s compas que ahora  no recuerdo, estudiamos junt@s en la escuela y ech\u00e1bamos relajo en el  recreo, y por cierto nos castigaron por no hacer la tarea. Y un d\u00eda  sorprendieron al To\u00f1o (Ram\u00edrez Ch\u00e1vez) y a la Domi (la \u00fanica Domi que  hay) grafiteando la pared que da hacia afuera, hacia nuestros mundos, y,  junto con ellos, cada qui\u00e9n agarr\u00f3 lo que pod\u00eda y nos pusimos tod@s a  pintar.\u00a0 Pero en eso lleg\u00f3 el conserje, y pues tod@s nos echamos a  correr.\u00a0 El conserje qued\u00f3 mirando la pared, se fue y regres\u00f3 con un  bote de pintura y una brocha.\u00a0 Pensamos que iba a borrar lo que, con  muchos colores y figuras, tod@s hab\u00edamos pintado.\u00a0 Pero nada.\u00a0 No me lo  van a creer, pero resulta que el conserje agarr\u00f3 la brocha y se puso a  rayar el muro.\u00a0 Pero muy otro todo, porque el conserje s\u00f3lo dibuj\u00f3 una  grieta en la pared\u2026 y se fue.\u00a0 Pero lo m\u00e1s extra\u00f1o es que, cada d\u00eda que  pas\u00e1bamos en la escuela, la grieta dibujada pas\u00f3 primero a hacerse real,  despu\u00e9s se fue agrandando y profundizando.\u00a0 El \u00faltimo d\u00eda de clases,  nos juntamos todos frente a la pared, mirando y esperando a ver si la  grieta acababa por romper el muro.\u00a0 En eso est\u00e1bamos, cuando pas\u00f3 una  compa zapatista con un pasamonta\u00f1as de muchos colores muy divertidos y  nos dijo \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 hacen ah\u00ed si ya acab\u00f3 la escuelita? \u00a1J\u00e1lenle para su  tierra!\u201d.\u00a0 Nos fuimos tod@s.\u00a0 S\u00ed, les cuento para que vean que s\u00ed tengo  estudios.\u00a0 \u00bfEh?\u00a0 \u00bfQue para qu\u00e9 es el bote de pintura en aerosol?\u00a0 Nada,  que estaba viendo esa pared de all\u00e1 enfrente, donde al otro lado vive el  Mand\u00f3n.\u00a0 Ese muro tan grande, tan bien cuidado, tan s\u00f3lido, tan  poderoso, tan intimidante, tan indestructible, tan gris.\u00a0 Y me qued\u00e9  pensando y me dije \u201cA ese muro lo que le hace falta es\u2026 una grieta<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vale.\u00a0 Salud y no compre la pintura y la brocha, ya las trae usted  en el coraz\u00f3n.\u00a0 S\u00f3lo b\u00fasquelas bien.\u00a0 Lo que haga con ellas es parte de  su libertad.<\/p>\n<p>Desde las monta\u00f1as del Sureste Mexicano.<\/p>\n<p>El SupMarcos.<\/p>\n<p>Conserje, velador y barrendero en la Escuelita Zapatista (\u00a1no vayan a dejar su tiradero!).<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9xico, Julio del 2013.<\/p>\n<p>::::::::::::::::::<\/p>\n<p>Escucha y ve los videos que compa\u00f1an este texto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fragmento de una estupenda parodia del Telet\u00f3n y los equivalentes  festivales de la limosna.\u00a0 El elenco entero de 31 Minutos en campa\u00f1a  para recaudar fondos y rescatar al archi-multimillonario Se\u00f1or Manguera,  due\u00f1o de la televisora.\u00a0 Les recomiendo el programa completo, no lo  puse todo porque es muy largo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J86p8X0GQtw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sevillanas Indignadas, jerezianas y andaluzas, cual debe, con  humor, gracia, talento y p\u00edcara sabidur\u00eda. Dedicadas a quienes no se  espantan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dHCMevzImtE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eduardo Galeano cuenta lo que es el mundo, es decir, los que son en los mundos, y advierte que\u2026 bueno, esc\u00fachenlo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9V922yOgsXc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong> Oscar Ch\u00e1vez (uno de quienes mejor nos han mirado, es decir, entendido) con \u201cLos Paliacates\u201d, acompa\u00f1ado de Los Morales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIWkApDvupw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<!--:--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>The screen makes, as they say, an \u201celegant cybernetic maneuver\u201d to  elude the National Security Agency, and enters the ultra secret server  of those transgressors of the law: the ZPS (the English acronym for <em>Zapatista Pozol Server<\/em>).  After a resounding \u201cFuck You XKeyscore,\u201d appears on the screen, you are  asked to enter a password. You try \u201cMARICHIWEU\u201d and the screen displays  \u201cNo.\u201d You try \u201cNOSOTR@S\u201d and the screen says \u201cNope.\u201d You try \u201cDURITO\u201d  and the screen says \u201cAh hell no.\u201d Annoyed by these obstacles, you leave  an insulting message directed at the North American government and,  after you sign your name, the screen opens as if it were a door \u2013 in 3D,  with dolby surround sound and all that, and a sign appears that says \u201c<strong>Zapatista Little School, IAQs \u2013 Infrequently Asked Questions. You may add yours at the end,\u201d <\/strong>followed by a long list of questions and answers, such as the following:<\/p>\n<p>Find the concern that most closely matches yours, link to its question and see the corresponding response:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I haven\u2019t gone to college\/ I am not an artist\/ I am not a well  known person\/ I don\u2019t represent anyone\/ I\u2019m not a director or a leader  of anything\/ I am very young\/ I am very old\/ I have never been to  school\/ I am new to learning about the Zapatistas and I have never been  in a community\/ I wasn\u2019t born yet or I was very young when you emerged  in the public spotlight \/I didn\u2019t know anything about this until the day  of the end of the world\/ I just learned of you a few weeks ago and  asked you to invite me\/ I don\u2019t know why you invited me, I don\u2019t even  like the Zapatistas, well okay I like the Zapatistas but Marcos is a  clown who is taking advantage of those poor little Indians and  I-will-tell-them-not-to-be-fooled-and-rescue-or-redeem-them-myself\/whatever  etcetera is in style\/\u00a0 ___________(your particular case)-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will I be treated the same as someone who knows the Zapatista anthem  by heart, who has attended all the activities of\/by\/about Zapatismo, who  has an EZLN t-shirt, who can recite perfectly that refrain of \u201c<em>it is an honor to be<\/em>\u2026\u201d  \u2013 ah no, that is from another channel-, who has fancy boots and  mountain climbing equipment, who has been to community many times and  has supported the indigenous people soooo much, I mean really so,  soooooo much? Does this stuff matter in the Little School? Is it an  impediment to being able to attend or to asking for an invitation?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responses (in order of questions asked):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. No. No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can I stay and live in a Zapatista community?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Argumentative Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But I have thought it through and I am very determined to stay, can I?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reiterated Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emphatic insistence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please? Please? Please? Can I stay?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equally emphatic Answer (in the order of questions asked):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. No. No. No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can I give more than 100 <em>pesos<\/em> for the education materials as a demonstration of solidarity with the Zapatista indigenous communities?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, but neither we nor others will know how much was given, nor by  whom. At registration, you will see a bucket or a box (I don\u2019t know what  they will put out) and there you will deposit your 100 <em>pesos<\/em> or however much you would like to give. No one but you will know if you only gave 100 <em>pesos<\/em>, or more, or less, or if you put in a prepaid card, or a subway ticket, or an insult. After registration, the assigned c<em>ompas <\/em>will  empty the bucket or box and to give its contents to a Zapatista Little  School commission. So we also won\u2019t know who gave or how much they gave.  And this way no one can complain or demand special VIP treatment  because<em> \u201cyou don\u2019t know who I am, nor all of the positions I have  held and prizes I have received, nor how veeeerrrry much I have helped  the communities\/ and you are not going to humiliate me by putting me  together with people who have never even been to community\/ and besides,  you have nothing to teach me and everything to thank me for\/ and the  only indigenous image that I can digest is that of those who bend on one  knee to adore me; the image of rebellious indigenous people, that it to  say, ungrateful indigenous people, gives me indigestion\u201d (as has  already been stated by one highly \u201cillustrious\u201d person from the  artistic-cultural sphere).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Can I take gifts to the family that is going to host me?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it is only natural that you will build a relationship of  affinity with the people you stay with. But personal \u201cgifts\u201d distort the  community balance and convert a political relationship into a personal  one. In that case, you stop relating to a cause and start relating to a  person, which in itself isn\u2019t a bad thing, but you are not coming to  make friends, rather you are coming to learn. What you can do, is to  leave whatever you wish to donate at CIDECI, either at registration or  after the course, and the donations will go to the <em>Juntas de Buen Gobierno<\/em> (Good Government Councils), who will distribute them EQUITABLY among  all of the Zapatista communities. But remember that for us, that is, for  the families who will receive you, what is important is the person, not  what they have or what they give. And it should be the same for you  also, what should matter is the Zapatista people as a whole, not the  particular family or <strong><em>Vot\u00e1n<\/em><\/strong> with whom you relate most  closely, because it is not a small group of people who are attending to  you but rather the entire organized Zapatista people, synthesized for  you in a family and a guardian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Why isn\u2019t it permissible for me to give something to the people who  will open their home to me, feed me, take care of me, and teach me?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Look, there are Zapatista families who aren\u2019t going to host anyone,  but they have participated in any case in this effort and are helping  out with food, materials, and transport. They participate as much as any  family who is going to host guests. So would it make sense that there  is not gift for these families because you can\u2019t see them? Would it make  sense that to these families you won\u2019t give your contact information in  case some day they are in your geography, or so that they can call you  or write you? Does it make sense that for those children you didn\u2019t meet  there won\u2019t be any sweets, clothes, toys, or presents?<\/p>\n<p>For example, there are Zapatista villages under paramilitary threat.  They couldn\u2019t host Little School students since security there is  precarious and we wouldn\u2019t have been able to properly care for our  guests. But these families prepared like everyone else, supporting those  who were going to serve as host families, building, sweeping, washing,  mopping, painting, cooking, gathering wood, helping to provide the food  that you will be served. You don\u2019t know these people and you won\u2019t meet  them in the Little School. If the paramilitary and police aggressions  increase, they may be displaced. You may or may not find out about it  (for example, check the number of web visitors to the last Good  Government Council denunciation), but for you they will have neither a  face nor a name.<\/p>\n<p>They will be invisible, just like hundreds of thousands of  Zapatistas. Will anyone take them into account even though they are  invisible to you and everyone else?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, us, their <em>compa\u00f1eros<\/em> and <em>compa\u00f1eras<\/em>. That\u2019s why we  try to distribute anything we receive from outside equitably. The most  and the best of what we receive is given to those most in need.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something else we should mention about donations. We know  very well that out there, the dominant stereotype of indigenous people  is as objects of pity and charity, and that you should give them those  things that you don\u2019t need anymore and are about to throw away. It\u2019s  like one enormous telethon syndrome. Its equivalent can be found in the  political class in charity photoshopping (i.e., there\u2019s nothing that  can\u2019t be fixed with a \u201cnational campaign against hunger\u201d\u2026 or a  photocopier).<\/p>\n<p>We Zapatistas call this \u201can aspirin to soothe the conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in our long walk through the ups and downs of the struggle, we  have seen many things. One of them is that in difficult moments, those  who have the most give only what they don\u2019t need; and those who have the  least, give what they can\u2019t spare. Someone who has money and goods  donates the blankets that they don\u2019t use, the clothes that don\u2019t fit  them, the shoes that went out of style, the change that they don\u2019t  really need. And those who have to struggle through every day to make a  little bit of money in order to put something on the table other than a  threadbare tablecloth, if even that, give the change that they needed to  achieve their barest level of survival.<\/p>\n<p>The indigenous Zapatista peoples do not deserve your pity. Despite  the disdain expressed toward us for being out of fashion, and despite  not being counted as part of the current \u201chistoric\u201d movement of the  conjuncture (whichever movement that may now be), we have risen up with  dignity, just as we did 20 years ago, just as we did 50 years ago, just  as we did 500 years ago. And we will keep doing so. Don\u2019t insult us with  your charity.<\/p>\n<p>We have not asked you for anything else: all we have asked you for is  the cost of the course material (one hundred pesos) and your  willingness to learn. We will provide your lodging. We will provide your  food. It won\u2019t be a 7-star hotel nor will there be a grand buffet, but  in every tortilla, dish of beans, vegetable, pallet, hammock, and rain  poncho you can find the affection and respect of all of us for all of  you, because you are our invited guest, our <em>compa\u00f1ero<\/em>, our <em>compa\u00f1era<\/em>, our <em>compa\u00f1eroa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t and won\u2019t owe us anything. The outcome of the Little School  is not militancy, belonging, submission to command, nor fanaticism.  What follows the Little School is something that you, and only you, can  decide\u2026 and act upon. We didn\u2019t invite you in order to recruit you,  train you, un-train you, program you, or, like they say, \u201creset\u201d you. We  have opened a door and invited you to come in and see our house, to see  what we have constructed with the help of people all over the world who  gave us not their leftovers but the eyes and ears of <em>compa\u00f1eros<\/em>,  to whom it never would have occurred to expect our eternal gratitude,  who would never have expected us to pay homage to them as homage is paid  to those who have things and give orders.<\/p>\n<p>You are who you are, and only you can decide whether to keep being that or something else.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to round out this fragment of the Infrequently Asked Questions Section:<\/p>\n<p>You aren\u2019t a celebrity? You haven\u2019t studied extensively? You have  never been in a Zapatista community? You weren\u2019t even born when the EZLN  came out publicly? You didn\u2019t know about any of this until the day of  the end of the world, or even after that?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry or even think about that. Here we don\u2019t look at academic  resumes, nor one\u2019s history in life or in the struggle; we only look at  the heart. There will be people who come to the little school who have  multiple doctorates and other people who have never even been to nursery  school; there will people over 90 years old and others who haven\u2019t yet  lived a year. We will receive everyone (<em>todos, todas, todoas<\/em>)<a href=\"http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2013\/08\/04\/votan-iii-iaq-section-infrequently-asked-questions\/#i\">[i]<\/a> with the same affection of <em>compa\u00f1eros<\/em>,  and we will attend to everyone with the very best that we have, we will  teach and show ourselves to all equally, and treat all of you with the  same painstaking care.<\/p>\n<p>So leave all of those qualms, traumas, and resentments for the television series of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Instead think about, for example, what you can tell your family and  friends later, or put on your blog or your profile, something like this:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI remember when Pablo (Gonz\u00e1lez Casanova), Luis (Villoro), Adolfo  (Gilly), Immanuel (Wallerstein), Paulina (Fern\u00e1ndez Christlieb), Oscar  (Ch\u00e1vez), and this one guys we called \u201cel Mastuerzo\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2013\/08\/04\/votan-iii-iaq-section-infrequently-asked-questions\/#ii\">[ii]<\/a> because that\u2019s what he was, and another we called \u201cel Rocco,\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2013\/08\/04\/votan-iii-iaq-section-infrequently-asked-questions\/#iii\">[iii]<\/a> I don\u2019t know why, and a few other buddies that went by the odd names of  Comando Cucaracha, SKA-P, and Louis Ling and the Bombs, and other <\/em>compas<em> that I don\u2019t remember anymore, but we all studied together at the  Little School and hung out during recess and got in trouble for not  doing our homework. And one day we found To\u00f1o (Ram\u00edrez Ch\u00e1vez) and Domi  (the only Domi there is) painting graffiti on a wall that faces out,  toward our worlds, and so all of us together grabbed whatever was at  hand and started painting. But just then the concierge came and we all  ran. The concierge stood there looking at the wall, then left and came  back with a bucket of paint and a brush. We thought he was going to  paint over what we had made, which had lots of figures and colors. But  he didn\u2019t. You aren\u2019t going to believe me, but the concierge took the  brush and started painting on the wall. But it was a very different kind  of painting, because he only drew a crack in the wall\u2026 and then he  left. But the strangest thing was while we were at the school, the  painted crack on the wall became real, and then each day got bigger and  deeper. The last day of classes we all got together in front of the  wall, watching and waiting to see if the crack would break the wall. We  were there watching when a Zapatista <\/em>compa<em> in a bright  multi-colored ski mask came by and said, \u2018the school is over, what are  you still doing here? Go back to your lands!\u2019 And we all left. I\u2019m  telling you the story so you can see that I have in fact been to school.  What\u2019s that? What\u2019s this aerosol paint can for? Nothing, I was just  looking at that wall there in front of us, The One Who Rules lives on  the other side. But that wall is so big, so well-maintained, so solid,  so powerful, so intimidating, so indestructible, so gray. And I was  thinking, \u2018That wall is missing something\u2026 a crack.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Vale<\/em>.\u00a0Cheers and you don\u2019t need to buy paint and a brush, you  will already bring those in your heart. Just search them out. What you  decide to do with them is part of your freedom.<\/p>\n<p>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>El SupMarcos.<\/p>\n<p>Concierge, night watchman, and street sweeper for the Zapatista Little School (don\u2019t leave a mess behind!)<\/p>\n<p>Mexico, July of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>::::::::::::::::::<\/p>\n<p>Watch and listen to the videos that accompany this text:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=J86p8X0GQtw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fragment of a wonderful parody of the telethon<\/strong><\/a><strong> and other charity festivals\/fund drives. The entire cast of\u00a0 [the show]  31 Minutes campaigning for funds to rescue the arch-multimillionaire  Se\u00f1or Manguera, owner of the television station. I recommend watching  the entire program, I didn\u2019t put the whole thing here because it\u2019s  really long. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=dHCMevzImtE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Women of Seville, Jer\u00e9z, and Andalucia, show their indignation with humor, talent, and sagacity<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Dedicated to those who don\u2019t scare easily. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=9V922yOgsXc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Eduardo Galeano<\/strong><\/a><strong> tells the story of how the world is, that is, those who are in the world, and warns us that\u2026 well, listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Ch\u00e1vez (one of those who has best known how to see us, that is, understand us) with \u201c<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=EIWkApDvupw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Los Paliacates<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u201d accompanied by Los Morales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a name=\"i\">[i]<\/a> The EZLN often uses the suffix \u2013oa (<em>compa\u00f1eroa, todoas<\/em>) to provide a noun form that is not strictly feminine or masculine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a name=\"ii\">[ii]<\/a> Best known as member and drummer of the Mexican rock band Botellita de Jer\u00e9z.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a name=\"iii\">[iii]<\/a> Lead singer of Mexican rock band Maldita Vecindad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vot\u00e1n III. SECCI\u00d3N NO FAQ. Lo que usted siempre hubiera querido que le advirtieran acerca de l@s zapatistas, su mentada escuelita y las consecuencias que le puede acarrear asistir. Julio del 2013. Pues parece que ya m\u00e1s o menos se va a aclarando el panorama sobre en qu\u00e9 diablos estamos pensando los zapatistas cuando hablamos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,118,222],"tags":[644,926],"class_list":["post-8527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-chiapas","category-ezln","category-video","tag-comunicados-ezln","tag-ezln"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}