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UK Zapatista Newswire Archive

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Mexico: Demand Grows for Release of Chiapas Schoolteacher

16-05-2012 20:17

May 15-22 “Week of Global Struggle for the Liberation of Alberto
Patishtán Gómez and Francisco Sántiz López,”

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campaign in support of political prisoners

26-04-2012 17:11

Declaration in support of the “WEEK OF GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF PATISHTÁN AND SÁNTIZ LÓPEZ: BRINGING DOWN THE PRISON WALLS”

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Convocation for “Week Of Global Struggle For The Liberation Of Patishstan & Santi

21-04-2012 17:05

The following is an urgent call to action from Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign New York, and supported by the Patishtán Family, to realize the:

“WEEK OF GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF PATISHTÁN AND SANTIZ LOPEZ: BRINGING DOWN THE PRISON WALLS”

To take place from Tuesday, May 15 to Tuesday May 22 of this year.

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Urgent: Collective letter: Stop the repression against the Zapatistas and the Ot

08-03-2012 20:42

Please sign this collective letter as soon as possible

Signatures to be sent to

 liberonsles@riseup.net

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The movement of the indignados began in the Lacandon Jungle:

12-01-2012 19:57



Pablo González Casanova, now nearly 90, is a former rector of UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). A sociologist, academic and researcher, he is one of Mexico’s most respected intellectuals. This article was his contribution to the recent seminar “planet earth: anti-systemic movements” held in Chiapas on the 18th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising.

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The links between Occupy, El Barrio and the EZLN

08-01-2012 13:25

Los de Abajo (the Underdogs)
The links between Occupy, El Barrio and the EZLN
Gloria Muñoz Ramírez
Originally published in Spanish in La Jornada

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The origins of the Occupy movement

09-12-2011 19:41

If the catastrophe that is coming is to be avoided and humanity is to have another chance, it will be because the others, from below and to the left, have not only resisted, but are already sketching the outline of something else.

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UK Premiere 2012 The Mayan Word (December 17th)

05-12-2011 12:18

2012 The Mayan Word
2012 The Mayan Word
December 17th 2011 6pm

Everyone is talking about the Mayan Prophecies of 2012.
But who is listening to the Maya?

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UK foreign aid money is being spent on providing electricity for Walmart in Mexi

04-12-2011 13:40

A report launched this week by the World Development Movement reveals that UK climate aid is being used to produce cheap electricity for the US multinational Walmart, through a project that violates the rights of indigenous people in Mexico.

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Mexican embassy flies Zapatista flag

04-12-2011 12:25

The new flag
A solidarity demo in Embassy Quarter, London, began dramatically with the imperialist tri-colour being removed from the Mexican embassy, set on fire, and replaced with the Zapatista red star.

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Zapatista Solidarity Demonstration Saturday 3rd December

02-12-2011 20:09

Global Weekend of action in resistance to Slaughter in Chiapas.
2pm outside Mexican embassy

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Call to action on 3rd and 4th December

29-11-2011 07:45

ATTACKS AGAINST THE ZAPATISTA SUPPORT BASES AND THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS!

FREEDOM FOR OUR PRISONERS AND MISSING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS!

AGAINST CALDERON’S WAR! EVERYONE TO THE STREETS ON DECEMBER 3 and 4!

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25th Nov John Holloway talks in Brighton

20-11-2011 17:52

crack
John Holloway talks on 'Crack Capitalism' at the University of Brighton

John is also talking the day before up at the University of Sussex.
That talk is entitled 'Rage Against the Rule of Money'
 http://www.sussexstudent.com/events/index.php?page=event&event_id=662443

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Time and History are Proving that the EZLN were Right

13-11-2011 15:07

Translation of an article by Jaime Martínez Veloz, originally published in the Mexican daily newspaper La Jornada.
Governments give everything to the transnationals again.

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Statement in solidarity with political prisoners on hunger strike in Chiapas

06-11-2011 09:02

There is now grave concern for the health of a group of indigenous people who are on hunger strike and fast in prisons in Chiapas, SE Mexico. They believe they are innocent, and their convictions false

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Interview with John Holloway, published in Shift#13, now available online

05-11-2011 15:36

Shift Magazine interview John Holloway, author of Change the World Without Taking Power and Crack Capitalism, about anti-capitalist politics, the state, and the recent uprisings across the world. Read the full text on the Shift website:  http://shiftmag.co.uk/?p=505

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Press Release from Otros Mundos AC concerning the World Summit on Adventure Tou

28-10-2011 20:16

“To keep natural paradises intact, it is best not to visit them”

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Report On The 2011 Observation And Solidarity Brigade To Zapatista Communities

26-10-2011 19:18

In response to the increasing levels of aggression and harassment they are experiencing, we went on the Brigade of Observation and Solidarity with the Zapatista Communities from the 27th August to the 2nd September 2011.

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Worldwide Declaration in Support of the Zapatista Support Bases of San Marcos Av

17-10-2011 20:11


The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Centre and the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign, New York, have written the following declaration with the goal of collecting signatures of support.

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Report by the Brigade of Observation and Solidarity with the Zapatista Communiti

21-09-2011 18:40

General Presentation by the Brigade of Observation and Solidarity with Zapatista Communities: great increase in acts of aggression, especially against autonomus schools

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Solidarity Call!!! From The Companeros From Chiapas

20-09-2011 01:16

SOLIDARITY CALL!!! FROM THE COMPANEROS FROM THE AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL COUNCIL OF THE COASTAL ZONE OF CHIAPAS (CARZCH)

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San Marcos Aviles: Dignity and Resistance threatened

04-09-2011 14:52


Education is not only in San Marcos, it is in all Zapatista autonomous municipalities.

The compas have suffered so many injustices, but they have had had the patience not to respond with violence.

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Talk- Mexico: Resisting the Drug War. 7th September 7.30pm Brighton Cowley Club

02-09-2011 17:17

In the five years since the Mexican government declared the “War on Drug Trafficking” at least 40,000 people have been killed, countless tens of thousands have been kidnapped and entire towns and neighbourhoods have been depopulated. Mexico's conflict is the deadliest in the Western Hemisphere, and is the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.

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PERHAPS…

31-08-2011 19:18



Third Letter from Subcomandante Marcos to Don Luis Villoro in the Exchange on Ethics and Politics


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Dignified and Undignified Rage:Brief Notes on a Pending Invitation, the UK riots

21-08-2011 06:12

here are some thoughts i wrote about the london riots and wider world dynamics.
kolya

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Zapatista community of San Marcos Aviles faces eviction, aggression and threats

05-07-2011 06:05

The Zapatista supporters in the community of San Marcos Aviles have had their land, crops and possessiona stolen from them and face daily aggressions and threats because they set up an autonomus school.

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International Day of Action in Solidarity with San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, Mexico

30-05-2011 18:52

International Day of Action in Solidarity with the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, Mexico

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'What is happening with the Zapatistas in Mexico?' Edinburgh and Glasgow Talks

18-05-2011 02:05

'What is happening with the Zapatistas in Mexico?'
Speaker from 'Rebeldía Revista' Mexico.
Talks by Javier Elorriaga, Editor of the 'Other Campaign' magazine, followed by questions and discussion.

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John Holloway Thurs. 19th May 6pm Glasgow Uni Occupation

16-05-2011 01:05

19th May: John Holloway to Visit the Free Hetherington

A talk by John Holloway
Thursday
19th May 2011
18:00-20:30
The Free Hetherington
13 University Gardens
GlasgowUniversity
G12 8QH
(NearByres Road/ Hillhead Underground Station)
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