International Invitation to Peace Encampments on Zapatista and Cucapa Territory To Be Installed February 26 in El Mayor, Baja California; March 13 in Huitepec, Near San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas

By Subcomandante Marcos, EZLN
Translated by Narco News
February 22, 2007

ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION
MEXICO - FEBRUARY 20, 2007

TO THE PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND THE WORLD
TO THE OTHER CAMPAIGN

The indigenous Cucapá people, the indigenous Quilihua people, the Other Campaign in Baja California, the Independent Francisco Villa Popular Front – UNOPII, the Party of Communists, Socialist and Worker Unity – UNIOS, the Good Government Council of the Chiapas Highlands and

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This short documentary tells the story the Cucapa, an Indigenous people of Mexicali, who have been denied fishing permits, even though they have been fishing in their valley for over 9,000 years; indeed, even before this area was considered Mexico.

Fishing is part of their ancestral traditions and is their only form of support. On the other hand, commercial fisherman have no problems obtaining fishing permits.

During the upcoming fishing season, which runs from February to May, the Sixth Delegation of the EZLN, along with adherents of “The Other Campaign” will set up camp in the Mexicali dessert community of the Mayor …

The following is a portion of an essay by Kolya Abramsky entitled The Bamako Appeal and The Zapatista 6th Declaration (Written in May 2006). It is, briefly stated, a comparison of the Bamako Appeal and The Zapatista’s Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacandona

The full essay was originally posted on www.zapagringo.blogspot.com

Part 2: The Bamako Declaration and the Zapatista Sixth Declaration - Revealing Tensions Within Global Networks of Anti-Capitalist Resistance

Differing Origins of the Two Documents

From their very early days, the Zapatistas were quick to call for international attention, and equally quick to receive it. One of their very early …

Refusing Government Money or Teachers, Indigenous Communities Have Built More Schools and Educated More Children Than Ever Before. By Amber Howard, Special to The Narco News Bulletin

When the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN, in its Spanish initials) began the public phase of its struggle on New Year’s Eve, 1993, it made eleven demands, one of which was “education” (the others were: work, land, shelter, food, health, independence, freedom, democracy, justice, and peace). Thirteen years later, they have seen that demand met as never before in the highlands and jungles of Chiapas. But it was not the Mexican government or …

The following was written and submitted by Zig Zag, a member of Intercontinental Cry: Here’s a report on a recent trip to mexico i made. You can post it if you like.

The Zapatista, the Other Campaign, and the Gathering in Oventik

The 13th Anniversary of the 1994 Zapatista New Year’s Day Rebellion
From December 30, 2006, to January 2, 2007, several thousand Zapatistas and international delegates gathered in the town of Oventik, located near San Cristobal in Chiapas, Mexico, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 1994 Zapatista New Year’s Day Rebellion. It was also the First Encounter of the Zapatista …

The following is the second informational bulletin recently release by the Intergalactic Commission of the EZLN (the other bulletins are linked below)
“We the Zapatistas are Free to Organize Ourselves, to Govern Ourselves, and to make our own Decisions without being Exploited…”
By Intergalactic Commission of the EZLN

January 6, 2007

The last day of the year started today at the Zapatista Caracol of Oventik, in Chiapas, with two morning workgroups during which the Zapatistas shared the everyday construction of their autonomy in the areas of education and health, in the context of the discussions of the First Encounter Between the Zapatistas and the …

Compañeras, Hermanas: In a few days more will be Dec. 30, 2006, the start of the “Encuentro de los Pueblos Zapatistas con los Pueblos del Mundo” (Meeting of the Zapatista Villages with the Peoples of the World), which will end Jan. 2, 2007.

The compañer@s of the support bases and the authorities of the autonomous municipalities and Good Government Committees (juntas de buen gobierno) of the Carcol of Oventic are very happy and animated, as are the compañeras of the other Caracolespreparing for the encuentro. As of Dec. 24, we have counted compañeras from 30 countries whose presence is confirmed. …

Is an ethnic war coming to the Zapatistas’ jungle stronghold? By: Bill Weinberg. CHIAPAS, Mexico - When Mexico’s President Vicente Fox was elected six years ago, he pledged he would end the long-simmering Chiapas revolt ”in 15 minutes.” Now, as his successor, Felipe Calderon, prepares to take office, Chiapas remains as divided as it was in 2000, with much of the mountains and jungles under the real control of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), the indigenous Maya rebels whose brief 1994 armed uprising was a catalyst to the international anti-globalization movement.

The Zapatistas’ charismatic Subcommander Marcos is now …

DECEMBER 22nd URGENT ACTION FOR OAXACA

WHEN: DECEMBER 22nd 2006

WHAT: The EZLN (Zapatista National Liberation Army) has called for worldwide solidarity and demonstrations, in support of the Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) and to protest against the brutal police repression they continue to face.

WE DEMAND:
* The removal of Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
and the Mexican Federal Preventative Police from Oaxaca City.
* The release of all political prisoners.
* Answers for those who have disappeared.
* A stop to government funded pirate radio station “La Ciudadana” that calls …

Tthe following is (presumably from the end of October) by Brenda Norrell, UN Observer and International Reporter

MAGDALENA, SONORA, Mexico – Subcomandante Marcos was welcomed as a hero of the indigenous rights movement, as Tohono O’odham, Mayo, Navajo and other indigenous told of the oppression that threatens their survival.

During the northern Indian borderlands tour of the Other Campaign, Marcos listened as Tohono O’odham opposed encroachment on their lands in Mexico, the Bush administration’s planned border wall which is threatening the survival of their ceremonies and a proposed hazardous waste dump and the cancer it would bring.

O’odham in Mexico Lt. Gov. …