The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Announces Next Steps. Mexico December 30, 2012 To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples and Goverments of the World: Brothers and Sisters: Compañeros and compañeras: This past December 21, 2012, in the pre-dawn hours, tens of thousands of indigenous Zapatistas mobilized and we took over, peacefully and in silence, 5 municipal seats in the Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. In the cities of Palenque, Altamirano, Las Margaritas, Ocosingo, and San Cristobal de las Casas, we watched you and we watched ourselves in silence. This is not a message of resignation. It is not one of war, death, or destruction. Our message is one of struggle and resistance. After the media-driven coup d'état that exalted a poorly concealed and even more poorly disguised ignorance to the federal executive branch, we made ourselves present so that you would know that if they never left, neither did we.
Six years ago, a segment of the political and intellectual class went out in search of someone to blame for its loss. They don't need us to fail. Mexico: The Moral and Organizational Strength of the EZLN — upsidedownworld.org. Source: La Jornada January 1st will mark the first 18 years of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).
A country that was on the threshold of modernity was surprised that thousands of insurgents, mostly indigenous, had taken up arms as a last resort, to fight for a better life for indigenous peoples and for the country. The mobilization of thousands of Mexicans forced the state to negotiate with the insurgents for a decent and fair solution. After more than two years of intense negotiations, they managed to come to the first agreement between the federal government and the EZLN on indigenous rights and culture, which was signed on February 16, 1996, in the municipality of San Andres Larrainzar in Chiapas. When an attempt was made for the agreement to be transferred to the Mexican legislative system through a bill drafted by the Commission for Agreement and Pacification (Cocopa), the state’s reaction was brutal, cynical and stark.
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) Mexico « Autonomous Action Radio. “For everyone, everything, for us, nothing” (Para todos todo, para nosotros nada) This is the slogan of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) a revolutionary movement hailing from Chiapas Mexico.
Otherwise known as the Zapatistas the EZLN are working towards better world for themselves and all creatures on this planet. They are an example of some anarchist and libertarian principles in action and proof that a more participatory model of organising is possible. The Zapatistas went public on January 1 1994 after spending years building allies within the indigenous and rural peasant communities of Chiapas. This day marked the beginning of the North American Free Trade Agreement which like most neo-liberal policies would affect the poor/farmers of the region negatively. 3000 armed Zapatistas occupied towns and ranches in the region, the Mexican army responded by bombing indigenous communities and killing hundreds of indigenous people. Timeline of the Zapatista Movement. Mexico. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Announces Next Steps Mexico.