Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:47:11 -0600 (CST) From: Edgar Abarca Rojano <sestrada-AT-fiscom.fcfm.buap.mx> Subject: M-NEWS: E;NCDM,Actions Planned in support of Zapatistas for Jul 25 (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:53:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Chiapas95 <owner-chiapas95-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu> Subject: E;NCDM,Actions Planned in support of Zapatistas for Jul 25 This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of Accion Zapatista de Austin. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:13:43 -0700 (PDT) From: NCDM <moonlight-AT-igc.apc.org> Reply-To: chiapas-l-AT-profmexis.sar.net Subject: Actions Planned in support of Zapatistas 7/25/97 In response for the International call for actions on July 25, 1997 actions are planned for the following cities. All are encouraged to take part in this internationally coordinated effort in support of the Zapatista struggle. We will post additional information and announcements as we receive them. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIONS PLEASE CONTACT VIVIANA AT THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY IN MEXICO - moonlight-AT-igc.apc.org or (915)532-8382 ACTIONS PLANNED FOR JULY 25, 1997 AUSTIN, TEXAS noon rally at Mexican consulate contact : Austin Comite de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico Eduardo Vera - evera-AT-igc.apc.org CHICAGO, ILLINOIS tba - between July 23rd & 25th contact: Centro Sin Fronteras EL PASO, TEXAS 12:30 pm action at Mexican consulate contact: Comite de Resistencia Zapatista moonlight-AT-igc.apc.org or (915)532-8382 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN demonstration at Federal Building, downtown Milwaukee time: tba contact: El Comite En Solidaridad Con El Pueblo De Mexico- Jeff - VivaChiapas-AT-webtv.net (414)389-1341... By Roxana Garcia PORTLAND, OREGON noon demonstration at Mexican Consulate contact: Chiapas Urgent Call - Jena Camp, (503)829-5890 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 5:00 pm action at Mexican Consulate DESPITE THE ELECTIONS, THE WAR CONTINUES ACTION ALERT Call for Demonstrations in the Mexican Consulates Friday, July 25th, 1997 "In the Mexican south and southeast (particularly in the states of Hidalgo, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas), the Indian and rural Mexico lives in an authentic state of siege and the specific needs and affairs of the indigenous in terms of government and culture are ignored by the actual political system and its parties. The militarization in indigenous zones makes normal life impossible. There can be no planting, walking, meeting, conduct of commerce, washing of clothes. Now the Mexican political system pretends to simulate a return to normality in those zones, but only for a few hours so voting may occur. Afterwards all will return as it was." -Sounds of Silence EZLN Communiqué, July 3, 1997 "The electoral reform has been the most profound of the century...we have reached the highest level of political maturity in our democratic life". -Emilio Chuayffet Chemor, Mexican Justice Secretary The neoliberals decided and now agree. The waves of instability and corruption emanating from the PRI were not healthy for their markets. A shift in the political arena of Mexico was necessary in order to insure the long-term survival of their plans. According to that plan, democracy on neoliberal terms would arrive in Mexico with the arrival of a multi-party system. Yet the lies which cover the monstrous brutality of this system remain hidden to the majority of the peoples of the world. Despite the election results, the poverty of the people of Mexico is unlikely to improve in the near future. The Mexican government's basic commitment to staying with the devastating course of globalization will not likely be altered by one election. The low-intensity war being conducted against the indigenous people of Mexico also continues. Its death toll accrues among those whose lives were already being ravaged by the neoliberal proposal. Its casualties just during the past few months include: * The deaths of seven Chol people in Sabanilla, Emiliano Zapata, and Shushupa, Chiapas, including an 11-year-old boy murdered by a paramilitary group named "Peace and Justice". The casualties include at least ten other wounded. * The displacement of the entire communities of Pasija, Shushupa, and Emiliano Zapata in Chiapas who abandoned their homes in fear of continued retaliation * Jailings of a Chinateco leader in the port of Veracruz * Harassment, intimidation and threats against a Nahua leader in Jalisco * The increased militarization of the Huasteca region of Veracruz, the south sierra of Oaxaca, the eastern and central zones of the Yucatan peninsula and the diverse regions of Guerrero. The unbridled activity of paramilitary groups and assassins in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Guerrerro. * The aggressions suffered by the Mazateca and Mixe region in Oaxaca including campaigns which condition public services in return for votes in favor of the PRI; including the distribution of food, construction materials and student scholarships. =09 At the same time the Mexican immigration service works diligently to eliminate the presence of international observers in the indigenous communities of Chiapas. At the orders of the military whose convoys patrolling the communities on a daily basis have been greatly disturbed by the presence of dozens of international witnesses videotaping and photographing them just as the military does to the communities, additional immigration checkpoints have been set up deep inside the so-called "conflict zone" . In the months since the suspension of the peace talks, some international observers have been issued deportation orders; others have hidden until the coast is clear; engaged in the same cat and mouse game which plays itself out on the U.S. Mexico border. If the election of Cuahtemoc Cardenas and the new Congress is really a step towards democracy, their first order of business should be to advocate for an end to the low-intensity war in Mexico and to re-establish a negotiations process. The victory of new democratic forces in Mexico should be manifest first in a process where the spark of hope began, in those indigenous communities who taught the rest of us the necessity of the struggle for democracy, liberty and justice. For that reason the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico calls on people of conscience in the United States to join us in one or more of the following actions to demand that the newly elected Mexican leaders fulfill their responsibilities to the indigenous communities whose Ya Basta!, as well as their blood and tenacity have held the door open and make possible this tenuous opening in the electoral arena: 1. Organize a demonstration at your local Mexican consulate or embassy 2. Conduct a public educational forum at your church, school, union or community hall on the low-intensity war in Chiapas and the current situation in Mexico 3. Conduct a private house meeting with friends and neighbors in order to expose the suffering of the indigenous peoples of Mexico and the need to take action 4. Write a letter to the editor that lets people know what is happening in Mexico 5. Distribute flyers with information concerning the low-intensity war in Chiapas and the Zapatistas 6. Recommend to your local press and other media contacts that they report on the action alert and the current situation in Chiapas With these actions our specific demands include: * An end to the low-intensity war created by the militarization and the climate of civil war promoted by the Mexican local and federal governments, including an end to the terror campaigns of paramilitary groups in Mexico, and an end to the death and suffering the war is bringing to the communities * An end to the harassment of international observers in the Zapatista communities * Implementation of the San Andres Agreements, signed by the federal government, which recognize the democratic rights of Indian peoples. * An end to U.S. military aid to the Mexican government Our voices must be raised once again. We cannot abandon the rebels who helped us to remember who we are; human beings with the right to dream and build a new world, citizens whose contributions to the wealth of nations cannot be ignored. ORGANIZE ACTIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRONT OF MEXICAN CONSULATES AND EMBASSIES!! SEND A MESSAGE TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MEXICO-YOU ARE NOT ALONE, WE ARE STILL HERE, WE WILL NOT ABANDON THE STRUGGLE! For more information contact: National Commission for Democracy in Mexico 2001 Montana Avenue, Suite B El Paso, Texas 79903 Phone/fax: 915-532-8382 email: moonlight-AT-igc.apc.org -- To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words unsubscribe chiapas95 to majordomo-AT-eco.utexas.edu. Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu or gopher://eco.utexas.edu.
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