The Cuban Libertarian Movement (CLM; in Spanish: Movimiento Libertario Cubano - MLC) presents for collective debate its reflections on the declarations made by the EZLN (the Zapatista rebels) in July 2005 in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.
On January 1st, 1994 the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico came into effect, and along with the new year, spoiling the party of the powerful, from deep within the forgotten Lacandona jungle also came on scene “the fire and the word” of the Zapatista rebels...
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The EZLN declared a
Red
Alert in Chiapas in June taking a number of
steps including closing down the Caracoles and the Good Government
offices, evacuating the civilian delegates who make up the zapatista
structures of regional self management and creating a clear
distinction between the military side of the organisation and the
civilian healthcare side. This looked a lot like preparation for war
but a communique released the following day revealed that the red
alert was just a
precautionary
measure to allow a consulta to take place.
The 6th
Declaration of the Selva Lacandona was then released - it outlines the new strategy and the communiques which follow it add more detail.
Anarkismo.net brought you news and analysis of this situation as
it developed. Here we carry the Zapatista communiques and background
materials and links that help explain who the Zapatistas are, what
they stand for and what are the causes of the conflict in Chiapas.
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