Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm by globalturbo
As one Maya era draws to an end, and
thousands of Zapatistas silently re-emerge from the dark of night to
peacefully occupy the town squares of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos of
the Zapatista Army of National Liberation released a defiant communiqué from the depths of the Lacandon jungle.
Thousands of Maya followers of the
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) marched, masked but unarmed,
on the towns of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Ocosingo, Las Margaritas,
Palenque and Altamirano, in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, marking
the turning of the Maya calendar Dec. 21.
The largest
march was in Ocosingo, on the edge of the Lacandon Selva, the rebels’
jungle stronghold, with 6,000 arriving at dawn for a silent procession
through the town’s center. A mass silent vigil of thousands of
Zapatistas in the town’s central square continues at press time, despite
unseasonable rain. There were no speakers, and no visible leaders
present. The EZLN is expected to release a communique for the occasion.
The group’s last communique was in May 2011, proclaiming solidarity with the poet Javier Sicilia and his movement against Mexico’s Drug War militarization. The EZLN’s spokesman Subcommandante Marcos also issued a presonally signed statement on the then-upcoming Mexican elections later last year. (CNN Mexico, W Radio, APRO, Dec. 21)
More photos and video here.
Communique Link here.
Reposted from Climate Connections
Thanks to: http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
thousands of Zapatistas silently re-emerge from the dark of night to
peacefully occupy the town squares of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos of
the Zapatista Army of National Liberation released a defiant communiqué from the depths of the Lacandon jungle.
Thousands of Maya followers of the
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) marched, masked but unarmed,
on the towns of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Ocosingo, Las Margaritas,
Palenque and Altamirano, in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, marking
the turning of the Maya calendar Dec. 21.
The largest
march was in Ocosingo, on the edge of the Lacandon Selva, the rebels’
jungle stronghold, with 6,000 arriving at dawn for a silent procession
through the town’s center. A mass silent vigil of thousands of
Zapatistas in the town’s central square continues at press time, despite
unseasonable rain. There were no speakers, and no visible leaders
present. The EZLN is expected to release a communique for the occasion.
The group’s last communique was in May 2011, proclaiming solidarity with the poet Javier Sicilia and his movement against Mexico’s Drug War militarization. The EZLN’s spokesman Subcommandante Marcos also issued a presonally signed statement on the then-upcoming Mexican elections later last year. (CNN Mexico, W Radio, APRO, Dec. 21)
More photos and video here.
Communique Link here.
Reposted from Climate Connections
Thanks to: http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
