Article written by Monica Sandschafer

The Zapatista movement is requesting assistance from the international community for the successful relocation of eight of their communities from the Montes Azules bio-reserve. While some communities have decided to stay and continue to resist threats of potentially violent expulsion at the hands of the federal government, these eight have chosen to relocate in order to have greater access to Zapatista health care and education. The communities will need support in order to relocate, as they will need to build new houses, prepare land for planting and amass temporary food provisions until the first harvest. The Mexico Solidarity Network is collecting donations to go directly to the communities to assist them in relocating. Please see www.mexicosolidaritynetwork.org for details.