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The Other Campaign

News and analysis following the development of the Zapatista's "The Other Campaign," as described in the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle. Announced in July of 2005, it's an effort to mobilize a non-electoral social movement of the left, "from below", in Mexico and beyond. The Other Campaign tour began in San Cristobal de las Casas on January 1st, 2006, led by Subcommandante Marcos, who took on the new name "Delegation Zero."

A Chat with Chema: a look at the OCEZ

by Loren Guerriero

A look at the rich history of a social movement in Chiapas, Organización Campesino Emiliano Zapata.

ACCION MUNDIAL HUELGA DE HAMBRE CHIAPAS

De La Otra Jovel 4/1/2008 Compañeros y compañeras: Como ustedes saben, muchos de nuestros compañeros presos en ayuno y huelga de hambre fueron liberados el día de ayer, junto con más de un centenar de presos que no participan en la protesta, dentro de un acto mediático que busca engañar y confundir a la opinión pública.

April 3, Global Day of Action for Chiapas Hunger Strikers

From La Otra Jovel, 4/1/2008 (Translated from Spanish) Compañeros y compañeras: As you may know, many of our prisoner compañeros on hunger strike were set free yesterday, as well as another hundred prisoners who were not participating in the protest, as part of a media spectacle whose aim was to fool and confuse public opinion.

Communiqué from the CCRI-CG of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation

Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation. Mexico September 22, 2007

II Encuentro de los pueblos zapatistas con los pueblos del mundo

COMUNICADO DEL COMITÉ CLANDESTINO REVOLUCIONARIO INDÍGENA-COMANDANCIA GENERAL DEL EJÉRCITO ZAPATISTA DE LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL. COMISIÓN SEXTA Y COMISIÓN INTERGALÁCTICA DEL EZLN. MÉXICO.

The Second Stage of the Otra Campaña Begins: In Defense of Land, Source of Ourselves

It takes more than two hours to get everyone through the narrow doors of Tierradentro Cafe, and so we stand outside waiting, crushed together with other Spaniards, Italians, Mexicans, Norweigans, Cana

Letter from Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos

To whom it may concern:

We send a communiqué about felonies, new frauds (now disguised as “combating delinquency”), and not-so-secret plans.

Nuevas Comunicaciones del CCRI-CG del EZLN y del Sup

Ayer salieron nuevos comunicados del CCRI-CG del EZLN y una carta del Subcomandante Marcos, dando a conocer nuevas amenazas a comunidades Zapatistas, disfrazados como operativos antinarcos. De igual manera el Sup escribió una carta sobre traiciones políticos y el nuevo gabinete de AMLO.

Comunicado del EZLN

30 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2006

AL PUEBLO DE MÉXICO:
A LOS PUEBLOS DEL MUNDO:
A TODA LA OTRA EN MÉXICO Y AL NORTE DEL RÍO BRAVO:
A TODA LA SEXTA INTERNACIONAL:

COMPAÑEROS Y COMPAÑERAS:
HERMANAS Y HERMANOS:

Como es de conocimiento público, el día de ayer, 29 de octubre del 2006, las fuerzas federales del gobierno de Vicente Fox, atacaron al pueblo de Oaxaca y a su más digna representante, la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca, la APPO.

URGENT ACTION: ZAPATISTA SUPPORT BASES THREATENED WITH DISPLACEMENT IN "CHOLES DE TUMBALA"

With the modification of article 27 of the constitution by the neoliberal governments, the original people of these lands were condemned to disappear. In 2001 the House of Representatives, Senate, and the Federal Supreme Court refused to recognize the San Andrés Accords, leaving indigenous people with no choice but to exercise their autonomy and their collective rights, including their right to land and territory, by the following: the recuperation of lands that have historically been worked collectively and that represent the seat of mayan culture today.