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Europeans demand the French government the unhindered arrival of the Zapatista delegation .. Eng..Esp

By Desinformémonos Posted on Jul 20, 2021via Kaos en La Red translation The Free Online

More than a thousand people, groups and European organizations signed a letter to demand that the French government arrange the necessary measures for the Zapatista delegation to enter its territory by air in the middle of this month to carry out the Journey for Life.

In the request, addressed to the Minister of the Interior of France, the Minister of Europe and International Affairs and the Ambassador of France in Mexico, they informed that the delegation is made up of more than 160 nationals of Mexico, mainly indigenous indigenous Zapatista peoples of Chiapas who they have been preparing for months to reach

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Give Me Hope, Zapata ..

Reconstructing hope… from Zapatistas with Love

by Chiapas Support Committee photos added

Photo from the EZLN Roundtable April 5-15.

By: Gustavo Esteva

How do we contend with the mood that is spreading, molded by the mixture of fear and false hopes instilled by the verbal incontinence and theater of the candidates and political parties?

The oppressive repetition of the horror seems to be accustoming us to it. Each day we learn of a new aggression in Myanmar, Palestine, Syria…. Daily we add data to the obscene accounting of our assassinated, kidnapped, tortured, and disappeared which makes Mexico one of the most violent countries in the world.

: Zapatista rebels participate in a protest against violence in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas state, Mexico

Each day we learn of new pains of our countrymen in the face of ethnic cleansing now practiced with migrants across the world: millions of those who are on the del otro lado [U.S. side of the border] no longer dare to complete daily activities for fear of deportation;

Hundreds of thousands that do not know the country they were born in discover they no longer belong to the society where they have spent all of their lives.

This month horrific information was added to the daily news of climate change. A very respectable group of scientists warned, with very solid foundation, that the increase in ultraviolent radiation is seriously impacting all life on the planet, and of course, human beings. Continue reading “Give Me Hope, Zapata ..”