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Mexican revolution, resistance is fertile

by Jen Wilton

From the rise of the #YoSoy132 student movement to the resurgence of the Zapatistas, Mexico remains at the very heart of the global cycle of struggles.

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”

~ Albert Camus

The winds of change are blowing in Mexico.

A growing wave of resistance is gathering momentum and can be found in the jungles and mountains of the south and in small indigenous communities and big cities alike. It is present along the coasts and across the plateaus, up to the bastions of power in Mexico City and beyond to the regions of the north, so badly scarred by the war on drugs. Continue reading “Mexican revolution, resistance is fertile”

ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #40

Six Revolutionary Scenarios for the Year Ahead

Hey all you dreamers, schemers and expectant souls out there….

In 2012, people all over the world shook off the dust of ignorance and idleness and began to fight for a future that computes. Freedom fights broke out across the globe: student uprisings in Quebec, Mexico and Chile, Arab Spring 2.0 in Egypt, austerity protests in Spain, Greece and the UK, Pussy Riot in Russia, the tiqqunists in France, the Zapatistas in Mexico, the indignados in Spain, resistance and protests across Japan, China, Tibet, and most recently, #idlenomore across Canada.

The global wake up calls of 2012 could intensify and culminate in a Global Spring … fierce revolts, insurrections, uprisings, regime changes … stunning mind-shifts in all areas of life!

Here are six revolutionary scenarios that could unfold this year: Continue reading “ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #40”

50,000 Mayan Zapatistas march for New Era

Zapatistas: “to be heard, we march in silence”

Posted on December 22, 2012 by OrsanSenalp

By Leonidas Oikonomakis On December 21, 2012

As the Maya calendar ends, a new cycle of struggle begins with thousands of Zapatistas peacefully and silently occupying town squares across Chiapas.

The Zapatistas are back! Flowing like the water of the river that beats the sword. And while some were anticipating the Christmas holidays, some others the end of the Maya calendar, and others still the new Communiqué from the Comandancia General of the EZLN that was announced back in November, the main cities of Chiapas woke up today with memories of 1994. Continue reading “50,000 Mayan Zapatistas march for New Era”

ZAPATISTAS EN DÍA DE LA RESISTENCIA INDÍGENA

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CIUDADES DEL MUNDO REALIZAN “ECO MUNDIAL EN APOYO A ZAPATISTAS” EN DÍA DE LA RESISTENCIA INDÍGENA

Se reinicia en el mundo etapa de apoyo a zapatistas en Chiapas

Impulso a protestas y asedio de las embajadas mexicanas

Entregan en Londres demanda de libertad de Francisco Sántiz López Continue reading “ZAPATISTAS EN DÍA DE LA RESISTENCIA INDÍGENA”

solidarity call: Camp Evicted # YoSoy132 Puebla, 60 arrested

Mexico: Press urgent. Evicted Occupy Camp # YoSoy132 Puebla, 60 arrested
It was about 3:20 pm on this day, a group of about 60

People were arrested, including children and adults, on a charge of disorderly conduct … Continue reading “solidarity call: Camp Evicted # YoSoy132 Puebla, 60 arrested”

Mexican election: The Factory of Lies.

Mexican court throws out election challenge, sparking riots (PHOTOS)

At least 32,000 protesters marched through Mexico City on Sunday to protest the “imposition” of the new president. They accuse president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, a member of the old ruling party, of electoral fraud.
Protesters have dubbed the country’s TV giant Televisa a “factory of lies.”

Enraged protesters gathered in the capital of Mexico following a court decision to disregard a challenge to Enrique Pena Nieto’s presidency. The newly-elected president was accused of money laundering and buying votes.

Hundreds of angry activists hurled stones, eggs and bottles at the police and the court building, and shouted slogans calling for a revolution. They brandished banners, saying “we demand this dirty election to be overturned,” and “Pena is not our president.”

The protesters knocked down metal barriers that had been erected around the court and brawled with the riot police who had assembled there.

Presidential election runner-up Andres Manuel Obrador accused Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party of buying five million votes and courting voters with presents of supermarket gift cards, fertilizer, cement and livestock. Continue reading “Mexican election: The Factory of Lies.”