Looks like the Zapatistas are about to take arms against a paramilitary group in the region? holy shit all support
Hopefully this doesnt escelate a lot and the Zapatistas pull through , which im pretty sure they can in localized clashes with reactionary militias. They are a successfull project while they exist in mutual tho uneasy peace with the country's military and political status quo so im not that optimistic of the outcome if this devolves into a larger "civil war" with the military or larger cartel militias intervening. I dont doupt they are based in guirrela warfare and tactics but given their erea/population, tech-military-weapon equipment and lack off outside material support or founding/money i fear of losses ,inability to materially keep up and a regretable outcome if this escelates into generalized "civil war" style violence and not just them owning reactionary militias
Yeah this is a cool af quote but it doesnt make me a bit more optimistic regarding what i said
On another occasion there will be no communiqué. That is, there will not be words, but actions.
Uncritical support. :cmnd-marcos-pog:
Seems like ORCAO is part of a desestablizing effort on Chiapas working for Rutilio Escandón, the governor of Chiapas. State government has been systematically sabotaging negotiation efforts between the federal government and the zapatistas, and there has been a long line of brutal repression, particularly outstanding is the violent repression of normal school teachers protesting over the right of taking pen and paper tests instead of online tests in Mactumatzá. Those tests are mandatory to keep their positions and the repression was completely uncalled for.
Federal government is in a particular vulnerable position, Rutilio Escandón is affiliated to the PVEM party, which as of a few weeks has become a key player as AMLO's legislative majority hinges on their support. Who knows what will happen if the zapatistas end their historic 26 year truce.
I can't stress enough that it is a pretty solid bet that the state government is forcing the zapatistas' hand here, an end of the truce would be absolute lethal poison to AMLO and probably prematurely end his "fourth transformation" lofty goals.
So...the PVEM are literal eco-fash from what I read. Absolute nightmare group of people.
Not even, they're some sort of offshoot of the former ruling party in Mexico, PRI, meant to capture votes from clueless voters turned into a syphon of electoral budget money. It represents a handful of rich families, mostly, some of them are some sort of modern feudal lords in Chiapas (like the Velasco family). They believe in nothing. They're not even a party, despite acting as one.
Of course i am not aware of specifics but yeah, the state supported coffee union or something along those lines have been not happy with zapatistas not playing ball with them and have been burning down coffee depots and shit for a bit. it seems that zapatistas have reached a breaking point with that.
crazy shit, it would be the first straight up war action by them since they declared themselves autonomous almost 30 years ago, im pretty sure
I'm assuming donating/buying their goods from the website is the best route
sick as hell, when i purchased from them it was pretty fast! but it was also not a 10 pound bag.
I think we should definitely do something. I will post on my subreddit (gross, i know) if it escalates, we usually manage to get some eyeballs on causes through that
Any links to ways we can monetarily support them? If they are forced to ramp up to fully militant the state department could designate them as a terrorist org and cut them off from monetary access to comrades in the US.
the place i linked, schools for chiapas, sells various goods made/grown by zapatistas. flags, shirts, coffee, corn. its pretty cool.
If the current methods are shut down (as they may well be), there's still the Catholic Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, which is closely linked with EZLN supporters and negotiated the release of the kidnapped people.
I dont know about it directing back trying to place the order, but ive seen that message before.
