EZLN: The Nation-state No Longer Has Decision Making Power
“Sovereignty is a bad joke. They can’t say that Mexico is sovereign, even if they say so on the Mañanera, if it can’t even decide whether to send oil to Cuba.”
“Sovereignty is a bad joke. They can’t say that Mexico is sovereign, even if they say so on the Mañanera, if it can’t even decide whether to send oil to Cuba.”
Despite the rhetoric of progressive left-wing governments and social programs, “none of them scratched the capitalist pyramid.”
The Zapatistas released images of vehicles belonging to the Mexican Army, the Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office, and state and municipal police from Ocosingo “at the service of Huixtán farmers.”
Zapatista Subcommandante Moisé said “it’s not a meeting of analysis or theory, but rather a meeting of practical resistance” that will take place from August 2 to 17, in Morelia.
Leonardo Toledo, a scholar from Chiapas explains how cartel conflict and a glut of weapons are creating a perfect storm in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state and birthplace of the Zapatistas.