September 17, 2005
New Zapatista Road Trip

The Zapatistas have announced that, 5 years after the Zapatista caravan to Mexico City in support of indigenous rights, they will make another trip out of the Lacandon forest to publicize the "other campaign", their contribution to a national debate during the Mexican elections.

ABC News: Zapatista rebel leader unveils Mexico tour plans

And an environmental group in Chiapas has called on the rebels to include protection of natural resources as a part of their platform, noting that leftist groups have always struggled against the exploitation of man by man, but never see the unjust and absurd exploitation of nature that is done by every social system, without exception ("siempre han luchado contra la explotación del hombre por el hombre, pero nunca ven lo injusto y absurdo que es la explotación de la naturaleza que hacen todos los sistemas sociales, sin excepción").

IndyMedia Chiapas - Grupo ecologista pide al EZLN incluir defensa de recursos

Posted by Dave at September 17, 2005 10:29 PM