http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/2/2007&Cat=2&Num=003
Remembering the victims of the reign of terror
By Leonard Peltier
For the past thirty-two years supporters have gathered at Oglala to honor the lives that were lost on June 26, 1975 and in the “reign of terror”. This year will be the eighth year that the Oglala Commemoration Committee has sponsored the gathering. For those of us who were unable to physically attend the gathering at Oglala, we each honor and remember this day in our own special way. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all the victims from the “reign of terror”. In Memory Of:
Frank Clearwater, Buddy LaMont, Sandra Wounded Foot, Leo Wilcox, Clarence Cross, Priscilla White Plume, Julius Bad Heart Bull, Melvin Spider, Philip Black Elk, Aloysius Long Soldier, Phillip Little Crow, Allison Fast Horse, Edward Means, Jr., Edward Standing Soldier, Roxeine Roark, Dennis Lecompte, Jackson Washington Cutt, Robert Reddy, Delphiene Crow Dog, Elaine Wagner, Floyd Bianas, Yvette Loraine Lone Hill, Leon L. Swift Bird, Martin Montileaux, Stacy Cortier, Edith Eagle Hawk, Jeanette Bissonette, Richard Eagle, Hilda R. Good Buffalo, Jancita Eagle Deer, Ben Sitting Up, Kenneth Little, Leah Spotted Elk, Joseph Stuntz, James Brings Yellow, Andrew Paul Stewart, Randy Hunter, Howard Blue Bird, Jim Little, Olivia Bianas, Janice Black Bear, Michelle Tobacco, Carl Plenty Arrows, Frank LaPointe, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Lydia Cut Grass, Byron Desersa, Lena R. Slow Bear, Hobart Horse, Cleveland Reddest, Betty Jo Dubray, Marvin Two Two, Julia Pretty Hips, Sam Afraid of Bear, Kevin Hill, and Betty Means. You will always be in my prayers. Do what you can, where you can, from where you stand and -- to quote Sitting Bull – let’s see what kind of nation we can make for our children. I don’t say I love you easily but I want you to know that I love you -- my heart is with you and never, never, never give up!
Leonard Peltier # 89637-132 U.S.P. Lewisburg,
P.O. Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA USA 17837
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
www.leonardpeltier.net
July 2, 2007
Pan Left, truth-telling with art and video
(Photo: Backpacks left behind in the desert by migrants. More than 4,000 people, including many Indigenous Peoples from Mexico and Central America, have died in the Southwest desert. Photo 2: Pancho Medina faces off with his work. Photos Brenda Norrell) TUCSON -- The Third Annual Rasquacho Art Show, a fundraiser for the video collective Pan Left Productions, was held at the Splinter Brothers and Sisters Warehouse on Saturday night. A video was shown of the work of the Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, revealing how U.S. borders dissected Indigenous communities and resulted in border agents now harassing and abusing Indigenous Peoples in their homelands. Artwork on display included the work of Pancho Medina, Gail Contreras, Tanya Alvarez, Valarie James, Raquel Mogollon, and Barbara Tesso.
Article at Tucson Weekly:http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=97777
Pan Left Productions:
http://www.panleft.org/
Zapatistas gather in Oventik, Morelia and La Realidad in July
(Marcos and Comandantes in Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico, south of the Arizona border in 2007. Below: Marcos in Sonora. Photos Brenda Norrell)
Narco News
II Encounter of the Zapatista Peoples with the Peoples of the World
Communiqué of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
June of 2007
To the People of Mexico:To the Peoples of the World:To the Adherents of the Zexta Internazional:To the Adherents of the Sixth
Declaration:Compañeros and Compañeras:Brothers and Sisters:
As was announced at the First Encounter of Zapatista Peoples with the Peoples of the World (held in January of this year), the Second Encounter will be held in the coming month of July. The objective of this encounter is that persons, groups, collectives, and organizations that struggle against neoliberalism, in Mexico and all over the world, hear directly the word of the EZLN’s bases of support on the process of the construction of autonomy in the Zapatista indigenous communities of Chiapas. For this reason, the EZLN, through its Intergalactic and Sixth Commissions, convokes:
The Second Encounter of Zapatista Peoples with the Peoples of the World.
To be held in Zapatista territory July 20 through 28 of the year 2007, with the following characteristics:
First. Taking into account the difficulties that the rainy season provokes at this time in the state of Chiapas, the locations of the Encounter will not be the 5 caracoles (as was previously announced), but rather 3 caracoles (Oventik, Morelia, and La Realidad), following the schedule that we here detail:
Friday, July 20: Caracol of Oventik, Zona Altos [Highlands Zone] of Chiapas. Welcome and Inauguration.
Saturday, July 21: Caracol of Oventik, Zona Altos of Chiapas. Plenary roundtables with presentations by the Zapatista bases of support of the Autonomous Municipalities of the Altos of Chiapas, and sessions for questions, observations, and proposals by attendees.
Sunday July 22: Transfer to the Caracol of Morelia, Zona Tzotz Choj. Welcome.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 23, 24, and 25: Caracol of Morelia, Zona Tzotz Choj. Plenary roundtables with presentations by the Zapatista bases of support of the Autonomous Municipalities of the Tzotz Choj Zone (Caracol of Morelia), the Northern Zone of Chiapas (Caracol of Roberto Barrios), and the Selva [Jungle] Tzeltal Zone (Caracol of La Garrucha), and sessions for questions, observations, and proposals by attendees.
Thursday, July 26: Transfer to the Caracol of La Realidad, Zona Selva Fronteriza [Jungle/Border Zone]. Welcome.
Friday, July 27: Caracol of La Realidad, Zona Selva Fronteriza. Plenary roundtables with presentations by Zapatista bases of support of the Autonomous Municipalities of the Zona Selva Fronteriza, and sessions for questions, observations, and proposals by attendees.
Saturday, July 28: Caracol of La Realidad, Zona Selva Fronteriza. Final Plenary and Closing.
Sunday, July 29: Return.
Second. The themes of the plenary roundtables are:
Health: Presentation given by the Health Promoters of the Zapatista communities.
Education: Presentation given by the Education Promoters.
Organization of the Communities: Presentation given by the municipal commissioners and officials.
Collective Work: Presentation given by the local, regional, and municipal collectives and coordinators of each zone.
The Struggle of Women: Presentation given by the women of the bases of support on their forms of organization at different levels, as “the women that we are.”
Autonomy: Presentation given by the autonomous authorities on the struggles and problems faced in the areas of work, health, education, trade, civil registry, justice, projects, etc.
Good Government: Presentation given by members of the Good Government Councils on their function in the construction of autonomy.
Evaluation of the Process of the Construction of Autonomy: Presentation given by members of the political directive of the EZLN (CCRI) on advances and problems in the 13 years of existence of the Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities in Rebellion (MAREZ) and the 4 years of the Good Government Councils (JBG).
Third. The method of work in the plenary roundtables will be: Presentation of the theme, followed by a session of observations, questions, and answers.
Fourth. In this Second Encounter the EZLN will have as special invitees the compañeros and compañeras of the Landless Movement in Brazil, of the Campesino Movement of Korea, of the Campesino Movement of Madagascar, of the Campesino Movement of the United States, and of other compas of the “Via Campesina” organization in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Given this, there will be a special space for the participation of these compañer@s.
Fifth. Inscriptions and accreditations will begin by internet on July 2, 2007, at the following webpages:
www.zeztainternazional.org and enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mxEmail: encuentrojulio@ezln.org.mx
Accreditations will be distributed starting Monday, July 16, 2007, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, at:
The office of Enlace Zapatista: Avenida Ignacio Allende 22-A, Barrio de San Antonio, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas.Telephone: (01) 967 6781013
Additionally, there will be a place for inscription and accreditation in each of the caracoles where the plenaries will be held.
Sixth. It is recommended that those attending bring the necessary items to spend the night. In the caracoles there will be affordable food stands, but attendees can also bring their own food.
We invite all honest, noble, and committed persons of Mexico and the World to attend.
From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.Sixth Commission.
Teniente Coronel Insurgente Moisés.Intergalactic Commission.
Mexico, June of 2007.
(Thanks to El Kilombo intergalactico for the translation)
-->
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)