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Today is August 20, 2006 ~ Election day in Chiapas, Mexico
1. Chol de Tumbala: Police Burn Zapatista Community
2. Viveros de Nim / Neem Nurseries
3. Gloria Muñoz Ramírez on Zapatista anniversary
4. Acteal School Stolen / Tomaron Escuela en Polho
30 Zapatista families lose their homes and lands in police attack at Chol de Tumbala, Palenque, Chiapas
On Thursday, August 3, 2006 the homes of thirty indigenous families in a small farming community near Palenque, Mexico were cut down with chain saws and then burned by Chiapas state and municipal police. The clothing, kitchen utensils, animals, and other belongings of these impoverished Chol families were burned. All their fruit trees were also cut down and their food supplies were destroyed or stolen. These families, who are Zapatista bases of support, need your help!
In response to this humanitarian crisis, all donations received via the “Donate Now” button during August of 2006 on the Schools for Chiapas web page will be given to help the children of Chol de Tumbala. Five hundred dollars has already been donated to the indigenous authories in the north of Chiapas in anticipation of your generous support.
Please contribute TODAY! Join us in meeting these children's immediate needs!
Click here to donate to the children of Chol de Tumbala
¡Policía quema y tumba casas de 30 familias Zapatistas de la comunidad Chol de Tumbalá en Palenque!
El 3 de agosto elementos de Seguridad Pública y policías municipales quemaron y tumbaron con motosierras y la ayuda de dos tractores las casas de 30 familias choles. Los agresores destruyeron todas las pertenencias de la población; tumbaron los árboles frutales, quemaron los animales de corral y robaron el maíz desgranado.
Por ser bases de apoya del EZLN estos/as niñas/os, mujeres, hombres, están sin sus propios techos y sin sus propios alimentos.
Apoya con donaciones. ¡No están solos! ¡Cooperar Hoy! * ¡Infórmate!
Haz clic para apoyar los niños y las niñas de Chol de Tumbala
Chol de Tumbala ~ Junta of Good Government: The new seed that's going to produce
Caracol V: That Speaks For Everyone Roberto Barrios, Chiapas, Mexico.
To the national and international civil society
To the national and international press
To the human rights organizations
The Junta of Good Government denounces energetically the incidents which occurred today, August the 3rd, in the village Chol de Tumbala, Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipality El Trabajo. . .
At 11:30 in the morning arrived 3 cars of the Public Security, 3 cars of the municipal police and three large vehicles with elements of the Public Security, municipal police and persons in civilian dress. In total the eviction was carried out by more than 260 persons. They burned down and demolished 30 houses with machine saws and with the help of two tractors. After that they continued the burning and destruction of the entire village, burning and destroying clothes, dishes and kitchen utensils.
During the eviction the compañeros EZLN support bases Juan Jimenez Vazquez, Bartolo Arcos Mendoza and Mateo Sanchez Montejo were arrested. These three compañeros were wearing their ski-masks, taking the licence plate numbers of the cars, when they were apprehended and insulted by agents of the public security. . .
Click here to read the entire communication
Chol de Tumbala
Junta de Buen Gobierno: Nueva Semilla Que Va a Producir
Foto de Atenco en Mayo 2006
Caracol V: Que habla para todas/os
Roberto Barrios Chiapas México
A la sociedad civil nacional e internacional
A la prensa nacional e Internacional
A las organizaciones de derechos Humanos
La Junta de Buen Gobierno denuncian enérgicamente los hechos que sucedieron el di¬a de hoy 3 de agosto en el poblado de Chol de Tumbala Municipio Autonomo Rebelde Zapatista El Trabajo...Quemando y tumbando 30 casas con motosierras y con ayuda de dos tractores. Despues procedieron con las quemas y destruccion de la poblacion entera, quemando y destruyendo ropas, cubetas, utensilios de cocina.
Durante el desalojo fueron detenidos los compañeros bases de apoyo del EZLN Juan Jimenez Vazquez, Bartolo Arcos Mendoza y Mateo Sanchez Montejo. Estos tres compañeros estaban cubiertos con sus pasamontañas tomando los numeros de placas de los carros cuando fueron aprendidos e insultados por agentes de la seguridad publica . . .
Haz clic para leer todo el comunicado
Nim: Viveros para todos en Chiapas, Mexico
Estos son unos de las primeras matas de Nim plantaba en territorio Zapatista durante el mes de agosto 2006. El Nim es un árbol tropical siempre verde y originario del sudeste de Asia. Hoy día se cultiva en muchas regiones de África, Australia y América Latina. Una de las más antiguas y más usadas plantas medicinales en el mundo, ha sido querido y respetado en la India por más de 4.000 años.
Históricamente ha sido usado para ayudar al cuerpo a combatir enfermedades crónicas o temporales. También muy apreciado como árbol de sombra, reveló pronto sus utilidades para las actividades agro-pecuarias. Los científicos modernos continúan encontrando más aplicaciones medicinales y no medicinales. El Nim fue introducido recientemente en el Caribe, donde el extracto de sus semillas y hojas ha demostrado ser muy eficaz para controlar diferentes plagas que afectan tanto a los vegetales, como a los animales.
En Cuba, el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Fundamentales de la Agricultura Tropical (INIFAT), conjuntamente con otras instituciones, ha estado ejecutando un programa de investigaciones para conocer su utilidad en la producción agropecuaria. Hoy día, se sabe que productos derivados del Nim pueden afectar más de 200 especies de insectos, además de algunas garrapatas, nematodos, hongos, bacteria y también algunos virus. Además los compuestos hallados en la semilla, corteza y hojas del árbol han sido probados como antiséptico, antifebriles, anti.flamatorios, antivirales y fungicida. La efectividad del Nim ha sido demostrada un buen número de veces.
Haz click para leer mas sobre el nim
Neem: The Pharmacy of the People Arrives in Chiapas, Mexico!
After months of preparation and planning the autonomous, indigenous promoters of ecological agriculture are planting nurseries of Neem trees in several Zapatista zones of Chiapas, Mexico. (See one of the first planting in the photo above.) Eventually these beautiful trees will surround autonomous schools, health centers, and other Mayan centers.
Neem has been used for thousands of years in India to promote dental health and to treat many diseases such as Malaria, high cholesterol, gastritis, and fevers. In addition, this tree offers excellent shade and is effective against over 200 plagues that affect tropical agriculture. Finally, the fast growing Neem tree is useful in reforestation and provides excellent firewood and a strong, beautiful lumber.
Click here to learn more about the Neem tree
Los de abajo: Tres años de las Juntas de Buen Gobierno
La Jornada, 12 de agosto 2006.
L a Realidad. Chiapas.
El pasado 9 de agosto pasó inadvertido para la prensa, pero en territorio zapatista se celebraron, aunque no con baile ni ceremonias, tres años del trabajo de las juntas de buen gobierno, creadas en 2003 para consolidar un proceso que arrancó en diciembre de 1994 con la creación de 38 municipios autónomos y rebeldes.
La alerta roja acordada hace ya más de tres meses en solidaridad con los 27 presos de San Salvador Atenco y de la otra campaña no paralizó la autonomía, aunque postergó los contactos con el exterior y algunos proyectos de los pueblos, en su manera de refrendar su apoyo a quienes consideran sus compañeros.
El caracol Madre de los caracoles del mar de nuestros sueños, mejor conocido como el caracol de La Realidad, permanece cerrado con grandes mantas en las puertas principales en las que se lee: "Cerrado por alerta roja". Ahí no hay contactos ni visitas posibles. La junta no está, pero trascendió que se prepara . . .
Haz clic para leer esta carta escrito por Gloria Muñoz Ramírez
The Underdogs: Three Years of the Good Government Boards
La Realidad, Chiapas.
On August 9, unnoticed by the press, but in zapatista territory the work of the good government juntas was celebrated, but not with dances or ceremonies. They were created in 2003 in order to consolidate a process which got underway in December of 1994 with the creation of 38 autonomous and rebel municipalities.
The red alert that was agreed upon more than three months ago in solidarity with the 27 prisoners of San Salvador Atenco and of the Other Campaign did not bring the autonomías to a standstill, although it did put off contacts with the outside and some of the towns' projects, their way of endorsing their support of those whom they consider to be their compañeros.
The "Madre de los caracoles del mar in nuestros sueños" caracol, better known as the caracol of La Realidad, remains closed, with large banners on the main doors, on which can be read "Closed for red alert". Here, no contacts or visits are possible. The junta is not here, but it emerged that the turnover of positions . . .
Click to read the entire article by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez
Zapatista School Stolen in Acteal, Chiapas
This photo of the sign in front of the autonomous school in Acteal, Polho, Chiapas was taken in July 2006. However in August 2006, just before the children of Acteal were ready to return to school, the autonomous school and a number of other buildings behind this sign were occupied by members of the PRI party. The school sign itself is gone; and as of today, the Mayan children of Acteal have no where to attend school.
Schools for Chiapas is horrified at this act of violence against this important autonomous, indigenous education institution. We urge the occupiers to leave peacefully and allow the children of Acteal to return to their community school.
This emergency email is a little different than our normal newsletters and we apologize for not including more "upbeat" features. However it seemed important to let everyone know about some of the problems facing indigenous children and adults in Chiapas and to appeal for your support in this moment of crisis.
We'll have an email out soon with news of new school constructions and updates on the situation in Chiapas.
Por y para los niños y las niñas,
Escuelas para Chiapas / Schools for Chiapas
phone: 619-232-2841
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