Violent Escalation Raises Fears in Chiapas
On August 29 and 30, 2008 Zapatista small
farming families once again faced a serious
escalation in the disturbing pattern of
violence which has swept Chiapas in recent
months. The latest
attack by armed paramilitary forces occurred
in the autonomous municipality of Olga Isabel
and resulted in the wounding of 43 year old
peasant Mariano Pérez Guzmán. Click
here to
read the Spanish language denunciation
published by Zapatista officials in the
caracol of Morelia.
Mensaje del SCI Marcos y del Tte.
Coronel I.
Moisés.
a los miembros de la Caravana
Nacional y Internacional de observacion y
solidaridad con las comunidades zapatistas de
Chiapas. Caracol de La
Garrucha, 2 de agosto del 2008.
Available
only in Spanish.
Haz
clic aquí para escuchar los audios o leer
las transcripciones.
Escalada de la Violencia en Chiapas
En el 29 y 30 de Agosto, 2008, familias
Zapatistas enfrentaron otra ves una escalada
grave en la paterna inquietante de violencia
aumentando aquí en Chiapas. El ultimo ataque
desde paramilitares armadas, ocurrió en el
municipio autónoma de Olga Isabel y resulto
en la hería de Mariano Pêrez Gomes, un
campesino de 43 años.
Haz
click aquí para leer le denuncia desde
los Zapatistas encargados del caracol de
Morelia.
Zapatista Neem tree plantings increase
across Chiapas
This summer many Zapatistas worked with
Schools for Chiapas to plant Neem trees
throughout Chiapas. Neem (Azadirachta
indica), which has a 4000 year history
of medicinal, domestic, and agricultural uses
worldwide, supports Mayan health and ecology
projects.
Click
here
to see an informative photo essay about the
Neem tree plantings in Chiapas during the
summer of 2008.
Zapatistas sembra árboles de Nim
en Chiapas
Durante este
verano, muchos Zapatistas trabajaban con
Escuelas para Chiapas sembrando árboles de
nim en todo el Chiapas. El árbol de nim
(Azadirachta indica), conocido come 'la
farmacia del
pueblo," tiene un historia de 4000 años de uso
medicinal, domestica, y agricultural en
varios partes del mundo. Haz
click aquí para
ver photos de la siembra de nim en Chiapas
durante
el verano de 2008.
Promoting education for dignity, democracy, and justice!
Participants on a Schools for
Chiapas trip pay their respects at the grave
of Comandanta Ramona during 2007 "Day of the
Dead" celebrations in San Andres, Chiapas,
Mexico.
Click
here for information about spending Day
of the Dead 2008 with Schools for Chiapas in
the misty mountains of the Mexican southeast.
Escuelas para Chiapas / Schools for Chiapas
is a project of
Grass Roots Events, Inc. a
Federal tax-exempt,
501(c)3 California corporation
with a U.S.
mailing
address located at 1631 Dale
Street, San
Diego, CA
92102.
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Our cultural
and
educational work has been
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than
20
years by thousands of
individual donors including
many people of conscience
who are members of the
National Education
Association. In addition,
dozens
of artists, organizations, and
foundations have
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Activist San
Diego,
Agapa Foundation, Amado
Avendano, The Big
Kitchen, Big
Noise Films, Roy Brown,
California Arts Council,
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Association - Canada,
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Democracy, CNTE - Oaxaca
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Coordination of
Education Workers - Mexico),
Rosario Ibarra de
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Children, John Hancox, Jose
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Medina, Ernie
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Wilderness Center, Gabino
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