And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:46:15 -0600 (CST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: En;EZLN News Summary,Dec.13 > >This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. > > >Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:00:08 -0500 >From: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: sunday news summary, 12/13 >Sender: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: chiapas-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chiapas-i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sunday News Summary > >by irlandesa >****************************** > >Sunday, December 13, 1998 > >(Note: There is a subsequent post, a Supplement, which is a new >translation of a communique by Subcomandante Marcos from last year, in >which he attempts to clarify the then current - and, unfortunately, still - >circumstances surrounding the peace process. It is an excellent, clear and >concise exegesis). > >*** BACK TO BUSINESS: THE CHARADE CONTINUES *** > > Following the Encuentro between the EZLN and civil society - and >the encounter between the EZLN leadership and the Cocopa - the streets of >San Cristobal de las Casas remain fetid with police of various stripes, >while the newly riche duce of Chiapas, Roberto Albores Guillen, continued >to unroll his Grand Plan for the state, which is, basically, a >straight-forward exercise in pretending to counter the EZLN's demands for >renewal of dialogue. So, we shall follow those demands, and the responses >to them, one by one... > > 1): The Carrying out of the San Andres Accords - This one is being >orchestrated at the national level and shoveled down the pipeline to all >the states by the federal Department of Government. Some months back >Francisco Labastida Ochoa, the Secretary of that less than august body, >faxed the states their own little cheat sheet: a fill-in-the-blank >Indigenous Reform form. As it were. > In Chiapas, of course, this is being shoveled as the Redistricting >Scam. In Albores' own words, during his recent State of the State address: > "..."The creation of new municipalities will give a new face to >Chiapas, it will re-orient the state's political geography and offer an >answer to one of our peoples' greatest needs: that of being tied in a >direct form with the authorities, strengthening governability and >guaranteeing better services to the communities..." > Exactly, of course. > > 2) A Serious Proposal Concerning the Accords Reached at Table II >[at San Andres, re: Democracy and Justice] - At the federal level, there >has been less talk of late about State reform, between the Fobaproa debacle >and the collapse of the economy - with oil prices and budgets going down >and the cost of basic foodstuffs going up. At the state level, there is >little left to be said on this issue. The recent elections - between being >held under patently inappropriate circumstances following the devastation >of the floods - and purchased, often, and blatantly, with the very aid that >was meant for the victims of that flood - speak for themselves. > > 3) Military Detente in Chiapas - The Federal Army came scuttling >out of their barracks the moment - and in some cases, jumping the gun - the >zapatista leadership had retired to theirs. Within days, they had >attempted to prevent indigenous from working a communal predio, and, in the >process, wounded three of them. Air and land surveillance was notably >increased above and about the Aguascalientes, and there has been a similar >intensification in the presence of other security forces, in places such as >Ocosingo and San Cristobal de las Casas. > The latest strategem, reported several times over the last few >weeks, involves a very clear tag-team approach, with army and/or other >security forces working in conjunction with known paramilitary groups. One >or the other accosts the likely "suspect", only to then be approached, or >followed, or blocked, by the other. > This, simultaneous with Albores' State of the State in which he >spoke of his new voluntary decomissioning proposal. And this is how he he >described those paramilitary groups: "...some persons have grouped >together and armed themselves in order to defend their physical safety, >that of their family, their heritage and their interest, from attacks by >other groups.." [Excelsior, 12/1/98]. Defending themselves from groups >such as the 45 displaced Las Abejas members, mostly women and children, >slaughtered in the midst of prayer? > > 4) Release of the Zapatista Prisoners - The zapatista prisoners >continue in prison. The state continues to ignore pleas and condemnations >from family members, lawyers, human rights groups, the National Human >Rights Commission and most of the world. > > 5) A Commissioner With the Capacity for Decision-making, >Respectful, etc. - First, Emilio Rabasa Gamboa, government peace guy, has >been sprung and is now doing the European Grand Tour, beginning with Italy, >where he shall try to salvage the EU-Mexico trade agreement. One hopes he >took his decoder ring. > As for the Cocopa, since their encounter with the zapatista >leadership in Chiapas the third week in November, they have met as a body >several times but remained, mostly, quiet. Some members have said they are >"examining their role". Some of the best words, still, on this subject, >are in the Marcos' communique, following as a Supplement to the Summary. > >*** ON THE GROUND: ASSASSINATIONS AND SOLIDARITY *** > > Five zapatista sympathizers were killed during the first four days >of the month, and others were wounded; more zapatista sympathizers were >thrown out of their municipal offices and off their lands; paramilitary >groups stepped up their harassment and attacks; foreigners - regardless of >their interests - were subjected to increased levels of extra-judicial >hounding and The Voice of Cerro Hueco is still in the Cerro Hueco..and in >other Chiapas jails. > Pastors for Peace came and delivered 12 tons of food and money in >the conflict zone. > >*** AFTER THE ENCUENTRO *** > > The EZLN has remained silent since its meeting with civil society >from November 20 to 22, but civil society has not. The reportage, >communiques and many of the presentations have been circulating widely, >there has been a flurry of useful, thoughtful articles, especially in La >Jornada and its supplements and preparations of workshop and primer >materials for the National Consultation on the Cocopa Law (and for an End >to the War of Extermination) are under way. > >*** A BILLET-DOUX *** > > "...Excuse me, madame civil society, from distracting you from your >numerous activities and countless anxieties. I am only writing to tell >that you we are here, that we continue to be ourselves, that resistance is >still our flag and that we still believe in you. Whatever may happen, we >shall continue to believe. Because hope, my lady of the all-encompassing >face and vast name, is now an addiction for us... > >.Accept, my lady, these three flowers. The other four will arrive >when�if they arrive at all. > >Vale. Salud and remember that wisdom consists in the art of discovering, >behind the pain, hope." > > Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos > 5/18/96 > >************************** >************************** > > > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words >unsubscribe chiapas95 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Previous messages >are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html >or gopher://eco.utexas.edu. > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
