> > This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of the Austin Comite > de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico. > ====================================== > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 11:11:56 -0600 (CST) > From: Harry M. Cleaver <hmcleave@telesto> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Actions in Europe? (fwd) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 09:27:47 -0600 (CST) > From: Harry M. Cleaver <hmcleave@mundo> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Chiapas > > On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Dear Harry Cleaver, > > I was shocked when I heard and read about the latest development in Mexico. > > The time of negociations and peace talks seems to be over since police and > > army are once again attacking the Zapatistas. > > You wrote that we have to demonstrate our solidarity with the Mexican > > indi'genas. Where can I write to? What else can we possibly do in Germany > > to support the Zapatistas? > > > > I'm looking forward to your answer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dear___: here in the U.S. people are organizing to protest these actions, > mostly at Mexican Consulates around the country, undoubtedly at the > Embassy in Washington D.C. Secondary targets are the U.S. government > whose $50billion bailout was designed to save the same government which > is launching this attack and American businesses with investments in > Mexico --these are the most interested in the "stabilization" of Mexico. > These would seem to be appropriate targets for action (of whatever sort, > from demonstrations to phone call protests, etc) in Europe. > > The only thing that stopped the military slaughter in Chiapas last > January was an international wave of protests that boiled up in Mexico, > in the U.S., in Canada and also in Western Europe. I would say that it is > urgent to regenerate that wave of action. > > Beyond such local actions, Europeans like the citizens of the U.S. and > Canada can raise money and send delegations of human rights observers and > journalists to Chiapas to expose the brutality of the Mexican military to > the whole world --just as they did last January and February. > > To build such an international wave of protest it is important that it be > perceived as such. Therefore, please keep us informed of any actions that > you or others might take in Europe! > > Your outrage and willingness to act will inspire others .... > > Harry > > > ====================================== > Harry Cleaver > Department of Economics > University of Texas at Austin > Austin, Texas 78712-1173 > USA > > Phone Numbers: (hm) (512) 442-5036 > (off) (512) 471-3211 > Fax: (512) 471-3510 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================== > > > >
