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@ Scott Campbell
2025-02-22 20:37:51
Six years ago, Indigenous Nahua community organizer Samir Flores was murdered in Amilcingo, Morelos, for his work opposing the neoliberal Morelos Integral Project (PIM). Over the past few days, there have been mobilizations in Mexico to protest his assassination, the government's role in it, and the ongoing impunity in the case: https://itsgoingdown.org/global-days-of-action-justice-for-samir-flores/
As part of those mobilizations, this morning inhabitants of the 12 Zapatista caracoles organized candlelight vigils condemning the government and calling for justice for Samir. Videos of the vigils can be found here: https://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2025/02/22/jornadas-globales-justicia-para-samir-flores-soberanes/.
While appreciating that there is a time and place for each tactic - from the armed uprising to the peaceful vigil - it is striking to me the evolution of Zapatista struggle over the past 31 years. What started as a clandestine armed movement that took over a third of the state of Chiapas is now holding unmolested candlelight vigils in the face of government-backed executions of Indigenous comrades in the struggle.
What to make of this? I don't have any profound conclusions, nor am I looking to condemn, but rather to offer an observation. I have several thoughts on the Zapatista trajectory and its manifestation in the current moment, but those are too lengthy to get into here. What do you think?
https://desinformemonos.org/sorpresiva-y-pacifica-accion-de-los-zapatistas-a-seis-anos-del-asesinato-de-samir-flores/
#Mexico #Chiapas #Morelos #SamirFlores #EZLN #Zapatistas
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