[WSF-Discuss] Fwd: [globalaction] II Encounter in Chiapas in July

[kolya abramsky]

--- friday <friday at nadir.org> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:52:19 +0200
> From: friday <friday at nadir.org>
> To: globalaction at lists.riseup.net
> Subject: [globalaction] II Encounter in Chiapas in
> July
> 
> 
> 
> II Encounter of the Zapatista Peoples with the
> Peoples of the World
> 
> Translation El Kilombo Intergaláctico
> 
> Communiqué of the Indigenous Revolutionary
> Clandestine Committee—General
> Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
> 
> June of 2007
> 
> To the People of Mexico:
> To the Peoples of the World:
> To the Adherents of the Zexta Internazional:
> To the Adherents of the Sixth Declaration:
> 
> Compañeros and Compañeras:
> Brothers and Sisters:
> 
> As was announced at the First Encounter of Zapatista
> Peoples with the
> Peoples of the World (held in January of this year),
> the Second Encounter
> will be held in the coming month of July. The
> objective of this encounter
> is that persons, groups, collectives, and
> organizations that struggle
> against neoliberalism, in Mexico and all over the
> world, hear directly the
> word of the EZLN’s bases of support on the process
> of the construction of
> autonomy in the Zapatista indigenous communities of
> Chiapas. For this
> reason, the EZLN, through its Intergalactic and
> Sixth Commissions, convokes:
> 
> The Second Encounter of Zapatista Peoples with the
> Peoples of the World.
> 
> To be held in Zapatista territory July 20 through 28
> of the year 2007, with
> the following characteristics:
> 
> First. Taking into account the difficulties that the
> rainy season provokes
> at this time in the state of Chiapas, the locations
> of the Encounter will
> not be the 5 caracoles (as was previously
> announced), but rather 3
> caracoles (Oventik, Morelia, and La Realidad),
> following the schedule that
> we here detail:
> 
> Friday, July 20: Caracol of Oventik, Zona Altos
> [Highlands Zone] of
> Chiapas. Welcome and Inauguration.
> 
> Saturday, July 21: Caracol of Oventik, Zona Altos of
> Chiapas. Plenary
> roundtables with presentations by the Zapatista
> bases of support of the
> Autonomous Municipalities of the Altos of Chiapas,
> and sessions for
> questions, observations, and proposals by attendees.
> 
> Sunday July 22: Transfer to the Caracol of Morelia,
> Zona Tzotz Choj.
> Welcome.
> 
> Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 23, 24, and 25:
> Caracol of Morelia,
> Zona Tzotz Choj. Plenary roundtables with
> presentations by the Zapatista
> bases of support of the Autonomous Municipalities of
> the Tzotz Choj Zone
> (Caracol of Morelia), the Northern Zone of Chiapas
> (Caracol of Roberto
> Barrios), and the Selva [Jungle] Tzeltal Zone
> (Caracol of La Garrucha), and
> sessions for questions, observations, and proposals
> by attendees.
> 
> Thursday, July 26: Transfer to the Caracol of La
> Realidad, Zona Selva
> Fronteriza [Jungle/Border Zone]. Welcome.
> 
> Friday, July 27: Caracol of La Realidad, Zona Selva
> Fronteriza. Plenary
> roundtables with presentations by Zapatista bases of
> support of the
> Autonomous Municipalities of the Zona Selva
> Fronteriza, and sessions for
> questions, observations, and proposals by attendees.
> 
> Saturday, July 28: Caracol of La Realidad, Zona
> Selva Fronteriza. Final
> Plenary and Closing.
> 
> Sunday, July 29: Return.
> 
> Second. The themes of the plenary roundtables are:
> 
> Health: Presentation given by the Health Promoters
> of the Zapatista
> communities.
> 
> Education: Presentation given by the Education
> Promoters.
> 
> Organization of the Communities: Presentation given
> by the municipal
> commissioners and officials.
> 
> Collective Work: Presentation given by the local,
> regional, and municipal
> collectives and coordinators of each zone.
> 
> The Struggle of Women: Presentation given by the
> women of the bases of
> support on their forms of organization at different
> levels, as “the women
> that we are.”
> 
> Autonomy: Presentation given by the autonomous
> authorities on the struggles
> and problems faced in the areas of work, health,
> education, trade, civil
> registry, justice, projects, etc.
> 
> Good Government: Presentation given by members of
> the Good Government
> Councils on their function in the construction of
> autonomy.
> 
> Evaluation of the Process of the Construction of
> Autonomy: Presentation
> given by members of the political directive of the
> EZLN (CCRI) on advances
> and problems in the 13 years of existence of the
> Zapatista Autonomous
> Municipalities in Rebellion (MAREZ) and the 4 years
> of the Good Government
> Councils (JBG).
> 
> Third. The method of work in the plenary roundtables
> will be: Presentation
> of the theme, followed by a session of observations,
> questions, and
> answers.
> 
> Fourth. In this Second Encounter the EZLN will have
> as special invitees the
> compañeros and compañeras of the Landless Movement
> in Brazil, of the
> Campesino Movement of Korea, of the Campesino
> Movement of Madagascar, of
> the Campesino Movement of the United States, and of
> other compas of the
> “Via Campesina” organization in Europe, Asia,
> Africa, and America.
> Given this, there will be a special space for the
> participation of these
> compañer at s.
> 
> The compañer at s of “Via Campesina” that have
> confirmed their
> attendance, among others, are:
> 
> 1) Soraia SORIANO, Brazil. Member of the National
> Directive of the Landless
> Movement (MST).
> 2) Tsirisoa RAKOTONIMARO, Madagascar, Africa. Leader
> of the Peasant
> Confederation of Madagascar (CPM).
> 3) Dong Uk MIN: South Korea. Coordinator of
> International Relations,
> Peasant League of Korea (KPL).
> 4) George NAYLOR, United States. President of the
> National Coalition of
> Family Farmers (NFFC).
> 5) Henry SARAGIH, Indonesia. World Coordinator of
> Vía Campesina (VC),
> Secretary General of the Federation of Peasant
> Unions of Indonesia (FSPI).
> 6) Nemesia ACHACOLLO, Bolivia. Leader of the
> National Confederation of
> Campesina Women “Bartolina Sisa” and
> Representative of the MAS (Evo’s
> party), member of the International Coordinating
> Committee (CCI) of Via
> Campesina.
> 7) Paul NICHOLSON, País Vasco. Leader of the
> Peasant Union of País Vasco
> (EHNE), member of the International Coordinating
> Committee (CCI) of Via
> Campesina.
> 8) Juana FERRER, Dominican Republic. Continental
> Coordinator of the Latin
> American Coordination of Organizations of
> Countryside (CLOC), Secretary
> General of the National Confederation of Women of
> the Countryside
> (CONAMUCA), Dominican Republic, member of the
> International Coordinating
> Committee (CCI) of Via Campesina.
> 9) Rafael ALEGRIA, Honduras. Coordinator of Via
> Campesina-Central America,
> Member of the International Coordinating Committee
> (CCI) of Via Campesina,
> Coordinator of the World Campaign for Agrarian
> Reform of Via Campesina.
> 10) Blanca CHANCOSO, Quito, Ecuador. Leader of the
> Confederation of
> Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) (allies
> of Via Campesina),
> member of the Continental Commission of Indigenous
> Peoples and
> Nationalities.
> 11) Yudhvir SINGH, India. Leader of the Peasant
> Union “Bhartiya
> Kissan,” India.
> 12, 13, 14) Uthai SA-ARTCHOP, Patiphan WIRIYAWANA,
> and Banbita YANGDEE,
> Thailand. Members of the Assembly of the Poor (AOP),
> Thailand.
> 15) Carlos MARENTES, United States. President of
> Agricultural Workers of
> the Border, United States.
> 16) Kalissa REGIER, Saskatoon, Canada. Leader of the
> National Agricultural
> Union (NFU), Canada.
> 17 y 18) Rodolfo POCOP and Juan TINEY, Guatemala.
> Leaders of the National
> Indigenous and Campesino Coordination (CONIC),
> members of the Continental
> Commission of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities.
> 19) Alberto GOMEZ, Mexico. Leader of the UNORCA,
> Coordinator of Vía
> Campesina-North America, member of the International
> Coordinating Committee
> (CCI) of Via Campesina.
> 
> 
> Fifth. Inscriptions and accreditations will begin by
> internet on July 2,
> 2007, at the following webpages:
> 
> www.zeztainternazional.org and
> enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx
> Email: encuentrojulio at ezln.org.mx
> 
> Accreditations will be distributed starting Monday,
> July 16, 2007, in San
> Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, at:
> 
> The office of Enlace Zapatista: Avenida Ignacio
> Allende 22-A, Barrio de San
> Antonio, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas.
> Telephone: (01) 967 6781013
> 
> Additionally, there will be a place for inscription
> and accreditation in
> each of the caracoles where the plenaries will be
> held.
> 
> Sixth. It is recommended that those attending bring
> the necessary items to
> spend the night. In the caracoles there will be
> affordable food stands, but
> attendees can also bring their own food.
> 
> We invite all honest, noble, and committed persons
> of Mexico and the World
> to attend.
> 
> >From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
> Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine
> Committee—General Command of the
> Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
> 
> 
> Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
> Sixth Commission.
> 
> Teniente Coronel Insurgente Moisés.
> Intergalactic Commission.
> 
> Mexico, June of 2007.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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