Farewell to Subcomandante Marcos! ¡Adios al subcomandante Marcos!

Farewell to Subcomandante Marcos! The Zapatista spokesperson is gone.  Commentary & information @ Blogging for Chiapas    A project of Schools for Chiapas RSS Feed Available Farewell Marcos, long live Subcomandante Galeano! May 27, 2014 The disappearance/death of Sub-commander Insurgent Marcos was collectively decided by the Zapatistas and is designed to give life to the fallen Zapatista teacher Galeano; by extension, this powerful non-violent action may save lives in Mayan communities besieged by paramilitaries across [...] // Continue...  Marcos is Gone! Between the light and the shadow May 26, 2014 I am speaking to you and to those who listen to and look at us through you. Perhaps at the start, or as these words unfold, the sensation will grow in your heart that something is out of place, that something doesn't quite fit, as if you were missing one or various pieces that would help make sense of the puzzle that is about to be revealed to   [...] // Read the rest  Galeano, a Reminder of "Who" We Are - A Call to Action in Support of the Zapatistas May 23, 2014 I hear all kinds of arguments about what's wrong with schools and the sentiments tend to avoid the keys to what's essential in the creation of a learning environment: an understanding of "who" the person is who's being educated. And nothing gets at "who" a child, a student, is more than an educator who respects and appreciates that person's culture and gives him or her an education that's rich in the arts // Read more   Video of Votán Galeano May 22, 2014   This Spanish language video by the independent media collective Masde131 shows footage of the teacher Galeano reading the parting message of the Escuelita, "Freedom according to the Zapatistas", during the closing of its first round in August 2013 // Watch the video Peter Rosset on the war against the Zapatistas May 19, 2014   Is it really possible that anyone would consciously plan the murder of a teacher and the destruction of a Zapatista school, health clinic, and water system? How can it be that politicians, governments, or special interests are still attacking tiny Mayan communities after these communities have spent twenty years peacefully focused on education, health, ecological agriculture... //  Learn more   Galeano lives! New graphics available for public use! May 16, 2014 Galeano, a Zapatista teacher, was murdered on May 2, 2014 while defending a community school in Chiapas, Mexico. Because of this horrific attack near the Zapatista caracol of La Realidad which left 15 other Zaptistas hospitalized (learn more details here), people of conscience everywhere are publicly standing with the Zapatistas. Schools for Chiapas is offering [...] // Keep reading Chiapas peace effort launches! Sign-on and join the Week of Action: May 18-24 May 14, 2014   Dozens of intellectuals, artists, activists, and organizations have issued a "Call to Action in Support of the Zapatistas". Schools for Chiapas believes the actions proposed in this call represent an important chance to avoid war in Chiapas, Mexico and urges people of conscience everywhere to sign today at www.anattackonusall.org and participate // Read more Teacher dies defending Zapatista school; read his words May 12, 2014 The targeted assassination of a Zapatista teacher known as Galeano in Chiapas, Mexico has shocked and angered people around the world; we at Schools for Chiapas are equally horrified and are seeking to turn our outrage into action by publishing in English an actual educational evaluation made earlier this year by the fallen teacher Jose [...] // Continue reading Zapatista teacher dead, 15 seriously wounded in deadly Chiapas ambush May 7, 2014   Jose Luis Solís López, a teacher in the Zapatista's "Little School" (La Escuelita) was targeted and murdered, and at least 15 Zapatistas seriously injured, in an ambush by members of an anti-Zapatista organization known as CIOAC-H on Friday, May 2, 2014 // Learn more

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