[news] Zapatista Code Red

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

by Naomi Klein - December 21, 2007

...[The Zapatista] army faces a grave new threat...During the 1994 uprising, the EZLN claimed large stretches of land and collectivized them, its most tangible victory. In the **San Andrés Accords**, the right to territory was recognized, but the Mexican government has refused to fully ratify the accords. After failing to enshrine these rights, the Zapatistas decided to turn them into facts on the ground. They formed their own government structures...and stepped up the building of autonomous schools and clinics. As the Zapatistas expand their role as the de facto government in large areas of Chiapas, the federal and state governments' determination to undermine them is intensifying.  


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