Report 2 from La Realidad (May 24th)

Brief Report from La Realidad

This afternoon, all the support bases and all the adherents to the Sixth Declaration got together in the plaza, to listen to the words of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee–General Command of the EZLN, in the voice of Comandante Tacho, and Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés’s communiqué.

Among many other things, el Sup Moisés explained the links between the murderers of maestro Galeano–paramilitaries from the CIOAC-H–and the government of Chiapas. He notes that Florinda Santis, native of La Realidad and councilwoman for the PAN in Las Margaritas, obtains “project” funds from the government to provoke confrontations with the Zapatistas: He names the chain of relationships linked to the paramilitary attacks against the Zapatistas: Directors of the CIOAC, municipal government, governors, and ex-governors of the state of Chiapas. Sup Moisés also made mention of a number of recent harassments and armed attacks by the CIOAC against the Zapatistas, defining it clearly as a paramilitary organization and holding responsible the government of the state of Chiapas for the attacks.

Both Comandante Tacho and Subcomandante Moisés reiterated that what the Zapatistas seek is not revenge, but justice. “The revenge will be against the capitalist system,” they affirm.

After the act and the Zapatista hymn, all those in attendance visited the tomb of maestro Galeano, in a moving procession which leaves us with the pain and the rage and the conviction to continue struggling.

In the following days, the complete audios of the communiqués will be available on the pages of the free media present in La Realidad.

That is all for now, we will continue reporting.

From La Realidad.

Colectivo Radio Zapatista.

Translated from Spanish by Henry Gales.

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