The Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle and the Other Campaign

“Muy lejos, había sonado una trompa de caracol. Lo que resultaba sorprendente, ahora, era que al lento mugido de esa concha respondían otros en los montes y en las selvas. Y otros, rastreantes, más hacia el mar, hacia las alquerías de Millot. Era como si todas la porcelanas de las costa, todos los lambíes indios, todos los abribones que servían para sujetar las puertas, todos los caracoles que yacían, solitarios y petrificados, en el tope de los Molesse hubieran puesto a cantar en coro.”
-Alejo Carpentier, “El Llamado de Los Caracoles,” El Reino de Este Mundo
This page is dedicated to the materials and information on the Sixth Declaration, the Other Campaign, and the Intergalactic. Check our page on Zapatismo for more background on the history and politics of the Zapatista movement.
Jan. 2009 | EZLN convokes women’s day event March 8; SubMarcos letter to Mama Corral
Sept. 16, 2008 | EZLN announces World Festival of Dignified Rage!
Sept. 11, 2008 | EZLN communique on Atenco prisoners
July 2008 | Military movement and state/ para military attacks in Zapatista territory. International Declaration of Solidarity in Defense of Zapatista Communities
Dec. 2007 | Naomi Klein: Zapatista Code Red
Oct. 1, 2007 | Alert on the New Offensive Against Zapatista Communities. English/Español
Oct. 11-14, 2007 | Indigenous Encounter of the Americas, Vicam, Sonora. Gallery; Words of Yaqui Tribe spokesperson Mario Luna: audio I/ audio II; Interview with Riel Manywounds, from Redwire Native Youth Media Society, Occupied Vancouver, BC, www.redwiremag.com; Interview (audio I/ audio II) with Doreen Silversmith, from Six Nations, Toronto, CA.
Sept. 22 | Other Campaign Suspended English/Español
Sept. 22 | Communique on the next phase of the Other Campaign
Intergalactica! See Enlace Zapatista or Regeneracion Radio for audios of the presentations by the Autonomous Zapatista Muncipalities in Rebellion during the July Encounter between Zapatista Peoples and Peoples of the World. Coming here:
- Notes on the Intergalactic (coming soon)
- Interview with Movimiento Unido del Barrio de Tepito, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Interview with Ya Basta Italia
- Interview with the Frente del Pueblo en Defensa de la Tierra, San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, Mexico
- Interview with the Icharus Project, New York City, New York
- Interview with George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition, USA
- Interview with El Kilombo by Ya Basta (on the Global Project webpage)
June 2007 | Zapatista communique on the July International Encounter between Zapatista Peoples and Peoples of the World English/ Español
May 20, 2007 | Kilombo Statement for the meeting between Zapatista Sixth Commission and the Other Side
April 20, 2007 | EZLN communique: The Zapatista delegation of the Sixth Commission of the Other Campaign in the North is harassed by military. English/ Español
April 8, 2007 | Communique: Update on the Other Campaign: the Consultation, the First and Second Phases, repression against adherents, and the National Program of Struggle. English/ Español
March 25, 2007 | Communique: Call for World Campaign in Defense of Indigenous and Rural autonomous lands, read by Comandanta Kelly at the beginning of the second phase of the Other Campaign, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. English/ Español
March, 2007 | Communique: Hostilities against the Zapatista Communities and announcement of the second phase of the Other Campaign. English/ Español
Dec 30, 2006 | Kilombo statement for the Meetings between Zapatista communities and Communities of the World English/ Español.
The Other Campaign in the North: (audio, text, and slides made for our community assembly in Durham, NC) [includes Sinaloa, Baja California Sur, Baja California Norte, Sonora, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas. The Other states, South and Central, our found in the archives of the blogspot]
Oct. 30, 2006 | EZLN Communiqué in support of Oaxaca resistance English/Español
Oct. 2, 2006 | Zapatistas announce Intergalactic preparatory meetings English/ Español
EZLN communiques after the elections, “what’s next?”
The Zapatistas and the Other: The Pedestrians of History
L@s Zapatistas y La Otra: Los Peatones de la Historia
- Sept. 17, 2006 Part I English/ Español
- Sept. 19, 2006 | Part II English/Español
- Sept. 23, 2006 | Part III English/ Español
- Sept. 26, 2006 | Part IV English/ Español
- Sept. 28, 2006 | Part V English/ Español
Sept. 16, 2006 | Itinerary proposal for the continuation of the Journey English/ Español
Sept. 13, 2006 | The Other Campaign Journey to continue! EZLN communique: English/ Español
July 26, 2006 | Communiqué from the Intergalactic Commission on the progress of the Intergalactic Encuentro. Español/English
June 3, 2006 | Letter from the Intergalactic Commission: One month since the Repression in Atenco. Español/ English.
May 30, 2006 | Letter from Delegate Zero to Adherents of the Other Campaign and the Sixth Declaration. Español.
May 29, 2006 | Second report on International mobilizations in support of Atenco. Español.
May 28, 2006 | First report on International mobilizations in support of Atenco. Español/English
May 25, 2006 | Communiqué from Lt. Col. Moises of the Intergalactic Commission, call for global actions on May 28th for the liberation of political prisoners. Español/ English
May 19, 2006 | Report of activities on May 19, International Day of Action for the Liberation of Political Prisoners from San Salvador Atenco and the Other Campaign. Español/ English
May 16, 2006 | Communiqué from the Intergalactic Commission regarding May mobilizations to free political prisoners. Español/ English
May 14, 2006 | Communiqué from the Sixth Commission on May mobilizations for the liberation of the political prisoners taken in San Salvador Atenco. Español/ English
May 12, 2006 | Letter from women political prisoners in Santiaguito, Almoloya, State of Mexico. Español/ English
May 4, 2006 | Insurgent Lieutenant Colonel Moises calls on the Intergalactic community Español/ English

photo: Reforma/AFP www.ezln.org.mx
May 3, 2006 | Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos’ discourse, Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco. Español/ English
May 3, 2006 | After a violent struggle between residents of San Salvador Atenco defending their neighboring flower-growers in Texcoco threatened with eviction, the EZLN announces its unconditional support for the Atenco resistance, declares its forces on red alert, closes the Caracoles in Chiapas, and implements an alternative line of command should happen to Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
May 4, 2006 | Police invade San Salvador Atenco, savagely beating anyone in site, including community members, press, and international observers, raping or sexually abusing women, and taking hundreds of prisoners.

photo: La Jornada 5.6.06
May 5, 2006 | 5,000 people march peacefully into San Salvador Atenco, where Marcos declares suspended the EZLN’s participation in all activities of the Other Campaign and that he will remain in Mexico City until all political prisoners are released.
Check our Other Campaign blogspot for more details and ongoing coverage
Also read:
- Raquel Gutierrez: On the Sixth Declaration of the Lacondon Jungle and the Other Campaign
- Alejandro Nadal: Dangers to the Multitude/ Peligros de la Multitud
- Luis Hernandez Navarro: Atenco, La Revancha
- Narco News: Case Files: Testimonies of Rape by Police in the Aftermath of Atenco
Articles on the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign
- Luis Hernandez Navarro: The New Zapatista Exodus and Its Critics
- Pablo González Casanova: Ultima llamada
- Angel Luis Lara: A Very Other Sense
- Raúl Zibechi: Brigada Callejera. Sexo, revolución y cambio social
- Naomi Klein: Zapatista Code Red
Communiques Related to the Sixth Declaration
June 19th | General Red Alert/ Alerta Roja General
June 20th | Two Years of Restructuring / Finaliza Reorganizacion Politico-Militar del EZLN
June 20th | On the Motives of the General Red Alert/ Sobre Motivos de la Alerta Roja General
June 21st | Almost a Farewell / Carta a la sociedad civil nacional e internacional
June 26th | Results of the Zapatista Referendum; Resultados de la Consulta Zapatista
July 11th | Red Alert Lifted/ Se levanta Alerta Roja
July 13th | Proposal for Prepartaory meetings on the Sixth/ Propuesta de reuniones preparatorias
July 13th | The CCRI-CG names work commissions for the Sixth/ El CCRI-CG nombra comisión para los trabajos de la Sexta
July 22nd | A Penguin in the Selva Lacandona, Part 1 / Part 2; Un Pinguino en la Selva Lacandona. I/II / II/II<
[All EZLN communiques can be found in Spanish at http://palabra.ezln.org.mx/]

