"Low intensity" war in Chiapas
Articles, audios, CD and more

War in Chiapas
Blog that attempts to gather all information from various sources on the situation in Chiapas: denunciations, reports, analysis, and links.
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (FrayBa)

Blog for denunciations by FrayBa
CD on Chiapas: music and reports, in Spanish and English. Download here (ZIP format)
"Low intensity war" - article by Radio Zapatista (Español / English / Français / Holandés)

Informative pamphlet (pdf)

Audios by Radio Zapatista (and others)

2010
20 de agosto	interview	Interview to community representatives at the "sustainable rural city" of Nuevo Grijalva, Chiapas (full, unedited interview)	Spanish	1:15 hr
Jul 9	Noticias de la Otra	Report on the community of Mitzitón, the roadblock to demand relocation of the paramilitary group Army of God, and the background of the conflict.	Spanish	15:45 min
Jul 2	Noticias de la Otra	Special report: Political prisoners from Atenco are freed, and Mitzitón (Chiapas) blocks the federal highway to demand that paramilitaries be relocated outside of their community.	Spanish	20:23 min
Jun 1	Noticias de la Otra	Report on Frayba's Annual Report and other news: Cucapa fishermen detained in Baja California Mobilization by Movimiento de resistencia civil contra las altas tarifas de la energía eléctrica de Candelaria, Campeche Armed attack against member of the Movimiento de resistencia civil contra las altas tarifas de la energía eléctrica de Candelaria Agression against members of Frente Cívico Tonalteco and the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Center Break-in and intimidations against journalist Laura Castellanos Solidarity actions in Paris Karakola Global convokes to cultural uprising (Subscribe to the podcast of Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	17:20 min
May 27	Frayba	Annual Balance of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center(Frayba) Welcome Introduction by Diego Cadenas Words by Tatik Samuel Balance by Agnieszka Raczinska Answers by Diego Cadenas to two questions Words by Las Abejas Summary of the Annual Balance	Spanish
May 23	Noticias de la Otra	One year after the recuperation of the Agua Azul pay booth. Ejidatarios from San Sebastián Bachajón, adherents to the other campaign, celebrate the aniversary of the takeover of the pay booth at Agua Azul, and other important news from Chiapas, the Other Campaign and the Zezta Internazional. (Subscribe to the podcast Noticias de la Otra.)	Spanish	16 min
Apr 28	Noticias de la Otra	Report on the lies published by the daily Reforma, with testimony by Leuccio Rizzo, whose photo the newspaper published claiming to be the unmasked face of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. In addition, latest news from Chiapas and the Other Campaign.	Spanish	13:30 min
Mar 17	Noticias de la Otra	Bolom Ajaw: Interview with the Good Government Council of Morelia. The JBG of Morelia speaks to us about the events on February 6 at Bolom Ajaw, the current situation and the government's strategy to undermine zapatismo while preparing the ground for tourism projects in the region. For more information on the precedents to the current situation, listen to our 1 Feb 2008 documentary with testimonies by compañer@s from Bolon Ajaw, Nuevo Progreso Agua Azul and 24 de Diciembre.	Spanish	15 min
Mar 5	Noticias de la Otra	Paramilitary attack to Mitzitón. In the community of Mitzitón, we spoke to residents members of the Other Campaign on the kidnapping, torture and armed attack suffered at the hands of paramilitary members of the Army of God.	Spanish	11:37 min
Feb 15	Noticias de la Otra	Encounter by the Movement for Justice in el Barrio, New York, and urgent news from Chiapas and the Other Campaign. Interview with Oscar from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, in East Harlem, New York, about their struggle and the Third Encounter for Dignity and against Gentrification. In addition, important news: Paramilitary aggressions by Opddic against zapatista bases of support at Bolom Ajaw Paramilitary threats by Ejército de Dios to Other Campaign adherents at Mitzitón National and international solidarity with zapatista communities Murder of sex worker in Mexico City March by the Frente Plural Ciudadano in repudiation of the massacre of 16 youths in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Inform by adherents to the other campaign of Valle de Chalco about the floods and request for aid Tlachinollan Human Rights Center in the mountains of Guerrero denounce violence against human rights activists	Spanish	20:15 min
Jan 12	Noticias de la Otra	Interview to the Good Government Council of Morelia on the local and national situation in this beginning of 2010: the rumors of a possible uprising, paramilitarization in Chiapas, construction of the San Cristobal-Palenque highway and other problems faced by zapatista communities.	Spanish	15:30 min
2009
Dec 25	Relatos zapatistas	Interview to Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center: Interviw with Jorge Armando about the work of the FrayBa, the recent history of repression in Chiaas, and the preparations of the Mexican state for 2010: the media campaign against human rights organizations and counterinsurgency actions in communities. (Audio by relatos zapatistas.)	Spanish	20 min
Oct 13	Noticias de la Otra	Resistance to tourism proyects in Chiapas: Interview with Víctor Hugo López from the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center about the growing state and paramilitary violence in Chiapas against the communities who oppose the construction of the San Cristóbal-Palenque highway and the mega tourism projects. (Subscribe to the podcast.)	Spanish	12 min
Aug 4	Noticias de la Otra	Violence and resistance in Mitzitón: The communal authorities of Mitzitón, Chiapas, denounce new agressions against them in the context of the construction of the San Cristóbal-Palenque highway. (Subscribe to the podcast.)	Spanish	8:22 min
May 26	Report (Podcast)	Noticias de la Otra: Report on the national and international mobilizations in solidarity with the political prisoners from San Sebastián Bachajón and the Mexican government's policy of repression against indigenous communities in Chiapas (Subscribe to the podcast.)	Spanish	11:20 min
May 17	Report (Podcast)	Noticias de la Otra: Report on the 8 zapatista political prisoners of San Sebastián Bachajón. (Subscribe to the podcast.)	Spanish	11 min
2008
Aug 4	Report	Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos and Teniente Coronel Insurgente Moisés greet the National and international caravan in solidarity with the zapatista communities, at the caracol of La Garrucha, and address them on the history of zapatismo, the EZLN's position toward power and the construction of autonomy. Reportaje en español / Report in English	Spanish English	11 min
Aug 2	Testimonies	Words by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos and Teniente Coronel Insurgente Moisés in the caracol of La Garrucha to the members of the National and International Campaign for Observation and Solidarity with Chiapas. Listen to the full speeches here.	Spanish	45 and 30 min
Aug 1	Program	Program in Spanish: Update on the situation in the Zapatista community of Cruztón and the national and international caravan in solidarity with Chiapas Report on the 21st meeting of the Central-Pacific region of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) Interview with Joaquín Cienfuegos from Cop Watch Los Angeles Interview with the compañer@s from South Central Farm	Spanish	56 min
Jun 25	Report	Report on the SSP (Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or ASPAN in Spanish) and its relationship with militarization and displacement in Chiapas, with interviews (by Group Basta, Germany, recorded in Mexico City) with Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy in Washington, and with Marco Antonio Velázquez Navarrete of the Mexican Network for Action Against Free Trade (Red Mexicana de Acción contra el Libre Comercio).	Spanish	13 min
Jun 19	Report	Report at La Garrucha about the repression and militarization in Chiapas and the recent military incursion in the region of La Garrucha, with interviews to Hermann Bellinghausen and Gloria Muñoz from La Jornada.	Spanish	13 min
Jun 19	Interview	Complete interview with Hermann Bellinghausen from La Jornada at the caracol of La Garrucha about repression and militarization in Chiapas and the recent military incursion. (Recorded in partnership with Regeneración Radio.)	Spanish	41 min
Jun 19	Interview	Interview with Alejandro from Radio Zapatista at the caracol of La Garrucha about repression and militarization in Chiapas and the recent military incursion. (Recorded in partnership with Regeneración Radio.)	Spanish	13 min
Jun	Interviews	Land grab against indigenous territories in Chiapas and attacks against the zapatista struggle. Interviews by Regeneración Radio: Gloria Muñoz, Hermann Bellinghausen, CAPISE, Frayba, CIEPAC, Radio Zapatista, cerro de Huitepec, Cruztón.	Spanish	various
Jun 13	Interview	Interview with Antoine Libert from CIEPAC, Chiapas, Mexico about militarization and counterinsurgency in Chiapas. By Tamara Herman, Tatiana Gomez, Aman Verma.	English	14 min
Jun 13	Interview	Interview with Miguel Pickard from CIEPAC, Chiapas, Mexico about militarization and counterinsurgency in Chiapas. By Tamara Herman, Tatiana Gomez, Aman Verma.	English	8 min
Jun 13	Interviews	Interviews with organizations accompanying the communities in resistance in Chiapas By Tamara Herman, Tatiana Gomez, Aman Verma.	English	25 min
Jun 13	Program	Program in English. Updates on Chiapas and Oaxaca. Alemany farms in San Francisco. Activist professor Manuel Callahan is refused tenure at Humboldt State University.	English	26 min
Jun 6	Program	Program in Spanish. Oaxaca: struggle against multinationals; public forum on the privatization of PEMEX. Chiapas: political prisoners; military incursions in zapatista territory; most recent military aggression at La Garrucha; European solidarity caravan to Chiapas. Plan Mexico (Merida Initiative) and its relationship to free trade agreements, privatization, and other neoliberal policies. Interview with member of CISPES on militarization and neoliberalism in El Salvador. Propositions 98, 99, F and G in the San Francisco bay area. Most recent news on raids. Domestic workers unite.	Spanish	55 min
Feb 1	Program	Program in Spanish: Low intensity war and threats of land eviction in Chiapas. Campaign The Fire and the Word in the U.S. Evictions in the Mission District in San Francisco.	Spanish	55 min
Feb 1	Documentary	Special documentary on the aggressions and threats of eviction against Zapatista communities in Chiapas: Testimonies from Bolon Ajaw, Nuevo Progreso Agua Azul, and 24 de Diciembre.	Spanish	20 min
Jan 11	Program	Program in English: Report on two communities affected by the Mexican government's undeclared war against Zapatista territory, in conjunction with paramilitary forces and pro-government peasant organizations (Bolon Ajaw and 24 de Diciembre). Interview with Prof. Marlon Sherman (Ogala Lakota) from Humboldt State University, who talks about the Lakota Indian declaration of autonomy.	English	30 min
Jan 4	Program	Program in Spanish: Lakota Indians declare autonomy; Remembering the massacre of Acteal; Commemorating women's resistance and Comandanta Ramona; Repression and paramilitarization in Chiapas.	Spanish	50 min
2007
Jan 11	Program	Program in English: Report on two communities affected by the Mexican government's undeclared war against Zapatista territory, in conjunction with paramilitary forces and pro-government peasant organizations (Bolon Ajaw and 24 de Diciembre). Interview with Prof. Marlon Sherman (Ogala Lakota) from Humboldt State University, who talks about the Lakota Indian declaration of autonomy.	English	30 min
Jan 4	Programa	Programa en español: Indígenas lakota declaran autonomía en EU; Recordando la masacre de Acteal; Conmemorando a las mujeres en resistencia y a la Comandanta Ramona; Represión y paramilitarización en Chiapas.	Spanish	50 min
Dec 14	Program	Program in English: Gang injunction - new anti-gang legislation and what it really means to our communities; Paramilitarization in Chiapas and Opddic; Demonstration against the destruction of housing in New Orleans.	English	26 min
Dec 7	Programa	Programa en español: Campamento contra las fronteras; Situación en Chiapas (Opddic, Bolom Ajaw/Agua Azul); Invitación al encuentro de mujeres; Lucha por preservar tierras indígenas en la Universidad de California, Berkeley; Invitación a colaborar con la situación en Nueva Orleans.	Spanish	60 min
Sep 14	Flashpoints	Represión y resistencia en México. Resistance and repression in Mexico	English Spanish	60 min
Sep 7	Programa	Represión y resistencia en México y Estados Unidos. Entrevista a Gloria Muñoz Ramírez sobre robo de intimidación a su casa y situación de represión en el país. Reportaje sobre la comunidad 24 de Diciembre. Átaque paramilitar contra zapatistas del municipio Olga Isabel y desalojo de comunidades en Montes Azules. Represión contra migrantes en Estados Unidos.	Spanish	56 min
Aug 23	Reportaje	Reportaje sobre la comunidad 24 de Diciembre: Radio Zapatista visitó la comunidad 24 de Diciembre para escuchar los testimonios de los pobladores y el caracol de La Realidad, para hablar con la Junta de Buen Gobierno. Este reportaje explica la situación de la comunidad, amenazada de despojo por la Unión de Ejidos de la Selva, la policía estatal y el ejército federal. Cuenta también, en la voz de los zapatistas, la resistencia pacífica y organizada al despojo.	Spanish	17 min
Aug 23	Report	Report on the zapatista community 24 de Diciembre.	English	11 min
Aug 23	Entrevista	Entrevista completa con los compas de la comunidad 24 de Diciembre, amenazada de desalojo por la Unión de Ejidos de la Selva en complicidad con el ejército federal y la policía estatal.	Spanish	31 min
Aug 23	Entrevista	Entrevista con la Junta de Buen Gobierno de La Realidad sobre la cuestión de la tierra y la situación de la comunidad 24 de Diciembre.	Spanish	15 min
Mar	Testimonios	Brigada Internacional de Información sobre las acciones de la organización paramilitar Opddic contra las comunidades zapatistas
		Testimonio de la Junta de Buen Gobierno de Morelia	Spanish	32 min
		Testimonio del Consejo Municipal Autónomo de Vicente Guerrero	Spanish	43 min
Mar 2	Programa	Hermann Bellinghausen, Gustavo Castro y Gustavo Esteva sobre las agresiones y amenazas contra las comunidades zapatistas y la lucha por la tierra (Opddic, gobiernos estatal y federal, empresas, ejército) y análisis sobre la situación actual en Oaxaca	Spanish	57 min
2006
Aug 4	Reportaje	Reportaje sobre la situación en Chiapas	Spanish	14 min
Jul 27	Entrevista	Entrevista con Onésimo Hidalgo (CIEPAC - Centro de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas de Acción Comunitaria) sobre a situación de las comunidades zapatistas	Spanish	32 min
Jul 25	Entrevista	Entrevista con Michael Chamberlin (Frayba - Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas) situación en Chiapas en el contexto de la Otra Campaña, la Alerta Roja, el conflicto postelectoral y la represión estatal	Spanish	51 min