HOLY LAND OF THE MARTYRS OF ACTEAL
December 21, 2010.
communities and organizations gathered in the Holy Land of the Martyrs of Acteal we shared our word and our struggles and we have recognized in them the same face: that of the people who build and defend their autonomy.
concept of autonomy as the right we have to live like us and we want, without asking permission and without others impose on us to live as they want.
understand the autonomy and freedom of every people to make decisions on our territory, our resources, our organization, education, among others.
understand autonomy as the thinking for us and ourselves, have, express and share our own ideas.
understand autonomy as something that begins in the heart of every person, not just a goal, but the way to go and where we are.
Understand autonomy as the ability to weave our partnerships as we and we want and globalize our struggle from below.
understand autonomy as to know to stay with our own work without relying on government aid and programs.
This is our struggle and our ancestors, is what we build, do not want to hurt anybody, we just want to live in freedom, enjoying the fruits of our mother earth we got from our work. But others are upset because we want to live free. They want to destroy our autonomy, want to impose their projects, they want us dependent on their programs. Anyone who does not want counterinsurgency will apply. But we keep in the Resistance.
Counterinsurgency.
The only way for the government to impose its projects is to divide and weaken the organizations, communities and groups that fight.
We see that in Chiapas, especially between 1995 and 2000 how to weaken that of the government was persecuting, harassing leaders and organizations, threatening, killing and dying who are not aligned with him. They stole our crops, stripped us of our land, burned our houses and forced us to live displaced. For that sent their paramilitary forces, supported by public security and the military.
After 2000, the government as he changed color and speech but in reality remained the same. Seemed to change the bullets of lead from the bullets of sugar but not stop using lead. Began providing support to co-opt the leaders to change the mind and heart of the people, pantries, chicks, pictures, OPPORTUNITIES, PROCAMPO among others, all of these media has used the government to distract people from the fight.
UNIT.
With its counterinsurgency strategy enforcement and support, the government wants to become dependent, as we like to think that we can not live working with our own hands. We want to get used to being held, it makes people taste and mood to work. He wants our tortilla is not the fruit of our labor and Mother Earth, but it is your gift to GM and the government just give thanks and respect.
We
and we do not accept that because we have dignity.
RESISTANCE.
know that living as we do and we want is a right we have, but how others want us remove, we must resist and that involves organized and be ready to suffer.
strong roots that make our resistance are: the wisdom of our grandparents, know to be aware and open your eyes, strengthen our personal and collective identity, knowing and defending the human rights of all men and women.
know we can not expect that justice will come from outside. In addition to resisting we have to build another justice. This justice begins in the community. It's like the elders say, listening to our heart and not fall into the provocation or the desire for revenge. Our people have known and we must recover the idea a justice that does not harm or punish, but recovers and restores.
By listening to each other, to weave our words and our struggles, we become stronger and this strength we promise:
to continue building our independence, strengthen our personal and collective identity, listening wisdom of our grandparents, analyze it again, accepting what is beneficial and rejecting that which can destroy us. Be critical, creative, promoting alternative education projects, production, own forms of justice and government.
also work for unity, knowledge discovery and not fall into the traps that we put the government, work for unity among different peoples, organizations and struggles. Create and exploit alternative spaces of information and communication continue to defend human rights for all; us share experiences, information and analysis. Promote ongoing training in the communities that allow us to keep criticism, creativity and endurance. Finally, share the outcome of this meeting.
see that lately as governments prefer to return to lead bullets and repression back again to poke his dirty face in Chiapas and throughout Mexico. It is a selective repression that targets especially human rights defenders, social activists, independent journalists and communicators.
Attendees at the meeting denounced this new escalation of repression by governments and express our solidarity with victims of such attacks, especially our comrades in the Frayba, Liaison and Training Communication and the family of recently slain Marisela Escobedo in Chihuahua.
continue to fight for justice and truth in Acteal, Atenco, Viejo Velasco, Oaxaca Tila and all who have been victims of insurgency in the northern state of Chiapas.
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