From: twright@orion.it.luc.edu (Talmadge Wright) Subject: Mobilize Now to Stop the Mexican Government! (fwd) To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:30:49 -0600 (CST) Status: RO Forwarded message: > From root Fri Feb 10 02:27:23 1995 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 00:11:10 -0800 > Reply-To: LEFT-L - Building a Democratic Left Movement > > Sender: LEFT-L - Building a Democratic Left Movement > > From: Jason Wehling > Subject: Mobilize Now to Stop the Mexican Government! (fwd) > Comments: To: left-l@cmsa.berkeley.edu, anarchy-list@cwi.nl, 1-union@lever.com > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 23:12:10 -0600 (CST) > From: Harry M. Cleaver > To: chiapas-l@profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx > Cc: mexico94@profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx, reg.mexico@igc.apc.org, > mexico-l@udlapvms.pue.udlap.mx > Subject: Mobilize Now to Stop the Mexican Government! > > Action Alert! > > At 6 o'clock this evening, Mexican President Zedillo went on television > and announced that the government had discovered EZLN arms caches in > Veracruz City and Mexico City. He identified Subcommandante Marcos as > "Rafael Santiago Guillen Vicente". He proceeded to brand the EZLN > "terrorists" and announced that he had ordered to Mexican Army to > "capture" them, i.e., to attack. Zedillo said the army has been ordered > to "search" for them "in all national territory". This seems a code for > attacking Zapatista territory in Chiapas. > > This appears to be the attack that we have all feared was coming. The > velvet glove of peaceful negotiations has been cast off and the mailed fist > of the Mexican state has once more been bared. Zedillo's branding of the EZLN > as "terrorists" is a return to the language used by Salinas a year ago in > his first reactions to the uprising. > > The only thing that stopped the military then, and the only thing > that will stop it now is massive mobilization against the government's actions. > > Therefore, all who have mobilized in solidarity with the struggle for > democracy in Mexico should organize immediate action. If we can, once again, > create an international wave of protest against the Mexican state's actions > perhaps we can bring this new offensive to a stop. If we do not so > organize we will share responsibility for the murders and tortures the > Mexican army and police have probably already begun. > > > ====================================== > Harry Cleaver > Department of Economics > University of Texas at Austin > Austin, Texas 78712-1173 > USA > > Phone Numbers: (hm) (512) 442-5036 > (off) (512) 471-3211 > Fax: (512) 471-3510 > E-mail: hmcleave@mundo.eco.utexas.edu > ====================================== > -- ********************************************************************** Talmadge Wright (312)508-3451 * Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology FAX:(312)508-3646 * Loyola University Chicago twright@orion.it.luc.edu * 6525 N. Sheridan Rd. * Chicago, Illinois 60626 * **********************************************************************