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Everything is on Zapatista Time: Preparations

by danielsan
Los Pueblos Zapatistas are preparing for their first Encounter with the Pueblos of the World, set for December 30 - January 2 in Oventik, Liberated Territory (Chiapas), Mexico.
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The EZLN, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, will welcome thousands of visitors to Oventik later this week to celebrate the new year (and the 12th anniversary of their armed uprising) with workshops & meetings designed, in the words of Teniente Coronel Insurgente Moises, to
'speak on the experiences we have had these past years with our autonomous governments; the challenges and problems that we have faced constructing this anti-capitalist project and we will try to, with humility and respect, to respond, speak, and exchange, and above all, share our errors and stumblings, and also our modest achievments.'

There has been some confusion as to the naming of the upcoming encuentro, as it was initially announced to be the 'Intergalactic.' However, the encuentro taking place this week is between Zapatista Communities and the People of the World. As you can see in the schedule below, a planning meeting will finish the four day encounter in order to determine the time and place of the future 'Intergalactic.'

In the words of Moises once again,
'It is time to organize ourselves and to see how together, we will confront this evil that is Neoliberalism and which attacks humanity.'

Stay tuned for audio, images, and words from this four day Encuentro.


Here is the schedule for the Encuentro Entre los Pueblos Zapatistas y los Pueblos del Mundo:

Saturday December 30

12 noon
Inauguration Ceremony

16:00-19:30
Inaugural Workshop: Autonomy and an Other government
with the five Juntas de Buen Gobierno
Themes: What does it mean to govern autonomously? What are the challenges? What does autonomy mean for the zapatistas? What does it mean to command by obeying? Challenges and horizons.


Sunday December 31

9:00-13:00
1st Workshop: The Other Education
Themes: How does the autonomous zapatista education function? What has been its process? What problems has it faced? What has been the experience of alternative education in other communities around the world?
2nd Workshop: The Other Health
Themes: How does the zapatista health care system function? What challenges does it face? What have been its achievements? What have been its difficulties? Other experiences of alternative health care systems around the world.

15:00-19:00
3rd Workshop: Women
Themes: The struggle for equality. The challenges and obstacles that indigenous zapatista women face. How does a zapatista woman live in her community? Women and autonomy. Their modest achievements and horizons.


Monday January 1

9:00-13:00
4th Workshop: The Other Communication, The Other Art & Culture
Themes: Networks and places of encounter. The zapatista lessons, the limitations of their communications. Radio Insurgente, creators of autonomous videos, community radios, art, culture and communication in the resistance all over the World.
5th Workshop: The Other Commerce
Themes: The Zapatista cooperatives. Experiences of cooperatives and alternative commerce around the world. Challenges, problems, and horizons.

15:00-19:00
6th Workshop: The Struggle for Land and Territory
Themes: The land is for those who work it. Possession of land, agrarian distribution, recuperated lands, harassment for those lands, problems of limits and boundaries. The zapatista experience. Experiences of struggle and defense of land and territory all over the world.


Tuesday January 2

10:00
Plenary: En route to the Intergalatic
Proposals for location, date, themes to be discussed, dynamics of encounter. Why an intergalactic encounter? Who are we and where are we at? Report on the cyber survey carried out from Novermber of 2005 till December of 2006

12:00 Closure

Compas:
Don't be anxious...
Everything is on Zapatista Time!


Pre-registration at the website is required to attend: http://www.zeztainternazional.org/esp/encuentro-diciembre-2006/ficha-de-registro.html


Here is an invitation to the Conference from October 2, 2006:

Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation
Mexico
Intergalactic Commission—Sixth Commission

To the peoples of the world.
To the adherents of the Zezta International of the five continents
Compañeros and Compañeras:

The EZLN, through its Intergalactic Commission and Sixth Commission, convoke: encounters of the Zapatista people with the peoples of the world.
The first will be held December 30-31, 2006 and January 1-2, 2007, in the Caracol of Oventik with the following objectives:

One: That the different organizations, groups, collectives, and individuals from other countries who struggle and resist on the five continents for humanity and against neoliberalism get to know the experiences of struggle of the Zapatista indigenous communities and how they organize their governments by talking directly with the five Councils of Good Government.
Two: That the Zapatista communities and their authorities get to know the histories and experiences of struggle of other countries on the five continents that struggle and resist for humanity and against neoliberalism, in their own voice.
Three: That the Zapatista communities and the organizations, groups, collectives, and individuals from other countries that struggle and resist in the whole world against neoliberalism and for humanity relate directly to each other, without intermediaries, in order to offer mutual support and solidarity.
Four: To propose and agree on means, modes, and forms of communication between the organizations, groups, collectives, and individuals that struggle and resist on the five continents.
Five: To give a message of encouragement to the struggles that, against the power of money, currently sustain communities in diverse parts of the planet.
Sixth: To make and discuss proposals for the next Intergalactic Encounter, including dates and places.

The second Encounter will be held July 21-31 of 2007.
To be celebrated in the five caracoles, with the same objectives.

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast

For the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation.

Lieutenant Colonel Insurgente Moisés.
Intergalactic Commission of the EZLN

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Sixth Commission of the EZLN

If you are unable to attend but are interested in helping raise and contribute funds to the Encounters, you can make contributions to:

SCOTIABANK
Account Number: 09502094045
In the name of: Margarita Gutiérrez López
Office: 001
Code: 044130095020940450
Swift: MBCOMXMM
Address:
Calle 14 de Septiembre no. 4
C.P. 29200
SCLC, Chiapas
Mexico


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http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=140698

The above comunique (from Dec. 24th) has further information for participants (what to bring, what to expect, directions, etc.).
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