What We Want to Do : How We Are Going to Do It

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Saturday July 02, 2005 22:02

by ezln

(SIXTH DECLARATION OF THE LACANDON JUNGLE)

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what we have learned is how to learn

Well, to the world what we want is to say to you is: to all who resist and fight in your own ways and in your countries, that you are not alone, that we are the Zapatistas, and although we are very small we support you and we are going to see how to help you in your struggles and how to speak with you so we can learn, because, it’s clear, what we have learned is how to learn.

And we want to say to you, to the Latin American peoples, that, for us, we are proud to be part of you, although we are a small part. We remember well when years ago the continent was lit up by a light named Che Guevara, just as that light was named Bolívar beforehand, because, at times, the peoples take up a name in order to show that they carry a flag.

And we want to say to the people of Cuba, who already have spent years in your path of resistance, that you are not alone and that we do not agree with the blockade against you and that we are going to look for the way to send you something, even if it is just corn, to support your resistance.

And we want to say to the people of the United States that we don’t confuse you with the evil governments that you have and that harm the whole world, and that we know that there are North Americans who fight in your country and work in solidarity with the struggles of other peoples.

And we want to say to our Mapuche brothers and sisters in Chile that we see and we learn from your struggles.

And to the Venezuelan people, that we watch very carefully your way of defending your sovereignty and your right to be a nation and to decide where you will go.

And to the indigenous brothers and sisters of Ecuador and Bolivia we say to you that you are giving an excellent history lesson to all of Latin America because right now you are putting a stop to neoliberal globalization.

And to the piqueteros and the youth of Argentina we want to say that we love you.

And to those in Uruguay who want a better country, we admire you.

And to the landless of Brazil we respect you.

And to all the youths of Latin America, it’s so great that you are doing what you are doing and you give us great hope.

And we want to say to the brothers and sisters of Social Europe, that is to say the Europe that is rebellious and has dignity, that you are not alone. Your large movements against neoliberal wars make us very happy. We watch, attentively, your ways of organizing yourselves and your styles of fighting so that perhaps we can learn something. We are looking for a way to support you in your struggles but we’re not going to send Euros because they are devaluating due to the chaos in the European Union, but maybe we can send you some crafts and coffee so that you can sell them and this will help you a little bit in your work for the struggle. And maybe we will also send you some pozol soup which gives a lot of strength in the struggle. But who knows if we will send it, because pozol is more of our own style and it could be that it gives you a pain in the belly and weakens your struggles and the neoliberals would then defeat you.

And we want to say to the brothers and sisters of Africa, Asia and Oceania that we want to get to know your ideas and your ways better.