> > This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of the Austin Comite > de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico. > ====================================== > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 23:12:10 -0600 (CST) > From: Harry M. Cleaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================== > > >
