February 14
Statement from Indigenous Tzotzil prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez denouncing the deplorable prison conditions in CERSS No. 10 in Comitán, Chiapas... Read Full Article
February 12
Below we publish two translated communiques from the Indigenous Binnizá community of Puente Madera, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, who are... Read Full Article
January 31
Communique from Indigenous Tzotzil prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez showing solidarity with Yaqui political prisoner Fidencio Aldama To the Zapatista Army... Read Full Article
January 29
Communique from the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ), denouncing the disappearance of two of their members at the hands of... Read Full Article
January 28
Statement from Indigenous prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez showing solidarity with journalists in Mexico after three journalists have already been killed... Read Full Article
December 16
In the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, in the pueblo of Agua de Lluvia, teachers, community members, and youth are building autonomous education... Read Full Article
November 23
The following is a statement from the Oaxacan Assembly in Defense of Land and Territory, translated by Scott Campbell, regarding the launch... Read Full Article
November 22
Communique from the AJMAQ Network of Resistance and Rebellion denouncing the recent paramilitary attack carried out against Zapatista Support Bases and the... Read Full Article
November 1
Communique from Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruíz Gómez, remembering the compañerxs who have died struggling for a better world To the... Read Full Article
October 1
Communique from communities and collectives of Oaxaca denouncing the state-organized “Indigenous Encounters Canada-Oaxaca 2021,” and calling for the construction of affinity and... Read Full Article
September 28
Communique from the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata denouncing the narco-paramilitary attack carried out today against compañeros of the organization. To... Read Full Article
September 23
Communique from Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, denouncing the recent kidnapping of two Zapatistas in Ocosingo, Chiapas, and the ongoing... Read Full Article
September 21
A recent piece by Radio Zapatista documenting the history of paramilitary violence carried out by the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of... Read Full Article
September 21
What follows is a, “Communique from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation,” originally translated by... Read Full Article
September 15
Communique from the AJMAQ Network of Resistances and Rebellions denouncing the disappearance of two Zapatistas in Ocosingo, Chiapas, and the ongoing counter-insurgent... Read Full Article
September 15
It’s Going Down recently had the chance to talk over the phone with Fredy García Ramírez, an Indigenous Zapotec community organizer and... Read Full Article
September 8
After seventeen years, Indigenous prisoner in struggle Adrián Gómez Jiménez has been released from prison in Chiapas, Mexico. Read below the statement... Read Full Article
August 14
Communique from the Oaxacan Assembly in Defense of Land and Territory on the continued Indigenous resistance against contemporary colonialism To the Indigenous... Read Full Article
August 13
Communique from the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata on the 500th anniversary of the so-called “Conquest of Mexico” To the... Read Full Article
August 6
Communique from Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, showing his solidarity with victims of state violence in Mexico, beyond the recent... Read Full Article
August 6
Communique from the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI), denouncing the recent detention, harassment, and threats carried out against members... Read Full Article
August 4
Last week, Its Going Down and Radio Zapote carried out a collective interview with a member of the Popular Indigenous Council of... Read Full Article
July 21
Indigenous Zapateco communities belonging to San Pablo Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, denounce ongoing threats and harassment seeking to dispossess them of their territories... Read Full Article
July 14
Community organizer with the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata, Samuel Virgenio Germán, is detained then released after popular pressure in the... Read Full Article
July 8
Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, denounces the assassination of Simón Pedro Pérez, a member of Las Abejas de Acteal in... Read Full Article
July 7
One day after a helicopter circled above their territories, Indigenous Zapotec communities in the municipality of Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, denounce armed attacks... Read Full Article
June 25
Statement from the Gathering of Resistances and Rebellions, which took place on June 19 in the community of El Rebollero, Cuatro Venados,... Read Full Article
June 22
Reportback and statement from the Gathering for Life “The Istmo is Ours” in the Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca On June 19-20, in... Read Full Article
June 12
Reflections from the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples of the Istmo in Defense of Land and Territory on violence during the recent elections,... Read Full Article
May 31
By Scott Campbell Today, May 31, in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, students from the Mactumactzá Rural Normal School took over at least 11... Read Full Article
May 29
The following piece by Erika Lozano, published by Desinformémonos and translated by Scott Campbell, discusses the hunger strike started by women from... Read Full Article
May 29
On May 28, 2021, Indigenous communities belonging to the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata, and to the Regional Coordinator of Community... Read Full Article
May 28
The Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata denounces yet another armed attack against their communities in Guerrero To the Zapatista Army of... Read Full Article
May 26
Indigenous communities in the Istmo de Tehuantepec in Oaxaca denounce the false consultations being orchestrated by the three levels of government seeking... Read Full Article
May 26
Two years since an eviction attempt, the communities of El Rebollero, Los Arquitos, and Rio Minas, in the municipality of Cuatro Venados,... Read Full Article
May 26
by Scott Campbell On Tuesday, May 18th, around 120 students from the Mactumactzá Rural Normal School blockaded the Chiapa de Corzo-San Cristóbal... Read Full Article
May 17
To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the National and International Civil Society To the National and International Sixth To the... Read Full Article
May 7
Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, denounces prison authorities denying the entrance of provisions from his family members into the prison... Read Full Article
May 5
Communique from Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, expressing his solidarity with the struggle in defense of water in the Mexican... Read Full Article
April 17
The Civilian Observation Mission of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle denounce another armed attack—this time in Tula, Guerrero—against communities pertaining... Read Full Article