The EZLN Lifts the Red Alert
Originally published in
Spanish by the EZLN
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Translated by irlandesa
Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary
Indigenous Committee - General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples of the World:
Brothers and Sisters:
The EZLN is addressing you in order to inform you of
the following:
First - With the completion of the internal consulta - whose
results have already been made known - the EZLN has decided to lift the Red
Alert which it has been maintaining since June 19, 2005 in the Zapatista
indigenous communities.
Second - As of this
July 15, the Caracoles of La Realidad, Roberto Barrios, Oventik,
Third - The
Fourth - Civil activities will gradually be
getting back to normal throughout the entire territory.
Fifth - As a result of the internal Zapatista consulta, there
will be some changes in the Caracoles.
For example, while those who have already been named
by the Autonomous Councils in the Good Government Juntas will be there, now
there will be support base compañeros and compañeras in the "Security Committees."
They will inform themselves as to who arrives, as to problems for those
requesting help or resolution, as to programs being proposed, as to
humanitarian help and aid for the indigenous communities, and as to the
decisions made by members of the Good Government Juntas. These security
committees will report to the MAREZ and the support bases so that everyone can
be informed, make assessments and say whether what is being decided and done is
good or bad.
In addition to the Good Government Junta offices and
the security committees, there will be an "Information
Committee." This committee will be in charge of attending to those
persons who come asking for information and explanations about the Zapatista
movement, its history and its struggle.
Sixth - These changes will be taking place
little by little, and they will certainly cause some setbacks and confusion, so
we are asking for your understanding, which your nobility has already
demonstrated previously.
Seventh - We are inviting national and
international civil society to resume, as of this July 15, your contacts,
visits and projects in the Caracoles and with the Good Government Juntas and
MAREZ throughout Zapatista territory. You will all be welcome.
Democracy!
Justice!
From the mountains of the Mexican
Southeast.
Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National