http://zapatista.info What is the Zapatista Movement? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:55:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-9 Zack De La Rocha Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:31:02 +0000 http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-9 sooo awesome. if anyone has more info about the zapatista movement plz tell me sooo awesome. if anyone has more info about the zapatista movement plz tell me

]]> http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-6 97036 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:11:50 +0000 http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-6 Think global - act local! Think global - act local!

]]> http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-5 Melissa Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:32:15 +0000 http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-5 Sunshine, It is so wonderful that you feel a desire to be a part of something larger and to help humanity to overcome its many ills. Often donating money only throws $ at the problem instead of creating a viable solution. The Zapatista movement is incredibly complex, and "helping" with their movement is a difficult subject. Perhaps the best thing you could do would be to educate yourself more about why they are doing what they are and their own perspectives on the issues at hand. Theirs is a fight for self determination and the right to the land and resources they live on. Theirs is a struggle for individual and community freedom and liberation from oppression and violence. Hence, any act on your part which is liberatory and directly confronts unjust oppression will indirectly help their movement. They are struggling for the same things that many people all over the world are struggling for. Look to your home town and see what sorts of things you can do there (not just giving money to charities who make life barely livable for those oppressed by the larger system of exploitation and violence), such as creating community education programs, supporting local agriculture and community owned alternative energy sources. Theres a pandora's box of options out there, we each just need to find what makes us feel passionate and excited. But again the most important thing is to educate yourself about the issues. There are a ton of books and movies about the Zapatistas in general as well as the damaging effects of neoliberal globalization. Good luck! Sunshine,
It is so wonderful that you feel a desire to be a part of something larger and to help humanity to overcome its many ills. Often donating money only throws $ at the problem instead of creating a viable solution. The Zapatista movement is incredibly complex, and “helping” with their movement is a difficult subject. Perhaps the best thing you could do would be to educate yourself more about why they are doing what they are and their own perspectives on the issues at hand. Theirs is a fight for self determination and the right to the land and resources they live on. Theirs is a struggle for individual and community freedom and liberation from oppression and violence. Hence, any act on your part which is liberatory and directly confronts unjust oppression will indirectly help their movement. They are struggling for the same things that many people all over the world are struggling for. Look to your home town and see what sorts of things you can do there (not just giving money to charities who make life barely livable for those oppressed by the larger system of exploitation and violence), such as creating community education programs, supporting local agriculture and community owned alternative energy sources. Theres a pandora’s box of options out there, we each just need to find what makes us feel passionate and excited. But again the most important thing is to educate yourself about the issues. There are a ton of books and movies about the Zapatistas in general as well as the damaging effects of neoliberal globalization. Good luck!

]]> http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-2 Sunshine Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:05:04 +0000 http://zapatista.info/zapatista-movement/#comment-2 I would like to help this movment. I am new to help organizations, and activist movements. What can I do to help? I usally just donate money to make-a-wish, and other charitys. But I want to be a part of somthing bigger...somthing worth fighting for, a part of history as to where I can say, I helped make a diffrence with that. I want to make a diffrence. Im know I wont change the world alone, but I know I can help to change the world for a few people. So once again....how can I help? I would like to help this movment. I am new to help organizations, and activist movements. What can I do to help? I usally just donate money to make-a-wish, and other charitys. But I want to be a part of somthing bigger…somthing worth fighting for, a part of history as to where I can say, I helped make a diffrence with that. I want to make a diffrence. Im know I wont change the world alone, but I know I can help to change the world for a few people. So once again….how can I help?

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