Websites and information sources about the Zapatistas and Chiapas

This is just a small selection of the many sites available:

Zapatista sites (in Spanish)

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/ Official website of the EZLN

palabra.ezln.org.mx/ Letters and communiqués of the EZLN 1994-2005

enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/camino-andado/  Communiqués and activities of the EZLN 2005-2009 (includes the Other Campaign)

http://www.grieta.org.mx/ National situation in Mexico as regards conflicts and organising processes. Launched September 2015

www.serazln-altos.org/eng/celm.html Zapatista Language School (English page)

UK sites

www.ukzapatistas.wordpress.com   UK Zapatista Solidarity Network

www.edinchiapas.org.uk Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group

www.londonmexicosolidarity.org London Mexico Solidarity Group

www.kiptik.org Bristol-based group

https://dorsetchiapassolidarity.wordpress.com/ Publishes latest news from Chiapas in English, also the base for the Zapatista translation network.

Europazapatista

www.europazapatista.org News from the European solidarity groups. Has an English page.

News and information in English

Some information is available on these sites:

www.schoolsforchiapas.org US fundraising and education organisation supporting Zapatista schools

https://compamanuel.com/ US-based blog on the Zapatistas and Mexico

www.sipazen.wordpress.com Blog in English of the International Service for Peace

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/ Activism and politics in Latin America

http://www.cipamericas.org/ The Americas Program - action and communication for social change

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/americas/mexico/ The Mexican page of the Amnesty International Site

http://vivabachajon.wordpress.com/en-ingles/ English page of the site of the ejido San Sebastián Bachajón.

https://fallingintoincandescence.com/ Look for Insumisión – what is going down in Mexico

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/country/mexico/ Excellent English news source for Mexico

Translations 

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/ English translations can be found under many of the major entries e.g. communiqués

http://escuelitabooks.blogspot.co.uk/  Escuelita textbooks

http://galestranslations.blogspot.mx/2013/11/report-on-acts-of-aggression-against_21.html Report on Acts of Aggression against Zapatista Support Bases: 2006-2012 

News and Information in Spanish

http://www.frayba.org.mx/ Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Centre (Frayba) The organisation to approach about doing Human Rights Observation work

www.jornada.unam.mx Mexican daily newspaper

http://www.chiapasparalelo.com/ Chiapas press

Independent Media 

The Zapatistas work with “the free, independent and autonomous media, or however you call it.” There are many independent sites providing news in Spanish about Chiapas and the Zapatistas. New ones are appearing all the time. This is a selection:

http://desinformemonos.org.mx/ Journalism from below

http://www.pozol.org/

http://radiozapatista.org/

http://komanilel.org/

http://chiapasdenuncia.blogspot.co.uk/ Frayba enables peoples and organisations to share their word.

http://www.centrodemedioslibres.org/ Centre for free and independent media

http://acteal.blogspot.co.uk/ Civil Society Las Abejas, Acteal

http://vivabachajon.wordpress.com/ The ejido San Sebastián Bachajón

http://laotraejidotila.blogspot.co.uk/ The ejido Tila

http://espoirchiapas.blogspot.co.uk/ French site with much current news from Chiapas

Historical info in English

These sites contain useful historical information. Most are no longer being updated.

www.glasgowchiapassolidaritygroup.wordpress.com Ceased publication May 2011

flag.blackened.net/revolt/mexico.html Documents, communiques and images from 1994 to 2004/5

www.narconews.com Detailed historical source 2000 - 2010

http://sanmarcosavilesen.wordpress.com/ Information on attacks on Zapatista communities 2012 - 2014

http://galestranslations.blogspot.co.uk/ Some alternative translations