Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Campaign – General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Mexico
January 8, 2006
To the Supporters of the Sexta and the Other Campaign
To the People of Mexico:
Compañeros and Compañeras:
Brothers and Sisters:
As you already know, our compañera Comandanta Ramona, a member of our political organizational leadership, died on January 6.
Comandanta Ramona, in addition to being our leader, had become a symbol of the struggle, of the struggle built from below and to the left. Her loss has meant great pain for us, and it is very difficult to talk about it. That is why we are unable to say anything else about our Comandanta and about what her absence means, and will mean, to us.
On that very day, January 6, the EZLN's Sixth Committee (as part of the first stage of our participation in the "Other Campaign") was in the city of Tonala, Chiapas when we learned of the great sorrow which came into our hearts. Given the magnitude of the loss, activities were then suspended, and the EZLN’s Sixth Committee delegate returned to the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in order to wait there for directions from the CCRI-CG of the EZLN.
While still sorrowing over the death of Comandanta Ramona, the Comandantes and Comandantas met in their respective regions to review, discuss and decide on the Sixth Committee's national trip. They decided on the following:
They ordered the EZLN's Sixth Committee, following our Comandanta Ramona's internment, to resume their trip throughout all the states of the Mexican Republic and to carry out their mission of listening to our compañeros and compañeras of the "Other Campaign" throughout Mexico and the United States, of calling on the people of Mexico to join in with the Sixth Declaration and of uniting those struggles which are by themselves. To this end, some adjustments were made in the trip’s program so that the activities which were suspended in the Coast and Sierra of Chiapas can be carried out.
We respectfully ask supporters in Mexico and the American Union to excuse us for the problems that these changes may cause them. Regarding Chiapas, Quintana Roo and Yucatán, we have already been in contact with their respective committees, and they have, nobly and generously, agreed to make the necessary changes so that, respecting the number of days which had been established for each state, the calendar can be modified.
The new calendar is as follows (program details for each location will be released, in due course, by the committees of each state):
January 9 and 10 – Coast of Chiapas. Base: Tonala
January 11 – Sierra and Coast of Chiapas. Base: Huixtla
January 12 - Travel from Huixtla – San Cristobal de Las Casas
January 13 - Travel from San Cristobal – Palenque
January 14 - Travel to Quintana Roo
January 15, 16 and 17 - Quintana Roo
January 18, 19 and 20 - Yucatan
January 21 - Traveling to Campeche-Tabasco
January 22, 23 and 24 - Campeche
January 25, 26 and 27 - Tabasco
January 28 - Travel to Veracruz
January 29, 30 and 31 and February 1, 2 and 3 - Veracruz
February 4 - Travel to Oaxaca
February 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - Oaxaca
February 11 - Travel to Puebla
February 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 - Puebla
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 - Tlaxcala
February 24 - Travel to Hidalgo
February 25, 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 and 2 - Hidalgo and part of Veracruz
March 3 - Travel to Queretaro
March 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 - Queretaro
March 10 - Travel to Guanajuato-Aguascalientes
March 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 - Guanajuato-Aguascalientes
March 17 - Travel to Jalisco
March 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 - Jalisco
March 24 - Travel to Colima or Nayarit
March 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 - Colima-Nayarit
March 31 - Travel to Michoacan
April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Michoacan
April 7 - Travel to Morelos
April 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 - Morelos
April 14 - Travel to Guerrero
April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 - Guerrero
April 21 – Travel to the State of Mexico – Federal District
April 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 and May 1, 2 and 3 – DF - EDOMEX
May 5 - Travel to San Luis Potosi
May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 - San Luis Potosi
May 12 - Travel to Zacatecas
May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 - Zacatecas
May 19 - Travel to Nuevo Leon – Tamaulipas
May 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 - Nuevo Leon –Tamaulipas
May 26 - Travel to Coahuila – Durango
May 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 and June 1 - Coahuila – Durango
June 2 - Travel to Chihuahua – the Other Side
June 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 - Chihuahua – the Other Side
June 9 - Travel to Sinaloa – Sonora
June 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 - Sinaloa – Sonora
June 16 - Travel to Bajas – the Other Side
June 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 - Bajas – the Other Side
June 23, 24 and 25 – Return and Informative Plenary in DF
June 26 – 30 - Return to the mountains of the Mexican Southeast
These are our thoughts, compañeros and compañeras. Hopefully adjusting your program of activities to this new calendar will not cause you many problems. We await your proposals.
We send you our zapatista greetings and abrazos from compas of this "other" struggle we are moving forward.
Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!
By the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee – General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the Sixth Committee of the EZLN
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
Mexico, January of 2006
