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Resuming Subdelegation Zero
The Delegation returns to San Cristobal for the burial of Commander Ramona, and modifies its tour calendar.
Communique from the Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee - General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
Mexico
8th of January, 2006
To the Adherents to the Sixth and the Other Campaign:
To the People of Mexico:
Companions:
Brothers and Sisters:
As is already known, this past January 6th, our companion Commander Romona, member of our organized political leadership, passed away.
Commander Ramona, more than being our leader, had been converted to a symbol of the struggle, of the struggle constructed from below and from the left. Her loss has signified to us a great pain that is very difficult to express. It is because of this that we can't say more now of our companion Comandante and about what her absence is and will be for us.
The same day of January the Sixth, the Sixth Commision of the EZLN (as part of the first step of our participation in the "Other Campaign") met in the city of Tonala, Chiapas, when we found a great pain had arrived in our heart. Given the magnitude of the misfortune, in that moment we suspended activities, and the delegation of the Sixth Comission of the EZLN returned to the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, to wait there for indications from the CCRI-CG of the EZLN.
Without leaving the pain of the death of Commander Ramona, the Commanders met in their respective zones to analyze, discuss and make decisions about the national tour of the Sixth Commission. The decision is the following:
The Sixth Commission of the EZLN is ordered to, after the burial of our Commander Romona, to resume your travel to all the states of the Mexican Republic and comply with your mission of listening to our companions of the "Other Campaign" in all of Mexico and the United States, to call the people of Mexico to enter into the Sixth Declaration, and to help make great the small word and unite the struggles that are alone. Because of this, some adjustments were made in our tour program, in a way that accomplishes the activities that were suspended in the coast and Sierras of Chiapas.
We dutifully request to the adherents in Mexico and the American Union, that they excuse us for problems that these changes cause. In the cases of Chiapas, Quitana Roo and Yucatan, we have been put in contact with their respective commisions and they, nobly and generously, have agreed to make the necessary changes so that, respecting the number of days that have been established for each state, modified the calendar. We hope that the companions of the "Other" in the rest of Mexico and in the United States support us as well.
The new calendar is as follows (The details of the program in each place will be presented, in their moment, by the Commisions of each state):
Days 9 And 10 Of January - Chiapas Coast. Seat: Tonalá.
Day 11 Of January - Mountain Range And Coast Of Chiapas. Seat: Huixtla.
Day 12 Of January - Travel to Huixtla -Saint Cristóbal.
Day 13 Of January - Travel to San Cristóbal -Palenque.
Day 14 Of January - Travel to Quintana Roo.
Days 15, 16 and 17 January - Quintana Roo.
Days 18, 19 and 20 January - Yucatan.
Day 21 January - Travel to Campeche - Tabasco.
Days 22, 23 and 24 January - Campeche.
Days 25, 26, 27 January - Tabasco.
Day 28 January - Travel to Veracruz.
Days 29, 30 and 31 January, 1, 2 And 3 February - Veracruz.
Day 4 February - Travel to Oaxaca.
Days 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, And 10 February - Oaxaca.
Day 11 February - Travel to Puebla.
Days 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 And 17 February - Puebla.
Days 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 And 23 February - Tlaxcala.
Day 24 February - Travel to Hidalgo.
Days 25, 26, 27 and 28 2 February, 1st and 2nd Of March - Hidalgo and part of Veracruz.
Day 3 March - Travel to Querétaro.
Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 And 9 March - Querétaro.
Day 10 March - Travel to Guanajuato - Aguascalientes.
Days 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 And 16 March - Guanajuato - Aguascalientes.
Day 17 of March - Travel to Jalisco.
Days 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 March - Jalisco.
Day 24 - Travel to Colima or Nayarit.
Days 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 March - Colima -Nayarit.
Day 31 March - Travel to Michoacán.
Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 April - Michoacán.
Day 7 April - Travel to Morelos.
Days 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 April - Morelos.
Day 14 April - Travel to Guerrero.
Days 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 April - Guerrero.
Day 21 April - Travel to State Of Mexico - Federal District.
Days 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 April and 1, 2 and 3 May - D.F. - Edomex.
Day 5 May - Travel to San Luis Potosí.
Days 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 May - San Luis Potosí.
Day 12 May - Travel to Zacatecas.
Days 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 May - Zacatecas.
Day 19 May - Travel to Nuevo Leon -Tamaulipas.
Days 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 May - Nuevo Leo'n - Tamaulipas.
Day 26 May - Travel to Coahuila - Durango.
Days 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 May And 1 June - Coahuila - Durango.
Day 2 June - Travel to Chihuahua - other side.
Days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 And 8 June - Chihuahua - other side.
Day 9 June - Travel to Sinaloa - Sonorous.
Days 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 And 15 June - Sinaloa - Sonorous.
Day 16 June - Travel to Bajas, other side.
Days 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 And 22 June - Bajas, other side.
Days 23, 24 and 25 June - Return to D.F. for Informative Plenary
Days 26 to 30 June - Return to the mountains of the Mexican southeast
This is our new thinking, companions. We hope that we don't cause you many problems and can adapt your program of activities to this new calendar. We await your responses.
Receive our Zapatista greeting and our hug of the companions of this "Other" struggle that we are advancing.
Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!
From the Clandestine Revolunary Indigenous Committee, General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Amry and the Sixth Commision of the EZLN.
Insurgent Subcommander Marcos.
Mexico, January of 2006
Communique from the Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee - General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
Mexico
8th of January, 2006
To the Adherents to the Sixth and the Other Campaign:
To the People of Mexico:
Companions:
Brothers and Sisters:
As is already known, this past January 6th, our companion Commander Romona, member of our organized political leadership, passed away.
Commander Ramona, more than being our leader, had been converted to a symbol of the struggle, of the struggle constructed from below and from the left. Her loss has signified to us a great pain that is very difficult to express. It is because of this that we can't say more now of our companion Comandante and about what her absence is and will be for us.
The same day of January the Sixth, the Sixth Commision of the EZLN (as part of the first step of our participation in the "Other Campaign") met in the city of Tonala, Chiapas, when we found a great pain had arrived in our heart. Given the magnitude of the misfortune, in that moment we suspended activities, and the delegation of the Sixth Comission of the EZLN returned to the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, to wait there for indications from the CCRI-CG of the EZLN.
Without leaving the pain of the death of Commander Ramona, the Commanders met in their respective zones to analyze, discuss and make decisions about the national tour of the Sixth Commission. The decision is the following:
The Sixth Commission of the EZLN is ordered to, after the burial of our Commander Romona, to resume your travel to all the states of the Mexican Republic and comply with your mission of listening to our companions of the "Other Campaign" in all of Mexico and the United States, to call the people of Mexico to enter into the Sixth Declaration, and to help make great the small word and unite the struggles that are alone. Because of this, some adjustments were made in our tour program, in a way that accomplishes the activities that were suspended in the coast and Sierras of Chiapas.
We dutifully request to the adherents in Mexico and the American Union, that they excuse us for problems that these changes cause. In the cases of Chiapas, Quitana Roo and Yucatan, we have been put in contact with their respective commisions and they, nobly and generously, have agreed to make the necessary changes so that, respecting the number of days that have been established for each state, modified the calendar. We hope that the companions of the "Other" in the rest of Mexico and in the United States support us as well.
The new calendar is as follows (The details of the program in each place will be presented, in their moment, by the Commisions of each state):
Days 9 And 10 Of January - Chiapas Coast. Seat: Tonalá.
Day 11 Of January - Mountain Range And Coast Of Chiapas. Seat: Huixtla.
Day 12 Of January - Travel to Huixtla -Saint Cristóbal.
Day 13 Of January - Travel to San Cristóbal -Palenque.
Day 14 Of January - Travel to Quintana Roo.
Days 15, 16 and 17 January - Quintana Roo.
Days 18, 19 and 20 January - Yucatan.
Day 21 January - Travel to Campeche - Tabasco.
Days 22, 23 and 24 January - Campeche.
Days 25, 26, 27 January - Tabasco.
Day 28 January - Travel to Veracruz.
Days 29, 30 and 31 January, 1, 2 And 3 February - Veracruz.
Day 4 February - Travel to Oaxaca.
Days 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, And 10 February - Oaxaca.
Day 11 February - Travel to Puebla.
Days 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 And 17 February - Puebla.
Days 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 And 23 February - Tlaxcala.
Day 24 February - Travel to Hidalgo.
Days 25, 26, 27 and 28 2 February, 1st and 2nd Of March - Hidalgo and part of Veracruz.
Day 3 March - Travel to Querétaro.
Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 And 9 March - Querétaro.
Day 10 March - Travel to Guanajuato - Aguascalientes.
Days 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 And 16 March - Guanajuato - Aguascalientes.
Day 17 of March - Travel to Jalisco.
Days 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 March - Jalisco.
Day 24 - Travel to Colima or Nayarit.
Days 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 March - Colima -Nayarit.
Day 31 March - Travel to Michoacán.
Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 April - Michoacán.
Day 7 April - Travel to Morelos.
Days 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 April - Morelos.
Day 14 April - Travel to Guerrero.
Days 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 April - Guerrero.
Day 21 April - Travel to State Of Mexico - Federal District.
Days 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 April and 1, 2 and 3 May - D.F. - Edomex.
Day 5 May - Travel to San Luis Potosí.
Days 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 May - San Luis Potosí.
Day 12 May - Travel to Zacatecas.
Days 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 May - Zacatecas.
Day 19 May - Travel to Nuevo Leon -Tamaulipas.
Days 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 May - Nuevo Leo'n - Tamaulipas.
Day 26 May - Travel to Coahuila - Durango.
Days 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 May And 1 June - Coahuila - Durango.
Day 2 June - Travel to Chihuahua - other side.
Days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 And 8 June - Chihuahua - other side.
Day 9 June - Travel to Sinaloa - Sonorous.
Days 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 And 15 June - Sinaloa - Sonorous.
Day 16 June - Travel to Bajas, other side.
Days 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 And 22 June - Bajas, other side.
Days 23, 24 and 25 June - Return to D.F. for Informative Plenary
Days 26 to 30 June - Return to the mountains of the Mexican southeast
This is our new thinking, companions. We hope that we don't cause you many problems and can adapt your program of activities to this new calendar. We await your responses.
Receive our Zapatista greeting and our hug of the companions of this "Other" struggle that we are advancing.
Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!
From the Clandestine Revolunary Indigenous Committee, General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Amry and the Sixth Commision of the EZLN.
Insurgent Subcommander Marcos.
Mexico, January of 2006
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