Article written by Colin Bossen

August 8, 9 and 10th, thousands of Zapatistas and Zapatista supporters

gathered to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Caracoles and the

Juntas of Good Government, the representative government structures of

autonomous municipalities.

Each of the five Caracoles as well as the autonomous municipality of
Ricardo Flores Magon (where a new training center for autonomous
education promoters was inaugurated) drew 2,000  to 6,000 people
for music, dancing and celebration. Festivities went without incident
except in the Caracol of Oventic where the electricity


was cut off.





And continuing a month of celebrating and reflecting on the structure


of the Caracoles, recently, Subcomandante Marcos, speaking for the EZLN


Command Committee, broke long Zapatista silence by publishing


communiques, August 19-24, discussing some of the shortcomings and


successes of the fledgling Juntas of Good Government. The communiques


bring to light some of the struggles with autonomous governing, and


cite the rarity of women in leadership positions in the Caracoles and


the continuing reliance on military structures as some of the


inadequacies in the new system.



For more information about the Caracoles celebrations or to read the communiques in their entirety see:





www.flzn.org.mx


www.chiapas.mediosindependientes.org



La Jordana

Average: Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome

Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)