(Castellano) (Euskara)
To where and with whom do we sail?
To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
To the National Indigenous Congress – Indigenous Council of Government (CNI)
To the Peoples, Tribes, Nations, Communities, Neighborhoods, Organizations, Collectives and activists who struggle to defend Mother Earth by resisting and building autonomy in all corners of the Global South (Oaxaca, Mexico and the World)
To the free, communitary, alternative, independent and independent media
To those who defend life with their very lives
We are less than two months away from the Global Encuentro for Climate and Life – ANTICOP 2024, at a crucial moment that calls to unite our forces and hearts around a common cause: the defense of Mother Earth. On our journey towards November, we have already started the dialogues in our virtual forums (https://mirrorssouthglobal.org). These exchanges serve as a preamble to the work that awaits us, helping us to refine our proposals and strategies.
In this second call, we want to name our sisters of the EZLN and the CNI-CIG, because their example and their steps have taught us to embrace with strength the struggle against capitalism, patriarchy and colonialism—to work every day for that world where many worlds flourish. Their courage and perseverance inspire us to move forward, even when the challenges seem overwhelming. We insist on our invitation. It would be an honor for us to have your presence. Your word, example and guidance are crucial to build a future where justice and equity prevail.
This initiative was born out of a deep reflection on the tempests we face and feel in our daily reality. After reviewing the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle and the Declaration for Life, we decided to join efforts to unite our struggles among Peoples, Tribes, Nations, Communities, Neighborhoods, Organizations, Collectives and activists from different corners of the planet who are also committed to defend Mother Earth and Life.
From the beginning, those of us who took the initiative knew that we would face those who believe they have all the answers and only listen to the sweet sound of their own voice. We face a wide range of actors, from those who are in power to those who—even while criticizing it—abuse it in common spaces. Let the vanguards rest assured, we are not looking for their bases, nor are we summoning their captive audiences. Rumors, lies and complicit silences are heard. It seems that it is easier to destroy than to build, to judge than to understand. However, we are firmly committed to dialogue the differences, putting the common in the face of adversities, from the honesty and depth of the comrade word. We are dedicated to constant and collective construction because we dream the impossible and believe in a better future.
The time to convene is now. This call is addressed to all people who feel invisible, trapped in despair and debt, often abandoned and alone—to those of us who feel the need to face the storms ahead together and organized. It is an invitation to dream of building or restarting our territories in autonomy and free self-determination.
We have witnessed in various geographies of the planet the growth of a “blurred left” that, little by little, revealed its true skin, showing its neoliberal and deeply fascist character in its actions. This supposedly progressive alternative does not protest against militarization or question imperialist plans. With one hand it offers social programs, while with the other it hands over territories to transnational capital. In Mexico, this neoliberal left may embrace Evo Morales, but it also closes the borders to people from Central America and shows its contempt for those who defend land and territory, reaffirming the program of dispossession, exacerbation of extractivism and openness to green colonialism.
We are seeing the continuity of the megaprojects of transnational capital that, despising the peoples, continue to impose themselves on our territories. These megaprojects not only destroy land tenure, but also mutilate the identity, culture, language and spirituality of the peoples. We denounce at the same time, the impositions and complicities between government, corporations and criminal structures to put the Mexican territory to play in an energy transition bet against the interests of the peoples and their territories.
Those of us who call for the Global Encuentro for Climate and Life seek to build from below, with a solid organization that recovers the numerous struggles in defense of life and territory of our peoples. We want to avoid imposing agendas in order to listen to each other, always with the struggle for life as our common horizon.
In our meeting, we want to allow ourselves to dream of an enriching dialogue between movements, peoples, organizations, collectives and activists. We want to rethink our strategies and move beyond denunciation, towards concrete and transformative actions.
What path will we take after the Global Gathering? We will make that decision together. Together. Together. We will listen to each other in Oaxaca, ready to write the next chapter of our shared history.
NOTE: The general program is still under construction, it will be published during the middle of October.
NOTE_2: We are still answering emails and messages, if you have not received a reply, please insist by sending the phrase “a ver a ver a qué horas”. Thank you.
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By the Organization and Coordination Committee:
Comunidad Indígena Binnizá de Puente Madera, Organizaciones Indias por los Derechos Humanos en Oaxaca (OIDHO), Asamblea de los Pueblos indígenas del Istmo en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio (APIIDTT), Consejo Regional Autónoma de la Zona Costa de Chiapas, Coordinadora Regional de Acción Solidaria (CORASON), Centro de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria, Centro de Derechos Humanos – Digna Ochoa, Centro de Derechos Humanos – ESPADAC, Laboratorio Popular de Medios Libres, Colectivo LEGAIA, Deuda por el Clima México. Frente de Organizaciones Oaxaqueñas – FORO: Comité por la Defensa de los Derechos Indígenas – CODEDI, Comité de Defensa de los Derechos de los Pueblos de Oaxaca – CODEPO, Frente Indígena Zapoteca – FIZ, Consejo de Comunidades Indígenas de la Sierra Sur – COCISS, Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Agrícolas – UNTA, APIIDTT.
Organizations, groups and processes that co-convene in support:
El Istmo es Nuestro, Comité Nacional para la Defensa y Conservación de los Chimalapa, Maderas del Pueblo del Sureste, Asamblea Vecinal Nos Queremos Vivas Neza, ECOOS – Escuela de Economía Social, Zona de Creación, CEACOMUN, Observatorio de Industrias Extractivas, Ñuu Jnama Yuku, ENGENERA – Energía, Género y Ambiente A.C. Colectiva Las Nietas, Contaminantes Anonimus, Red Tierra Común, Red Feminista de Investigación en IA, La Cuadra Provoca Ciudad A.C. / Huerto Roma Verde, Invetia, Ndú Xacúa, Nuestros Datos.org, Ollin Quetza, Boletín Socioambiental CDMX y Área Metropolitana. Tierra Resiliente, Más Música – Menos Balas, Pacto Ecosocial del Sur, Extinción o Rebelión (Ecuador), Comité Campesino del Altiplano – CCDA- (Guatemala), Slow Food (Brasil), Red de Cooperación Amazónica REDCAM (Venezuela), Centro Internacional de Investigación PIRKA (Argentina), Musa Community Development and Sustainability Organization (Zambia, África), Plataforma Global (El Salvador), Associazione Ya Basta Êdî Bese (Nordeste, Italia), Friends of Mother Earth (Bolivia / California), Proyecto Social y EcoPedagógico Tierra Bonita (Colombia), Tejiendo Pensamiento (Colombia), Instituto para el Desarrollo sostenible de la mujer indígena Lenca de Honduras IDESMULH (Honduras), Movimiento Indígena para la Integración de las Luchas de los Pueblos Ancestrales de El Salvador – MILPA (El Salvador), Aquelarre (República Dominicana), IDNOVA (Imagination for Development and the Nature Of Values (Aruba, Caribe), Dandelions (USA), Frente de Justicia Ecosocial (Finlandia), Xicana Tiahui de Chicanx World Making and Futurities Project (EEUU), InsightShare with La Marabunta Filmadora (UK-Mx). Terra Insumisa Alcamo (Italia).
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