Celebrating the "Sum of the World" in Chiapas

by John Ross

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"The Encounter of the Peoples of the Zapatista Communities with the Peoples of the World" was a preamble to the long-awaited "Intergalactica", a more ambitious coming together of activists from the five continents and beyond slated for the five Zapatista caracoles July 20th-28th. The first Intergalactica (all sentient beings from other planets were invited) was staged in the jungle mud in the summer of 1996 and became a seedbed for the anti-globalization movement and the nation of Seattle. "Now we are talking about a different globalization - the globalization of rebellion," emphasizes Moises who is coordinating the new edition.
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Being a Zapatista wherever one lives on the planet could be a hazardous occupation in 2007 and particularly so in this distant neighbor nation where Calderon has invested his fragile authority in the Mexican military - 18,000 troops remain in Chiapas with large encampments in the Zapatista zone.
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