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Zapatista Journey for Life
Thursday October 28th, 2021 - Friday October 29th, 2021
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We will host a visit of a 7-person delegation at Nottingham’s Sumac Centre on Thursday 28th/Friday 29th.
We invite all interested groups and individuals to contact us to get involved to make the most of this unique once in a half millennium opportunity!
We have space for people from around the region to relay their stories to the Zapatistas, but also to meet and network with each other. There is space to stop over before and/or after if that helps people traveling from outside of Nottingham.
What is the ‘Journey for life’?
On 1st January 2021 Indigenous Mayan Zapatistas published a declaration for life announcing an ‘invasion’ of Europe, a mission of solidarity and rebellion to mark 500 years since colonisation. The objective of this “Journey for Life” is to have meetings, dialogues, exchanges of ideas, and experiences with all who are committed, from different perspectives and fronts, to dismantling capitalism, as well as patriarchy, racism, imperialism, colonialism, and other violent systems that destroy life.
You can read more about the ‘Journey for life’ at: https://viajezapatista.eu/en/
Follow updates about the visit to the ‘WISE’ Islands (Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England) from Zapatista Solidarity Network on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube
There’s also a crowdfunder and an Etsy shop in solidarity with the Zapatista Journey for Life .
More background on the history & struggles of the Zapatista communities may be found at Veggies’ Zapatista Coffee page.
Please also support the fundraiser for the tour of Ireland.
Zapatistas land in Vienna
On their “Journey for Life” #Zapatista delegates will exchange ideas with activists & collectives, initiatives, groups & projects of the movements of an “Other Europe”
We hope to welcome them to Nottinghamhttps://t.co/rc4PI7AsK3
— Veggies Catering 🌱 💙 (@veggiesnottm) September 17, 2021
Guardian 4 May 2021: zapatistas-set-sail-for-spain-on-mission-of-solidarity-and-rebellion
Guardian 17 Feb 2018: mexico-zapatistas-rebels-24-years-mountain-strongholds
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