Tiendita y Human Rights Ballot
Teresa Taylor
Zapatista Textiles and Ballot on human rights and Zapatistas
coming to the U.S.
The Committee in Solidarity with Chiapas y Mexico will have
several Textile Exhibit and sale to benefit Zapatista Women.
Please also fill out the ballot and return to both ev...@igc.apc.org
and moonlight @igc.apc.org. Please support following events.
Opening Reception -Saturday December 6, 1997
6-9 pm
Poetry, Music & Refreshments
eaturing Trinidad Sanchez, Angel Ibanez, Danny Apodaca
and other surprise guests.
RED SALMON PRESS presents
X-mas Tiendita
Zapatista Textiles, artesania, Books, Beadworks, Silver Jewelry,
Paintings, Posters, T-Shirts, Postcards, CD's, Cassettes, and
other art collectibles, featuring Artists, Mario Garza and others.
Sale Continues December 6-13, 1997
Resistencia Bookstore
2210-B South 1st St. Austin (512)416-8885
December 7 Christmas Bazaar 6-9 pm
El Sol y La Luna 1224 S. Congress.
Chicano Style: Furniture, Clothing, Zapatista Textiles, Jewelry,
Leather Works, Prints, Posters, featuring artists Jane Madrigal,
iliberto Delgado, Marsha Gomez, Sam Coronado and others.
Ruta Maya's 2nd Annual X-mas Mercado
December 13, 14, Sat. Sun, 12-8 pm
Raffle of Handmade gifts to benefit the Comite de Solidaridad
con Chiapas y Mexico.
Saturday afternoon music tribute to people of Chiapas
Sunday 2pm kids entertainment and craft-making 7 pm raffle
Holiday gift market of fine local artisans
Ruta Maya, 4th and Lavaca, 472-9637.
Comite meetings, Saturdays, 4pm, Resistencia Bookstore, 416-8885,
We need volunteers to get ballots.
POPULAR BALLOT ON THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE
Mexico is the second largest trading partner of the United States,
a vital pillar of the North American economy. Its recent instability
is a source of great alarm given the recent attempts on a mediator
in an important peace process, Catholic Bishop Samuel Ruiz.
Days later Bishop Ruiz's sister was also attacked and almost killed.
These attacks demonstrate that the militarization of Mexico has
enabled an escalating level of continuous violations of human rights.
Bishop Ruiz and his family are only among the most recent of victims
of one of the most terrible human rights records in the world. We wish
to express our concern to the governments of the United States and
Mexico and demand the prompt attention and resolution of all human
rights violations as well as a peaceful solution to the conflict between
indigenous Zapatista communities and the Mexican federal government.
Now is the time for an expression of popular opinion so that appropriate
attention can be given to the significance of human rights in the
relationship between the United States and Mexico.
We ask you to please answer the following questions.
The results will be tallied and
sent to both governments after January 1st of 1998.
Thank you for your act of conscience.
1. Are you alarmed or concerned about the human rights
record of Mexico?
Yes__ No__ I don t know__
2. Are you confident that Mexican authorities will resolve
these human rights
problems on their own, without international pressure?
Yes__ No__ I don t know__
3. Are you in agreement with the militarization of Mexico as a
response to the movement for human rights and economic hope?
Yes__ No__ I don t know__
4. Should the U.S. give or sell arms, military equipment
or training to Mexico?
Yes__ No__ I don t know __
5. Are you willing to participate in a boycott against
Mexican tourism and/or specific products that would end when
clear signals are evident that the human rights situation has improved?
Yes__ No__ I don t know __
6. Do you want the Zapatistas to come to the United States
to speak of the conditions of the indigenous communities in Chiapas?
Yes__ No__ I don t know __
Optional:
NAME____________________________________
ADDRESS_________________________________
CITY,STATE, ZIP CODE_____________________
DATE_____________________________________
SOCIAL SECTOR___________________________
Send information to moon...@igc.apc.org
WANTED 1,111 VOLUNTEERS
TO SUPPORT THE
ZAPATISTAS
SIGN UP NOW TO HELP BREAK THE BLOCKADE OF SILENCE
COLLECT 100 POPULAR BALLOTS FOR THE RIGHT
TO LIVE IN PEACE
The National Commission for Democracy in Mexico is launching
a Popular Ballot for the Right to Live in Peace and we are seeking
1,111 volunteers willing to collect 100 ballots each by January 1, 1998.
The ballot is 6 public opinion questions regarding conditions in
Mexico and US-Mexico relations, and is intended to serve as
an expression of our will for peace in Chiapas and Mexico.
The search for volunteers and the collection of ballots begins
Thursday, November 20th, Mexican Revolution Day. A public
announcement of the volunteers and their progress will be made
on December 10th, the anniversary of the U. N. Declaration
on Human Rights, and on January 1st the tally of the ballots
will be announced as
well as a decision on whether the balloting will be continued.
Serving as one of the 1,111 volunteers is a statement of
support for the struggle for peace, democracy, liberty and justice
of the 1,111 Zapatista communities in Chiapas.
To register as a volunteer, please send your name
and a means of communicating
with you by phone, fax, electronic or postal mail to:
NCDM
2001 Montana, Suite B
El Paso, Texas 79902
phone/fax: 915-532-8382
email: moon...@igc.apc.org.
You can also register as a volunteer or submit a ballot
through our web page
(http://www.igc.apc.org/ncdm). As a registered volunteer,
you also will receive a
pin identifying you as one of the 1,111 volunteers.
Please join us in breaking the information and military blockade
being imposed on the Zapatistas. Register today!
Radio Programs: KOOP 91.7 FM,
Sundays, 4pm, Radio Tierra y Libertad, News on Chiapas;
Wednesdays, 11am-1pm, Pesadilla, Latin American music,
Zapatista communiques.
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