Thread by @Fridays4future

“Another World is possible, a world where many worlds fit'”

This phrase has its origin in the Zapatista indigenous revolution, but it’s been used many times by activists who reproduce the white supremacism of the European climate movement.

No more. Shut up and listen! 🧵

Is me again(@re_cabrerab) came to tell you what it represents, and to let you know about the last 30 years of revolution in México.

We can’t understand climate justice without understanding revolutionary movements as the Zapatistas and the National Indigenous Congress in México

Indigenous peoples from México have suffered extermination for more than 500 years. With neoliberalism, dispossession was catalyzed even more.

For this reason, on January 1, 1994, the same day that the neo-colonial NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) entered into force… the indigenous uprising led by the EZLN began.

The zapatistas declared war on the ruling white class, as well as on the Mexican government.

Pressure at national and international level forced the mexican government to concede and to accept a dialogue with the indigenous peoples.

From there, the San Andrés Agreements of 1996 were drawn up. A series of guidelines to modify the Mexican constitution and thus provide rights and autonomy to indigenous peoples.

But the good action of the Mexican government stopped there. In an act of treason, the San Andrés accords were not enacted, and only a few banal reforms were established.

The indigenous peoples, once again, were betrayed by the colonial and hypocritical Mexican State.

But also, during these years the indigenous movement gained power and managed to celebrate, in 1996, the first National Indigenous Congress, with the slogan "never again a Mexico without us."

This social organization scared the Mexican political class. State repression began to be exercised systematically.

The political instability was bigger than what the elites could handle. Faced with chaos, the party in power finally agreed to cede power, and in 2000 an opposition party wins for the first time in 70 years of single-party dictatorship.

During 2001 the CNI and the EZLN carried out The March of the Color of the Earth to put pressure on the new administration.
Indigenous peoples crossed the country to reach the capital city, and entered to Congress demanding that the San Andrés agreements of 1996 be promulgated.

Unfortunately, the new party in power was the PAN, a right-wing and reactionary party.

The San Andrés agreements were betrayed once again, and another offensive of repression began.

The indigenous peoples got tired of waiting. They applied the San Andrés Accords without permission from the Mexican government.

In the Global South we know that revolutionary struggles often cannot succeed through institutional mechanisms.

Meanwhile the European climate movement, in love with the political and economic elites of their countries, is pathetic and opportunistic

BUT as I was saying...

After this second betrayal of the Mexican government, the Zapatista caracoles and good government boards were created.

This profoundly democratic and horizontal form of organization rejects the legitimacy of the Mexican state.

Even anarchist groups around the world constantly wonder if the Zapatistas could be considered anarchists because of their inspiring form of organization.

The response of the Zapatistas is clear: “We are not anarchists, we are Zapatistas

Revolutionary traditions born in the West, while valuable, should not impose themselves over revolutionary traditions from the Global South.

In recent years, Mexico has become the second country with the most murders of environmental defenders.

Many of the victims are members of the National Indigenous Congress. So the repression has not stopped, it has worsened.

This has happened while a supposedly progressive government has come to power.

Our president AMLO, leader and founder of the party, has been quickly shown himself to be a hypocrite.

The main perpetrators of the current genocide of indigenous and racialized peoples, are:

1 corrupt politicians from all political parties
2 drug cartels
3 the army
4 paramilitary groups
5 extractivist companies (mainly American, Canadian, and Spanish).

In spite of everything, the history of the National Indigenous Congress and of the autonomous Zapatista municipalities still continues and will continue!

All of us who support them should repeat their words:

Another world is possible, a world where many worlds fit 🌻✨

if you can catch up with this indigenous resistance follow them! and spread their fight on @CNI_Mexico 🔥

clarification: I am not from the zapatista movement just spreading the info because if you are interested on climate justice YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT INDIGENOUS RESISTENCE