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special Chiapas issue of
Activist Times, Int.
issue #168.
99022623590000
A little past half-moon.
"the drunks, and the catholics;
and the drunk catholics."
--Gary Farmer in Sherman
Alexie's '98 classic,
"SMOKE SIGNALS."
Hello there, I'm prime anarchist and
I'm your tourguide for this rocky
road ice cream journey to the
center of the girth.
I this week, turn over my pub's
column to sup Marcos so that he can
say a little bit about what I call
none other than a total world "be-in."
So, without further dodo, I give 4
"ya basta's!" and three "nunca mas'"
and say, "hit it, sup..."
February 14, 1999
To: "all" [ati's words; not his]
From: SupMarcos
Ladies and Gentlemen:
So here we are once again. I am
reminded that, in the previous
letter, I left pending what I
was telling you about how the
International Consultation
and the Campaign for the Excluded
of the World was going to be
run. Here it goes:
1.- Well, first I'll tell you about
the brigades that, in the five
continents, have been accredited and
have sent us their ideas, reports, and
anxieties...
[I've taken the liberty of a big
"snip" here, he lists a gazillion
placenames, and I'd like to call
it "just about everywhere." If
any of you live in an area where
you have no idea what we're talking
about here, GET TO WORK.]
...they all know that the struggle that
is going on here is also their own,
and that is how we understand it as well.
Therefore, we extend to them a welcome.
2.- Now, let me tell you that in the
five continents, two big activities
are being prepared for the coming March.
One is the International Consultation.
Since for us (and for many like us), the
Mexicans who live abroad have rights that
must be recognized, we have thought that
the Consultation for the Recognition of
the Rights of the Indian Peoples and
For the End to the War of Extermination
should be open to participation by all
Mexicans, without it mattering where
they are found. Then, what we did was
to call an International Consultation,
in a way such that the Mexicans who live
in other countries, and are older than
12, could also give their opinions about
the four questions which will be
answered on March 21, 1999.
Not just that, but for the
International Consultation we have
decided to add a fifth question
which says:
Do you agree that Mexicans who live
abroad should be an active part in the
construction of a new Mexico and have
the right to vote in the elections?
In this way, the Mexicans who live
outside of the country will have the
opportunity to give their opinions
about the recognition of their rights
(which is denied them by the gov.)
3.- Clearly, here one asks oneself what
those who are not Mexican, but who are
interested and pledged to peace and the
recognition of the rights of all, can do
or how they can participate.
Well, one way they can participate
is in the Campaign for the Excluded of
the World (of which I will speak later),
and the other is to promote and spread
the Consultation in their countries,
organizing the installation of voting
tables, and organizing and carrying
out the computation and communication
with Mexico so that the results can be
known. In this task may participate all
the men and women, young and old of the
world, with or without organization,
without mattering their nationality,
race, color, taste, creed, size, weight,
sexual preference, or whatever other kind
of classification the powerful use to
exclude those who are different.
So that nationality will not matter,
the International Consultation will
have many spaces for participation
beyond casting votes.
4.- Yes, I understand that you're asking
what the Mexicans living abroad will do
to give their opinions about the five
questions and how we are going to know
your answers.
Well, we have decided to propose the
following options:
a).- So that the Mexicans living abroad
can give their opinions, all those
within a nation who are interested can
get in contact, and, in common accord,
organize the installation of tables
and centers of computation.
b).-These "National Coordinations" are
accredited in the Oficina de Contacto,
so that we can know in what countries
and how the International Consultation
is being organized.
c).-To send in the vote count that the
National Coordination will carry out,
you will have to get in contact with
the Oficina de Contacto.
d).-If any group of people, organization,
or group of organizations in a given country
want to organize in a different way from
the "National Coordination," there's no
problem. We just ask you to as well get
accredited with the Oficina de Contacto.
e).-In addition to going to the tables
for the Consultation, one can give
one's opinion on the five questions
by sending the answers via telephone,
fax, internet, email, satellite, boat
or paper airplane, intercontinental
rocket, carrier pigeon, or by surface,
water, or air mail. All this will
be directed to the Oficina de Contacto.
ATTENTION: ALL THE NATIONAL COORDINATIONS,
GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN ORGANIZAING THE CONSULTATION IN THEIR
COUNTRY MUST GET ACCREDITED WITH THE...
OFICINA DE CONTACTO PARA LA CONSULTA.
Avenida Ignacio Allende #22-A,
Barrio San Antonio (entre Av. Alvaro
Obregn y Hermanos Dominguez).
C.P. 29250. San Cristobal de Las
Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Telephone and Fax:
(967) 8-10-13 and (967) 8-21-59.
Well, now I'm going to tell you a little
bit about the INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
FOR THE EXCLUDED OF THE WORLD.
This mobilization campaign which we
have convoked is not only for 21mar99.
We are calling for principal actions
to be carried out on that day, when
the Consultation for the Recognition
of the Rights of the Indian Peoples
and the End to the War of Extermination
is also taking place.
Clearly, one of the ways to mobilize
for this international campaign for
the excluded of the world is to participate
in the promotion and spread of the
Consultation, in the formation of National
Coordinations, in the installation of
tables, in the count and the communication
of the results (which are not exclusively
tasks for Mexicans); but it is not the
only way.
For that day, people can organize,
for example, manifestos, letters public
and private, displays, peaceful demonstrations,
music concerts (of course, following the
example of the worthy Mexican rockers - who
are with the Consultation note by note -,
the rock groups in the whole world will echo
the zapatudo "Ya Basta!"), recitals,
assemblies, conferences, multimedia
and/or cybernetic events, etcetera.
Nothing that is civil and peaceful is
excluded, and people's imagination and
creativity will go beyond, it is sure,
anything we propose here. It is to be
a campaign for all the excluded, not
just for indigenous peoples or the
Zapatistas.
There is an act planned in Strasbourg
to demand change in the immigration
policies of European countries, and
the organizers have decided to incorporate
into their act the demands for the
recognition of the rights of the
indigenous peoples and the end
to the war of extermination.
There is also, in France, "Feu Faux
Lait." This is a theater company that is
preparing to participate in the campaign
for the excluded of the world by staging
a play in Paris and the surrounding areas.
Now you see that there are many ways
of participating. You just have to
come to agreement, organize, and act.
Well, now I'll say goodbye.
As soon as more is known,
I'll write again.
Vale.
We wish you health,
and let's not let
neoliberalism succeed in
excluding humanity.
From the mountains of
Southeast Mexico,
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico, February 1999.
NO #'s section this week.
And little or no prime anarchist
world newz 2nite. I will stick
these two bullets in however:
1) Royal Carribean Cruze Lines.
Like Novacaine.
2) Methinks Cokie Robertz is the
best fascist the US Economy
has right now. Her rise to
power using NPR's money
structure shows her an
illusion of leftism that
could easily make an Adolfo
or Augusto look wishy-washy!
- - submissions? ati@etext.org - -
a,b,c. Yeah, we get letters:
marco
very nice find,
AMEN
Dave (303)
DUDE
THANKS FOR YOUR EZINE -
I DON'T USUALLY READ IT IN DETAIL
BUT WHEN I CAN I GLANCE THROUGH
AND IT IS OFTEN A LITTLE FRESH AIR
IN THE OTHERWISE HIERARCHICAL
OPPRESSIVENESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
I FIND MYSELF SURROUNDED BY
KUDOS FOR THE FACT THAT YOU
DON'T CLAIM AUTHORITY OR LOGIC -
I JUST GOT DONE CONVERSING WITH
THE STUFFED SHIRT AUTHOR OF THE
"ANARCHIST FAQ" -LOAD OF MASCULINIST
PLATONIC DOCTRINE OF ANARCHISM AND
I DARED TO QUESTION HIS ECONOMIC
BLATHERING - PLEASE! SOMEBODY SING
ME A SONG! SOMEBODY PICK ON THE BANJO
FOR A MINUTE AND BRING ME BACK TO THE
STRATOSPHERE, SOMEBODY DOSE ME UP AND
TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS NIGHTMARE
CALLED REALITY AHHHHHHH THATS FAR
MORE SOOTHING NOW ISN'T IT
-Steve (860)
to ati@etext.org
Thomas Banyacya Memorial to take
place March 14th approx 10:00 am
@ Sapa Dawn Center 1013 Crystal
Springs Rd Yelm, Wa 98597. We
will pay tribute to this special
Elder on this day.
For more information
call: (360)458-7610
....Thank You....
--anon (602)
Dear friend!
Thanks! You should make a special
issue for the CAMPAIGN FOR THE
EXCLUDED OF THE WORLD and for the
CONSULTATION!
Many greetings
--Contacto (011 52 69)
My name is Debbie Snowdove and
I am here just to get the word out
that you can now have Native American
news and Music over the internet thanks
to our site at First Nations Broadcast.
We invite you to check out our website
at the following rather long address:
http://members.wbs.net/homepages/r/o/c
/rockitradio/upnorth.html
Any comments or links that you
think we should add we would be most
greatful in attempting to make one
great Native American webpage.
All the best and walk in Peace,
Debbie FNB
February 20, 1999
To: Musicians of the World.
From: SupMarcos
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Viejo Antonio said (that if he had
been a musician, he would have played
the blues) that music holds roads
that only the knowledgeable know how
to walk and that it, together with
dance, builds bridges that bring
closer worlds that otherwise you
wouldn't even dream about.
All this is important right now
because news has come to us of
concerts and presentations by
musicians in Mexico and other parts
of the world. The reason? The
promotion of the Consultation and
solidarity with indigenous
Mexicans and their worthy fight.
We wanted to thank all of those who
have had to do with these roads to
peace that, above all to the rhythm of
rock but not exclusively, cross the
planet from side to side.
We're not just thanking those who
compose, sing, and play. Also to the
producers, the sound engineers (is that
how you say it?), the lighting crew, the
stage hands, the drivers, the ticket
sellers, the carriers, the artistic
representatives, the owners and
administrators of the locations,
and all those who saw to (but were
nevertheless not seen) the concerts or
musical presentations (often double
volunteers: they don't receive money
or credit). Thanks to everyone.
And since we're in the "1 2 3 4,"
we want to salute all the musicians
who, in these five years, have played,
are playing, and will play for peace
with justice and dignity.
All have said stop the war. Some
have recorded disks, others participated
in concerts, or visited indigenous
communities, or spoke in favor of a just
and honorable peace, or protested against
the Acteal massacre, or gave us their
instruments as presents, or dedicated
one or more songs to the struggle of
the indigenous Mexicans.
Thanks to all these musicians who,
in Mexico and all the world, echo the
zapateado "Ya Basta!"
As soon as we win, we are going to
organize a super-mega-magna-hyper-concert
for everyone, without any time limit and
for free! (Yeah, right! The Marimba of
San Jose will end up playing alone).
Vale. Health, and dont we reach
tomorrow also with a tarar'n, tarar'n?
From the mountains of Southeast Mexico,
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
- - - - - - submissions? ati@etext.org - - - - - -
Chiapaneca
a "cancion" by marco capelli frucht
(c)1999 Marc Frucht
Release date: 21mar99
Am G F
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notes.
1. The numbers right next to each other are
thirty-second notes, but don't fret. Just
"tremelo" these notes a bit and you'll
feel for them by the second time you play
this song, I'm sure of it.
2. I chose to express this in TAB rather
than standard notation (and have little
intention of ever publishing this in
"s.n.") for the same reason Dante chose
the language he chose for publishing
"Inferno." If you have no idea what I'm
talking about please
a) go look it up
b) or delete this song from your
memory and forget you ever
knew me.
3. I will never tell the name of the person
I wrote this song for (and about) but a
clue for people who know me well -- I
bought a video-cassette from her in 1997
4. This is part 1 of about 4 parts. I will
have to come up with a way to signify
the repeats before I type the last
part. I wish to keep this easily played
but exactly as I play it in case anyone
wants to catch the exact same vibe.
5. Please
a) distribute this far and wide,
b) always keep my name with it;
c) never make money off of it.
6. Each of the chords in part 1 are played
dragging the three fingernails (m,a and
the "pinky" from the bass-most note to
the treble high in one quick snap.
7. (v) = vibrato. very demonstrative. No
other vibratos the first time through
will make these two notes "hit home"
best.
8. The following words are very important
to this song.
a) !presente!
b) basta
c) nunca mas
- - - - submissions? ati@etext.org - - - -
Rather than a poem per se, I end this
zine with a song I wrote a while back,
while I was beginning to learn about
Iran/Contra Salvador, Oliver North,
John Hull, George Bush, Francois
Miterand, and horse poop like that.
Father Lament; Warning Son
w & m by Marco Capelli Frucht
(c) 1987 Marc Frucht
intro: Abm / / E F# Abm / / E F#
Abm E F#
How much will we take
Abm E F#
Listening to your lies
Abm E F#
Covert operations
Abm E F#
Wool pulled over our eyes.
Abm E F#
It's really not that simple
Abm E F#
You read it like a book
Abm E F#
Your strategy shows your ass
Abm Abm-Abm-Abm (heavy)
How much have you took.
(Chorus)
Abm E F#
George George, George of the jungle
Abm E F#
How you gonna deal with the drugs you dealt
Abm E F#
George George, Good king George
Abm
What's gonna happen under martial law.
Abm E F#
A war on drugs is bad
Abm E F#
Unwinnable war like nukes
Abm E F#
And how 'bout the kids you killed
Abm E F#
You fascist nazi puke.
Abm E F#
Economy's gettin bad
Abm E F#
You throw a sugar pill
Abm E F#
Mother Earth is dyin
Abm E F#
You say just she's ill
(ch)
[spoken: & how 'bout the 1st amendment]
Abm E F#
It's a given right
Abm E F#
But where did our freedom go
Abm E F#
You say new world order
Abm E F#
I say overthrow
(ch)
v. 1st line melody
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how much will
we take
listenin
to your
lies
ch. 1st line
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george george
george of the
jungle
how ya gonna deal w/
drugs you
dealt
PS: May 1-4. Washington DC.
We
Are
Gonna
Scream,
"CLOSE THE SOA!"
Nov 19-21. Benning, GA
We
Are
Gonna
See,
THE SOA CLOSED.
