Blog of Zapatista Support Group Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
To signatories of the “AN ATTACK ON US ALL” Campaign and Call to Action:
In response to the May 2, 2014 paramilitary attack on the Zapatista community of La Realidad and the killing of community member Compañero Galeano, over 2000 organizations, intellectuals, and activists from North America and beyond – including Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Junot Diaz, Cornel West, Emory Douglas, the IWW, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and many, many others – denounced this violence and called for a week of action in solidarity with the pain and rage of the Zapatista communities.
During the week of May 18-24, compañer@s in solidarity in more than 40 cities across the world responded to this call. Their actions, reported to the Anattackonusall.org website, circulated through the corresponding facebook and twitter account, and covered in the free and independent media in English, Spanish, Greek, and Italian, included: demonstrations at…
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