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Zapatistas Announce Plan to Build Political Alliance

HeadlineJul 01, 2005

And this news from Mexico — the Zapatista rebel army pledged Thursday to build a political alliance of the left. They plan send a delegation on a nationwide tour to drum up support ahead of next year’s presidential race. The Zapatistas however said they would stay out of electoral politics because “we already know all candidates are neo-liberals.” The group said they would push for a new constitution that “recognizes the rights and liberties of the people, and defends the weak against the powerful.” The announcement came a week after the rebels declared a “red alert” to hold high-level internal discussions about the future of their movement, and three days after they said they would seek to move toward politics and away from armed conflict.

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