Zapatistas Renew Struggle with Anger and Fire

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday January 08, 2003 14:02 by by Ramor Ryan - (Irish activist in Chiapas) San Cristobal de las Casas, January 1 2003

9th Anniversary of Armed Uprising Marked by Biggest Mobilization So Far

Defying their critics who charge they are divided and disintegrating, the Zapatistas mobilised their forces today, mustering the largest and most militant demonstration seen in San Cristobal since the armed uprising 9 years ago. As many as 20,000 masked militants of the EZLN descended on the town from all corners of Chiapas armed with machetes and lighting huge bonfires around the central plaza and surrounding streets. Read the report at http://struggle.ws/mexico/reports/2003/9thanniversary.html