Fi and many other groups. ! Indigenous Rights. • Humanity and Against Neoliberalism, the Green Student Network, the Kings Cross Women's Centre ZAP, demands that the European Union suspends its Free Trade Agreement with Mexico until human rights are fully respected there. We demand that the European Union suspend its Free Trade Agreement with Mexico until human rights are fully respected there.
We demand that the Mexican Government : demilitarise Chiapas, Guerrero and all of Mexico. I Withdraw Troops from the Zapatista areas. Respect and implement the San Andres Accords on Dismantle the Death Squads. Hands off Human Rights Observers.
Contact ZAP c/o BM CRL London WC1N 3XX, phone 0181 679 6930 e-mail chaipaslink@acephale &[email protected] UK Zapatista Challenge website:http://www.acephale.org/encuentro Electronic sites which contain information about the Zapatistas and Chiapas including archived material can be found at : gopher eco.utexas.edumailinglists/Chaipas95 http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/chaipas95.html http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/index.html MexNews and Mexico Update are news services on Mexican politics, economy, and the situation in Chiapas which are posted in English -among other languages. Information can be obtained from co-ordinator Jose A Briones at [email protected] Zapatistas! Documents of the new Mexican Revolution is available on the Net at gopher://lanic.utexas.edu:70//11/1a/M exico/Zapatistas THE MEXICAN support group fights to promote the interests of • the people of Mexico and in particular the poorest sectors by • increasing awareness in Britain, promoting self determination of the indigenous peoples and highlighting human rights viola• tions, promoting support for Mexican groups which represent and defend the rights of popular sectors and monitoring Trans• nationals, particularly British business in the Mexican economy Membership is £5 waged, £7 low waged, £10 waged, cheques • payable to Mexico Support Group. send to MSG, Latin AmeriIG
The call for a workers' and farmers government is also part of the system of transitional demands, which also include calls for the expropriation of the banks, organising workers' defence squads to protect picket lines, and a workers' militia to combat fascist thugs, and a struggle against imperialism and war.
Trotsky forcibly argues that the traditional organisations of the working class - the social democratic and Stalinist parties - did not want to take power in their own hands: "they do not wish to the