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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>!ZAPATISTA!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>First hand report of 2006 visit to our twinned zapatista
autonomous municipality.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>What is the Other Campaign?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A public event with talks, slide show, questions
and discussion </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>zapatista coffee and handicrafts for sale</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Organised by Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity
Group</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Monday 12th June<BR>8pm at:<BR><BR>Quaker Meeting
House<BR>Victoria Terrace<BR>Edinburgh<BR>EH1 2JL</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Victoria Terrace runs above Victoria St., just off George IV
Bridge, in Edinburgh's old town. </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The
venue is fully accessible (ramp and lift).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>There will be a slide show and
a report from recent visits<BR>to our twinned zapatista municipality '16 de
Febrero', including</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the beginning of construction of the autonomous
health</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>clinic, which the Edinburgh and Glasgow solidarity
groups have</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>been fundraising for.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>This will be followed by an update and
discussion on the Other</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Campaign, the Zapatista instigated grassroots
alternative to the<BR>Mexican presidential election.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There will be a report on the recent brutal attack
by the Mexican police</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on the citizens of Atenco, near Mexico City.
Two people were killed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>by the police attack, and several women were raped
and sexually </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>assaulted by the police.<BR><BR>Zapatista
merchandise including coffee, amber jewellery</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and textiles will be available. All proceeds
will go towards the<BR>funding of a health clinic in '16 de
Febrero':<BR></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.edinchiapas.revolt.org/healthclinic.html"><FONT
size=2>http://www.edinchiapas.revolt.org/healthclinic.html</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity Group, c/o 17 W Montgomery Place
EH7 5HA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.edinchiapas.org.uk"><FONT
size=2>www.edinchiapas.org.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=2> </FONT><A
href="mailto:edinchiapas@yahoo.co.uk"><FONT
size=2>edinchiapas@yahoo.co.uk</FONT></A><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>