[COMM-ORG] Movement for Justice in El Barrio update

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From: Movement for Justice in El Barrio 
<movementforjusticeinelbarrio at yahoo.com>

Please Circulate Widely!!!

Join us for International Women’s Day!

The Other Campaign New York
Movement for Justice in El Barrio

will report back on our participation in…

The Zapatista’s World Wide Festival of Dignified Rage

AND

Present the NYC film premiere of TWO NEW VIDEO MESSAGES:

Movement for Justice in El Barrio’s

 >From Across the Border:
Our Resistance to Global Displacement

and

A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM SAN SALVADOR ATENCO

Sunday, March 8th at 7:00 PM

LaGuardia Memorial House
307 E. 116th St. Btw. 1st and 2nd Ave
Take 6 train to 116th St.

If you are on Facebook, become a fan on Facebook and RSVP to our event!

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We will share some of our experiences at the festival and present a 
special video message from the community of San Salvador Atenco three 
years after they suffered brutal state repression and are still fighting 
for the liberation of their political prisoners. Come and find out what 
you can do to support them in their struggle!

Over New Years, Movement for Justice in El Barrio sent a delegation down 
to Chiapas, Mexico to participate in the World Wide Festival of 
Dignified Rage called by the Zapatistas. With thousands of people 
present from all over the world, we shared our dignified and rebellious 
words through our new video message.

We will premiere this message for the first time in NYC. The video 
message includes a special message to the Zapatistas on their 25th 
anniversary as well as a special message to the people of San Salvador 
Atenco who continue the struggle for their land and to free their 
political prisoners. In addition, we will present a message from the 
people of Atenco in which they speak of their struggle and their new 
National and International Campaign for Liberty and Justice for Atenco.

Background on San Salvador Atenco

On the 3rd and 4th of May of 2006, the government of Mexico savagely 
attacked the population of San Salvador Atenco in the state of Mexico. 
During this military and police attack, two youth were killed, 30 women 
were raped, and they detained more than 200 people. The police began the 
attack when the people organized to stop the violent expulsion of flower 
vendors from a central square.

There are still 13 political prisoners in jail with sentences of up to 
112 years.

The community in Atenco has a great history of struggle for a just and 
dignified life. In 2002, they organized and put a halt to the 
government’s project to take away their land in order to build an airport.