Support Chiapas Communities Against Attacks!

The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee asks you urgently to donate and help us raise funds for the autonomous Indigenous communities under violent attack in Chiapas. Proceeds from this fundraiser will be sent directly to CDH Fray Bartolome de Las Casas (Frayba), a human rights organization in San Cristobal, Chiapas, that was founded in 1989 that accompanies and defends the autonomous communities.

There has recently been spiraling and continuous paramilitary violence against the autonomous indigenous communities in Chiapas as the DSA International Committee has noted in our recent statement:

https://international.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-ic-stands-with-the-ezln-zapatistas-and-communities-of-chiapas-against-paramilitary-attacks/ This violence has included torture, kidnappings and continuous bombardment of schools and fields, causing widespread displacement and hunger, since indigenous farmers have been prevented by constant paramilitary gunfire from tending their crops. This is on top of the health crisis created by COVID.

Solidarity has many components, and a crucial one is material solidarity. Comrades and friends. please donate to the struggles of the indigenous peoples of Chiapas to help them recover from these attacks and continue their struggle for their autonomy, their rights and their lands. Their struggle is our struggle.