Email this article

-------------------------
Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the April 20, 2000
issue of Workers World newspaper
-------------------------

Remembering Emiliano Zapata

By Magda M. Miller

East Los Angeles, Calif

Over 250 people gathered here April 9 to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the great Mexican general, Emiliano Zapata.

Until he was killed in 1919, "tierra y libertad" (land and freedom) was his cry. Today his spirit is very much alive as the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico, continue to carry out their revolution for land and liberty.

The event began with a three-mile march through Boyle Heights to a rally at the Plaza de Mexico that included speakers, Aztec dances and music ensembles. The event was sponsored by Comite Pro-Democracia en Mexico and the Chicano Moratorium. Members of Workers World Party took part, demanding the release of all political prisoners, the building of schools instead of prisons, and an end to police brutality, abuse of immigrants and capitalist exploitation.

This article is copyright under a Creative Commons License.
Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011
Email: ww@workers.org
Subscribe wwnews-subscribe@workersworld.net
Support independent news http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php)

HOME :: U.S. NEWS :: WORLD NEWS :: EDITORIALS :: SUBSCRIBE :: DONATE