Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle
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The Sexta Declarición de la Selva Lacandona (Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle) was issued by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) on June 28 2005 declaring their principles and vision for Mexico and the world. The first such declaration, issued in 1993, amounted to a declaration of war on the Mexican government, which they considered so out of touch with the will of the people as to make it completely illegitimate. Subsequent declarations have focused on nonviolent solutions, both through political channels and through the assumption of many of the functions of government in the Chiapas state of southeastern Mexico.
This latest declaration reiterates the support of the Zapatistas for the autochthonous peoples who compose roughly one third of the Chiapas state, and extends the cause to include "all the exploited and dispossessed of Mexico." It also expresses solidarity with the international anti-globalization movement, and offers to provide material aid to those in Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador, and elsewhere with whom they make common cause. The declaration ends with an exhortation for all who have more respect for humanity than for money to join with the Zapatistas in the struggle for social justice both in Mexico and abroad.
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