Three zines about the struggle for the freedom of Indigenous Mazatec anarchist Miguel Peralta Betanzos and the community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca
Zine #1: Community Struggle and Political Repression in Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón. The Case of Miguel Peralta Betanzos
This conflict has always been complicated and difficult for many of us to understand. Communal forms of organization were present that not all of us knew or understood. The existence of a struggle over community resources. The legacy of Magón. Different family members have been involved in the conflict. Above all, the evident division of the people between the representative authorities of the state and the community assembly.
It was difficult to analyze all of this from the outside, with little information and with some doubt: What would an anarchist have to do with a conflict that could be reduced simply to an electoral dispute? Soon we began to unravel the situation and something was becoming more and more clear: there was one side, the state, putting to use its repressive resources against the community assembly.
Thus, the reduction of the conflict to an electoral dispute pointed to something much larger: the struggle of the people and the community assembly was not for the mere presence of a “false” municipal president. It was rather for the autonomy of the people and the strategies they developed to maintain themselves outside of the state.
https://archive.org/details/fanzine-1-community-struggle-and-political-repression-in-elox
Zine #2: Rumblings from the Mountain: Prison, Solidarity and Struggle
This collection weaves together numerous writings derived from within and around experiences of incarceration. These writings show the dynamics and consequences of imprisonment, as well as the networks of solidarity, voluntary association and mutual aid that form in the struggle against it.
This collection emerged as part of our ongoing organizing efforts accompanying our imprisoned compañero Miguel Peralta in the struggle for his freedom. We wanted to give insight into Miguel’s physical, emotional and political experience in prison through his own words; in the statements, poetry, denunciations and other texts which are included herein.
In this collection you will also find writings we have produced as a solidarity group in our experience accompanying Miguel, as well as writings from other prisoners and collectives engaged in the struggle against captivity. With love and solidarity for our imprisoned compañerxs.
https://archive.org/details/fanzine-2-rumblings-from-the-mountain
Zine #3: From Some Place on Earth: Updates and Writings from Political Persecution
Compilation of writings, letters, communiques, reflections, updates, and actions in the struggle against the political persecution and for the freedom of Miguel Peralta Betanzos, Indigenous Mazatec anarchist from the community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca
https://archive.org/details/fanzine-3-from-some-place-on-earth
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