2010.54.9698

• international solidarity
• latin america

Poster is printed on florescent green paper with text and images in black. The top of the poster has the text: "Eyewitness Report and Video / Uprising in Chiapas". The center of the poster at left has a small detail map of Southern Mexico highlighting Chiapas with a legend indicating the area of detail, San Crist?bal / de las Casas is labeled with a large text bubble. The center of the poster at right has the text: "Gloria La Riva and May Ying Welsh traveled to Chiapas / Jan. 11 - 15 with a delegation including former U.S. / Attorney General Ramsey Clark and journalist John Ross. / This delegation, representatives of the International / Action Center and alternative media, is investigating the / Mexican government's repression of the the people in the / state of Chiapas following the uprising which began January 1. / The predominantly Indian people of the poorest state in / Mexico launched their renewed fight for 'land, jobs, edu- / cation, health, justice and peace' to coincide with the ini- / tiation of NAFTA. In Chiapas, more than 60% of the pop - / ulation earns less than the minimum wage of $3.33 per / day, and NAFTA promises more devastating economic effects. / The Mexican government and its U.S.-supplied army has / responded with murderous repression and mass terror, / bombing and strafing towns and villages. At the request / of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, an advocate for the indigenous / and poor of the region, the IAC organized to provide / some measure of security for the population and bring / the truth to the people of the United States and the world.". The Bottom of the poster has the text: "Featured Speaker Gloria La Riva / New Video Footage from Chiapas /By Videographer May Ying Welsh /Saturday, January 22, 7:00 pm / Women's Building, 3543 - 18th Street / (between Valencia and Guerrero, San Francisco) / Donation $3 -10. No one turned away for lack of funds. / Sponsored by International Action Center / 2489 Mission St., Rm. 28, San Francisco 94110 o (415) 821-6545".