Consejo Inigena Popular de Oaxaca
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The Consejo Indígena Popular de Oaxaca “Ricardo Flores Magón” (CIPO-RFM) is an organization of indigenous communities that support each other and work independently from all political parties and from all governmental institutions.
CIPO currently represents 24 communities of Chatin, Mixtec, Chinantec, Cuicatec, Zapotec, Mixe, Triqui, black or half-caste villages. CIPO-RFM has a home in Oaxaca City where anyone who wants to join us in our non-violent struggle is welcome. People can participate as an international human rights observer or in the variety of projects developed in our communities.
[edit] CIPO Mission
The CIPO mission is the reconstitution and free association of our villages, to exercise autonomy and direct action on the magonista path:
- To help the villages and workers to organize themselves liberally, not necessarily within the CIPO-RFM. - To promote, diffuse and defend our human, territorial, economic, social, political and cultural rights, as communities and as individuals. - To advise and help the communities, organizations, authorities and individuals, natives or not, that ask for our support in their struggle. - To encourage sustainable projects (production, services, commercialization, etc.) that allow a complete development of the native communities, safeguarding the ecosystems and respecting the people. - To investigate, document, analyze and diffuse the actions and stuggles of the communities. - To engage in the defense and the protection of our environment and territory, as well as to revalue the worldview of our communities. - To develop methods of alternative communication: radio, television, press, internet, etc. - To put in practice concrete actions to achieve authentic respect for diversity, and for the rights of women and children.
[edit] Magonismo
Main Article: Magonismo
Ricardo Flores Magón because was an indigenous anarchist who fought in the Mexican Revolution along with other revolutionaries including Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. The CIPO-RFM follow his principles of fighting without seeking material wealth or any personal profit, struggling to evict egoism, leaders and lies, and living without aspiration for power or its imposition on anyone. They keep as basic principles reciprocal aid, solidarity, non-violent direct action, autonomy and self-government as the way to freedom. The members of CIPO-RFM are also called Magonistas since the Magonismo is the way they intend to fight.
