"A PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS." That's the title of a new 90-minute feature film by Canadian filmmaker Nettie Wild. She and her film crew roamed the southern Mexico jungle canyons in late 1996 to document the Zapatista revolt of indigenous peasants struggling for their rights, while the Mexican army and paramilitary militias escalate the conflict. The film interviews the elusive Subcomandante Marcos, the Zapatista leader, and also highlights the pastoral leadership of Bishop Samuel Ruiz.

Arranging a screening of the film in your local cinema can be an organizing tool to get U.S. citizens involved for justice and peace in Mexico. Contact Tom Hansen at the Mexico Solidarity Network. He and Nettie Wild can also come as speakers at your community event where the film is shown.

Mexico Solidarity Network: 773 583-7728
E-mail: alex2051@xsite.net
Web: www.mexicosolidarity.org

Internationally, the major coalition working for peace with justice in Chiapas is SIPAZ, the International Service for Peace, with offices both in Chiapas and in Santa Cruz, Calif. SIPAZ was initiated at the invitation of Mexican human rights and church contacts. Among the dozens of groups in the SIPAZ coalition are Pax Christi USA, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men Religious, Witness for Peace, and the Religious Task force on Central America and Mexico.

SIPAZ: 831 425-1257.
E-mail: sipaz@igc.org
Web: www.nonviolence.org/sipaz