tl;dr: the merch is at the bottom.

On July 21, during the gathering or “seedbed” entitled “War against Humanity (Populations and Nature Under Siege),” called for by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, EZLN spokesperson Insurgent Subcommander Moisés announced that a delegation of 1,111 Zapatistas would travel to Mexico City in December, staying for the entire month. They will hold a series of meetings, gatherings, protests, and marches; organize the next “Gathering of Resistances and Rebellions” and “Gathering of Art;” and, on January 1, 2027, celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the EZLN’s armed uprising from the heart of the Mexican state.

However, the main motivation for the “Tour for Life – Mexico Chapter” is to meet with collectives and organizations searching for their disappeared family members and loved ones. More often than not, these efforts are led by the mothers of the disappeared. In elaborating on the upcoming trip in an August 9 statement, Moisés and Insurgent Captain Marcos stated that “Where are they?” is the most important question today in Mexico and Central America: “One of the main goals of our trip and stay in Mexico City is to meet with the collectives of those searching. Not only to listen to them and echo their demand for truth and justice. But also to offer them the collective embrace of the Zapatista peoples and communities. And, through that embrace, to try to let them know, at least a little, just how much we admire, respect, and love them.”

According to the government’s National Registry of Disappeared and Unlocated Persons, at the time of this writing there are 131,037 disappeared people in Mexico. Non-governmental organizations put the number higher, with Red Lupa stating that as of May 16, 2026, there were 134,257 disappeared people in Mexico, with more than 58% disappeared in the past eight years of MORENA party rule. To make matters worse, there are more than 70,000 bodies in the possession of the Mexican state that remain unidentified. As I wrote about previously, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently described disappearances in Mexico as a “generalized” and “serious human rights crisis.” And the UN Committee against Forced Disappearance stated in a report that the ongoing practice of disappearing people may amount to a crime against humanity. Mexico dismissed the UN report as “tendentious and lacking in legal rigor,” “flimsy in its premises,” and the solid go-to: “meddling.” However, the icing on the cake of state complicity had to be during the World Cup nonsense, when Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez announced from the National Palace that “outside interests” were behind a June 10 protest held by searching mothers and that the ministry was opening an investigation into “the origins of support” for the march. Not to be deterred, since September 9, searching mothers have maintained an encampment outside the offices of Mexico’s Attorney General to denounce state inaction.

Since getting 1,000 people (give or take) halfway across the country and feeding and housing and everything elsing them for a month is quite an undertaking, efforts are underway from Chiapas to Mexico City and points in between to support the Zapatista tour. A prisoner support organization in Chiapas, the anti-carceral Grupo de Trabajo No Estamos Todxs (We’re Not All Here Working Group | Instagram | Facebook), has put together some swag to sell to raise funds for the tour. (Note that all funds raised go to the tour’s bank account; none to the group.) In agreement with them, I’m acting as the unofficial merchandiser of unofficial Zapatista solidarity gear for the territories referred to as the United States and Canada.

The compas have the following items for sale:

Black canvas tote bag: $15 USD
Black cotton t-shirt (sizes S, M, L, or XL): $20 USD
Embroidered hat (red or black): $20 USD

We’re doing this old(ish) school – so no carts or forms or whatnot. We’ll actually have to interact with one another!

If you want to purchase an item or items, or have questions, email me. I will be collecting orders and passing them along to Grupo de Trabajo No Estamos Todxs. The items will then be shipped to me, and I’ll send along the individual orders.

Packaging and shipping costs will depend on the total number of orders received and the number of items in your order. If you order one item, assume around $10-15 USD in packaging and shipping to get it from San Cristóbal to your mailbox.

I can accept Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, or even crypto, if that’s your jam. Reach out and we’ll figure it out!

Some final notes: In the interest of transparency, it should be mentioned that Grupo de Trabajo No Estamos Todxs is selling these items for slightly less in Chiapas. The tote bag is 200 pesos (≈12 USD) and the hat and t-shirt are 250 pesos each (≈ $15 USD). To avoid dealing with fluctuations in currency, I set the items at a fixed, slightly higher price. And lastly, it bears repeating that neither I nor Grupo de Trabajo No Estamos Todxs will be making a cent (or centavo) from this. Our profit is simply the joy of unpaid solidarity labor.