Mexico is not only Chiapas

Emiliano Zapata.

MEXICO IS NOT ONLY CHIAPAS NOR IS THE REBELLION IN CHIAPAS MERELY A MEXICAN AFFAIR.

In January 1994, in the south eastern state of Chiapas in Mexico, news of the Zapatistas armed revolt composed mainly of Indian peasants, travelled all over the world bringing about an explosion of interest and information on Mexico because the rebellion was automatically connected with the Mexican revolution.

Social constitution and the form of the capitalist state

Werner Bonefeld's analysis of the formation of the capitalist state and its relationship to the social organisation of the working class.

Introduction

The politics of debt: social discipline and control

Bankers during 1992's 'Black Wednesday'.

"During the 1980s and 1990s debt has become a serious political and social issue. This is true at the personal level and at the public level. The huge number of personal bankruptcies, insolvencies, bad debt and currency crises, culminating in Black Wednesday in September of 1992, brought home to public consciousness the awesome power of money."

The Politics of Debt:
Social Discipline and Control [1]

I. Introduction

Lavori in corso

Lavori in corso ('work in progress') is Ricccardo Bellofiore's critical review of Appuntamenti di fine secolo ('Meeting at the end of the century'), edited by Pietro Ingrao and Rossana Rossanda which includes articles on Fordism, post-Fordism, globalisation and new developments in social movement practice.

Lavori in corso

Riccardo Bellofiore

From Common Sense #22 1997

[b]Editorial Introduction[/b]

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