Strategies for resistance under neoliberalism: lessons from the Zapatistas and the Landless Workers' Movement
Submitted by Victory Of The ... on Feb 18 2017 09:58
This essay examines the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the Landless Workers' Movement and the ways that these movements have been able to persist for decades and surpass frequent limitations of revolutionary action under neoliberalism. These lessons are essential for efforts to build counter-power.
Death of a Zapatista: neoliberalism’s assault on indigenous autonomy
Submitted by Ivelrah on Jun 3 2014 11:07
Last month an indigenous teacher in the autonomous Zapatista region of Chiapas, Mexico, was murdered by paramilitaries. This article examines why.
Workers' democracy - Staughton Lynd
An article by Staughton Lynd reinterprets the concept of union democracy to include workers of all kinds (unionized workers, nonunion workers, and farmers); protection of the rights to strike, picket, and slow down; and the demand for worker-community ownership. This article examines two recent examples of workers’ democracy: the Serbian revolution of 2000 and the Zapatistas’ ongoing struggle in Chiapas, Mexico.
Staughton Lynd’s remarks on Solidarity Unionism
Staughton Lynd's speech at the 2005 IWW Centenary in Chicago, Illinois.
Beyond Resistance: Everything. An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
AN INTERVIEW WITH
SUBCOMANDANTE INSURGENTE
MARCOS
Wobblies and Zapatistas: conversations on anarchism, Marxism and radical history
Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from the Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist, influenced by Marxism. They meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing of history by those who make it, and to remind us of the idea that "my country is the world." Encompassing a Left libertarian perspective and an emphatically activist standpoint, these conversations are meant to be read in the clubs and affinity groups of the new Movement.
The “low-intensity war” against autonomy in Mexico (Part Two)
An article discussing the history of military and paramilitary violence against political organisers and communities in resistance in Mexico from the 1960s to the present day.
Echos of the struggle in Mexico - Interview with Raul of radio Ke Huelga
Interview with Raul, Mexican libertarian and presenter on the Ke Huelga free radio station.
Anarchism, the state and the praxis of contemporary antisystemic social movements
This thesis is dedicated to providing a theoretical and historical account of the way antisystemic movements have developed and changed.
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