Zapatistas

The Sixth Declaration, the Zapatistas, nationalism and the state

Leam — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:40:22 +0000

Understanding exactly what is meant by the Sixth Declaration is a difficult task. While the Declaration opens with a reference to it being the ‘simple word’(1) of the EZLN there is a certain, perhaps deliberate, lack of theoretical clarity. This can, completely understandably, cause problems interpreting the document and the Zapatista position.

A critique of the Zapatista "Other Campaign" - Grupo Socialista Libertario

Ret Marut — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:31:25 +0000

State terror and dirty war: a year of state recuperation in Mexico

Alan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:34:32 +0000

Following a heady 18 months of diverse and popular struggles up down the country, the Mexican state is using familiar tactics to reassert itself as the country’s main authority.

Javier Zanetti - Zapatista supporter

Ed — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:18:59 +0000

With Zanetti leading the drive, Inter Milan funded sports, water and health projects in the Chiapas region of Mexico, where the Zapatistas operate.

Unmasking the Zapatistas - Wildcat

daniel — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:45:57 +0000

It may seem smug to knock the Zapatistas from the sidelines. But this is a perennial red herring. The fact that the Zapatistas and their supporters live in hardship and risk their lives does not in any way demonstrate that their program is what the Mexican proletariat needs. This article should provide an alternative to the almost universal uncritical laudation which Marcos and co. have received.

1994: The Zapatista uprising

Ed — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:50:28 +0000

“¡Ya Basta!” ("Enough is Enough!") declared the EZLN (Zapatista National Liberation Army - named after the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata), as they burst to international attention on New Years day 1994.

1867-2000: A people’s history of Mexico

Steven. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:10:04 +0000

The Revolution was the period which saw the Mexican state begin its transformation from an oligarchical-landowners' government to the one-party corporatist model which survived for so long

A Commune in Chiapas? Mexico and the Zapatista Rebellion, 1994-2000

libcom — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:05:43 +0000

[b]Not proletarian, yet not entirely peasant, the Zapatistas' political ideas are riven with contradictions. We reject the academics' argument of Zapatismo's centrality as the new revolutionary subject, just as we reject the assertions of the 'ultra-left' that because the Zapatistas do not have a communist programme they are simply complicit with capital.

The concept of power and the Zapatistas

libcom — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:09:26 +0000

The following article was contributed to @kÃ¶r autonomedia by John Holloway. We thank John Holloway for his kind permission. It was first published in Common Sense # 19, June 1996.

The Chiapas Uprising and the Future of Class Struggle in the New World Order

libcom — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:42:27 +0000

INTRODUCTORY NOTE: This article was written for the Italian journal RIFF-RAFF published in Padova, Italy. Revised versions have also been published in STUDIES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY and in CANADIAN DIMENSION. THE CHIAPAS UPRISING AND THE FUTURE OF CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER by Harry Cleaver, University of Texas at Austin hmcleave@mundo.eco.utexas.edu