Chiapas

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.

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.

Traven, B., 1890-1969

Steven. — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:24:25 +0000

B. Traven, aka Ret Marut, Hal Croves, Traven Torsvan, Bruno Traven, Arnold, Barker, Otto Feige, Kraus, Lainger, Wienecke, and Ziegelbrenner
Born 5 March 1890 - Chicago, USA, died 26 March 1969 - Mexico City, Mexico

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 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

The Zapatistas and the International Circulation of Struggle - Lessons Suggested and Problems Raised

libcom — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:40:22 +0000

For a long, long time many activists have recognized two things: first, that capitalism operates on a global level and second, that to achieve enough power to overthrow capitalism the working class must find ways to organize its own struggles at the same level.

The Zapatistas and the Electronic Fabric of Struggle DRAFT

libcom — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:34:59 +0000

The Zapatistas And The Electronic Fabric Of Struggle(*)