Zapatista Encuentro - 2nd Edition by The Zapatistas - ISBN: 9781583225486
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Mexico‘s Zapatistas have come to be recognized as a potent social movement armed with poetry, folk tales and a deep sense of patience and humor. Known for their inspiring communiques and letters, "Zapatista Encuentro" presents one of the Zapatista’s most powerful poems, a Whitmanic…

Zapatista Encuentro - 2nd Edition

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    64 pages

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    1 August 2011

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Summary

“Why is everyone so quiet? Is this the democracy you wanted?” So ask the Zapatistas, the group of indigenous Mexicans who, on January 1, 1994, mounted a rebellion against the implementation of NAFTA, political corruption, and the slow, unreported genocide of indigenous people worldwide. As the group expressed their demands and revealed their tactics, it quickly became obvious that they were less an armed guerilla force seeking to seize state power, and much more a social movement seeking to c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781583225486
ISBN-10:158322548X
Author:The Zapatistas
Publisher:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:64
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 August 2011
Weight:63g
Dimensions:171mm x 108mm
Series:Seven Stories' Open Media
About The Author

The Zapatistas

THE ZAPATISTAS are an indigenous insurgency movement demanding political, cultural and economic democracy in Mexico. Their guerilla activity began on January 1, 1994. Their movement calls for basic changes in Mexican society, including indigenous autonomy and democratic liberties for all Mexicans. Their vision “for humanity and against neoliberlism” continues to catalyze grassroots organizing worldwide.

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