Zapatista!: Reinventing Revolution in Mexico - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745311776 ISBN 13: 9780745311777

Publisher: Pluto Press, 1998

Synopsis

This collection on the Zapatista uprising brings together contributors from Mexico, the United States and Britain. The editors examine the formation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and discuss the key themes of the uprising - from the central issue of what it means to have a revolution that does not aim to take power to the meaning of identity and non-identity, the question of gender, race and class and the role of the Internet and electronic media. The significant contribution that the EZLN's spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, has made to revolutionary literature is a theme that runs throughout the book.

About this title

About the Author:

Kumar Rupesinghe is Secretary General of the London-based International Alert, the leading non-governmental organisation working in the area of conflict resolution. IA's primary purpose is to seek and propose constitutional provisions in areas of international conflict, to alert international opinion in areas of potential conflict, mass killings and genocide, to promote human rights, to provide dialogue with a view to ending ethnic conflict and to provide mediation where necessary.

Review:

'The book's many strengths include its coverage of the history of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN), placing the struggle in a global context through a critique of neoliberalism and capitalism' -- TLS 'An impassioned and stimulation contribution to the understanding of a continuing rebellion with profound national and international significance' -- International Affairs

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0745311776
• ISBN 13: 9780745311777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Holloway John, Pelaez Eloina