Title Zapatistas : rebellion from the grassroots to the global / Alex Khasnabish

Published Halifax : Fernwood Pub. ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) Series Rebels Rebels (Halifax, N.S.) Contents 'Enough!' : introduction -- 'We are the product of five hundred years of resistance' : the origins of Zapatismo -- 'Everything for everyone, nothing for ourselves' : Zapatismo as political philosophy and political practice -- 'Never again a Mexico without us' : the national impact of Zapatismo -- 'A world made of many worlds' : the transnational impact of Zapatismo -- 'To open a crack in history' : conclusion Summary "In the early hours of January 1, 1994 a guerrilla army of indigenous Mayan peasants emerged from the highlands and jungle in the far southeast of Mexico and declared "¡Ya basta!"--"Enough!"--to 500 years of colonialism, racism, exploitation, oppression, and genocide. As elites in Canada, the United States, and Mexico celebrated the coming into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional, EZLN) declared war against this 500 year old trajectory toward oblivion, one that they said was most recently reincarnated in the form of neoliberal capitalist globalization that NAFTA represented. While the Zapatista uprising would have a profound impact upon the socio-political fabric of Chiapas its effects would be felt far beyond the borders of Mexico. At a moment when state-sponsored socialism had all but vanished from the global political landscape and other familiar elements of the left appeared utterly demoralized and defeated in the face of neoliberal capitalism's global ascendance, the Zapatista uprising would spark an unexpected and powerful new wave of radical socio-political action transnationally. Through an exploration of the Zapatista movement's origins, history, structure, aims, political philosophy and practice, and future directions this book provides a critical, comprehensive, and accessible overview of one of the most important rebel groups in recent history."--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) -- History Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) -- Influence SUBJECT Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) fast Subject Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- Social conditions -- 20th century Social movements -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- History -- 20th century Socialism -- Latin America Anti-globalization movement. Indians -- Social conditions -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- 20th century HISTORY. Indians -- Social conditions Anti-globalization movement Indians of Mexico -- Social conditions Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Social movements Socialism Verzet. SUBJECT Chiapas (Mexico) -- History -- Peasant Uprising, 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005637 Subject Latin America Mexico -- Chiapas Mexico. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781848132092 1848132093 9781848138063 1848138067

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