A journey through an insurgent and magical world of culture and politics, this reader includes a wide sampling of the best writing to emerge as a result of the Zapatista…

A critical, comprehensive, and accessible overview of one of the most important rebel groups in history.

Se trata de una aproximacion intima a las estructuras psicosociales que expresan la forma en que los zapatistas aprehenden la realidad, su manera particular de conocerla; el modo en que…

Drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork with the Zapatistas of south-eastern Mexico, cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli reveal a complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on…

Presents a journey through modern revolutions, direct actions, anti-globalist counter summits, Freedom Schools, Zapatista co-operatives, Haymarket and Petrograd, Hanoi and Belgrade, ‘intentional’ communities, wildcat strikes, early Protestant communities, Native American…

The essays in this collection examine the background to the 1994 Chiapas uprising, together with the reasons for this, and also the developments in Chiapas and Mexico during the years…

Transitions from authoritarian to democratic governments can provide ripe scenarios for the emergence of new, insurgent political actors and causes. During peaceful transitions, such movements may become influential political players…

The Maya Indian peoples of Chiapas had been mobilizing politically for years before the Zapatista rebellion that brought them to international attention. This text explores the ways Indians across Chiapas…