Zapatistas : rebellion from the grassroots to the global

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. '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. Alex Khasnabish. Co-published By: Zed Books. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [205]-214) And Index. About the series......Page 2 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Rebel dignity......Page 12 Twelve days in January......Page 14 Masks and Marcos......Page 20 1| The origins of Zapatismo......Page 30 A struggle for independence – by whom and for whom?......Page 31 The double-edged sword of modernization......Page 36 Revolution on the horizon......Page 38 Land and liberty: Zapata and the Mexican Revolution......Page 41 ‘Institutionalizing' a revolution......Page 51 Fractures......Page 57 The seeds of rebellion in Chiapas......Page 63 Enough!......Page 68 2 | Zapatismo as political philosophy and political practice......Page 71 Fire and word......Page 72 Rebel roots......Page 74 ‘A revolution to make a revolution possible': Zapatismo and women’s rights......Page 83 To change the world without taking power......Page 90 The challenge of Zapatismo: revolutionary action beyond insurgency......Page 94 The politics of 'no'......Page 101 3 | The national impact of Zapatismo......Page 105 Zapatismo and rebel Mexico......Page 106 ‘From the mountains of the Mexican southeast': Zapatismo’s politics of the word and the deed......Page 116 ‘Today we say enough is enough!' The Zapatistas declare war......Page 118 ‘Our sovereignty resides in civil society': The Second Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle......Page 123 ‘Our struggle is national': The Third Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle......Page 129 ‘The Zapatista Front of National Liberation': The Fourth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle......Page 134 ‘This is the hour of national civil society': The Fifth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle......Page 152 The Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle and the Other Campaign......Page 157 An other Mexico......Page 171 From the local to the transnational: Zapatismo beyond borders......Page 173 Rebels and the Fourth World War......Page 178 An international order of hope: transnational encounters with Zapatismo......Page 186 Speaking a new language of struggle and possibility......Page 201 Three shoulders......Page 205 Conclusion......Page 208 References......Page 214 Index......Page 224 "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