The Zapatista Reader
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Editor: Tom HaydenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11-09
ISBN: 1560253355
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Nation Books
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Book Review: Highly Detailed And Informative
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Zapatista Reader" is one of the best collections of work pertaining to the Zapatista Indian uprising in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista Army Of National Liberation announced itself to the world when it took over many provinces in Chiapas and declared that Mexico's Indian peoples would not live under the oppression and hunger offered by their corrupt government (January 1 is apparently a date favored by revolutionaries considering that this was also the day Fidel Castro and his rebels took Cuba). Lead by the charismatic Subcomandante Marcos, the Zapatistas have gained worldwide fame as one of the post-Cold War world's most important and relevant revolutionary movements. With "The Zapatista Reader" we get a rich palette of the ideas, politics and history behind not just the Zapatistas, but the current state of Mexico as well. Great Latin authors such as Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mexico's own Paco Ignacio Taibo II (author of the great Che Guevara bio "Guevara, Also Known As Che") offer their own articles and interviews with Marcos and other members of the movement. We learn that the Zapatista revolution has deeper intentions than most people realize, for example the Zapatista women wrote their own constitution demanding equal rights in education, work and marital status. There are wonderful snippets of indigenous poetry and Marcos' own writings are a powerful reflection on the decaying state of a world that has sold itself to materialism. There are fascinating historical accounts of the history of the Americas dating back to the Spanish conquest when the brutal repression of the Indian peoples began and planted the seeds for an uprising such as in Chiapas. Some of the accounts of the Mexican government's treatment of the indigenous people are strong and ugly, such as the case of Acteal where a large group of Indians were murdered in cold blood by government death squads as a response to the Zapatista revolution. "The Zapatista Reader" is highly detailed, readable and fascinating, never boring. It is a vital document on the modern history of the Americas.
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