Zapatistas

On Monday, April 27, we will watch a video entitled The Sixth Sun: The Mayan Uprising in Chiapas. On Wednesday, April 29, we will discuss this video as well as the following readings from the Internet:

A Brief History of the Zapatistas
General Command of the EZLN, "First Declaration From the Lacandon Jungle," January 1, 1993
Barry Carr, "From the Mountains of the Southeast": A Review of Recent Writings on the Zapatistas of Chiapas

The discussion topic for the week on the Netforum list is What explains the emergence of the recent Zapatista uprising in Chiapas?

If you are interested, you can read about my own recent experiences in Chiapas. Here is a brief list of other Internet sites on the Zapatistas:

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (also available in English)
The Zapatistas: A Bibliography of Current Articles Indexed in the API, Alternative Press Center
Mexico Out of Balance
Zapatistas
Mexican & Related WWW Sites
National Commission for Democracy in Mexico