Auroras of the Zapatistas: Local & Global Struggles of the Fourth World War

by Midnight Notes Collective

A study of Mexico's Zapatista revolution and its enlightening and heating effects on the new social struggles worldwide.

Genres: Indigenous, History, Latinx, Theory

Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Benjamin Fasching-Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some really cool stuff in here like an article about the film "la ciudad", a translation of a speech by Shankar Guha Niyogi and an article about Zapatismo in Canada. But the bulk of it is a bunch of activists reacting to the first 'encuentro' and since that was over 10 years ago, it's gotten a little stale. The Zapatistas aren't stale, but more traditionally minded activists figuring out what the Zapatistas mean for them ... what I mean is, ten years later it seems more obvious than it did for these guys. I mean some of these essays are pre-battle of seattle. overall very cool.

[david · Rating 5 out of 5]

book is worth it for the Caffentzis panphlet alone, which you can also get here
http://www.radicalpolytics.org/caffen...

[Redpoet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, not great, not what I had hoped it would be.

Kind of ho hum.