Zapatista!: Reinventing Revolution in Mexico

by John Holloway (Editor), Eloina Pelaez (Editor)

This collection on the Zapatista uprising brings together contributors from Mexico, the United States and Britain. The editors examine the formation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and discuss the key themes of the uprising - from the central issue of what it means to have a revolution that does not aim to take power to the meaning of identity and non-identity, the question of gender, race and class and the role of the Internet and electronic media. The significant contribution that the EZLN's spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, has made to revolutionary literature is a theme that runs throughout the book.

Genres: History, Politics, Nonfiction, Theory

216 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

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Sociologist, philosopher and lawyer by profession. Holloway is closely associated with Open or Autonomous Marxism and anti-globalisation movements such as the Zapatistas.

His 2002 book, Change the World Without Taking Power, has been the subject of much debate and brought him to a wider audience.

Reviews

[robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read this for a book club. Dry as dust.