32 posts tagged "Zapatista"

Zapatista April 20, 2008 Another documentary by Big Noise Films this time on the Zapatistas of Chiapas Mexico. The Zapatistas (EZLN) are an armed revolutionary group that rose up on New Years day 1994 in opposition to NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement).

Zapatista April 20, 2008 Another documentary by Big Noise Films this time on the Zapatistas of Chiapas Mexico. The Zapatistas (EZLN) are an armed revolutionary group that rose up on New Years day 1994 in opposition to NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement).

Murder, Corruption and Illegal Logging in Oaxaca 14-04-2008 17:46 The murder of two radio activists in Oaxaca has brought the repression suffered by indigenous Mexicans into sharp focus. Oaxaca has the biggest percentage of indigenous people who speak many different languages and suffering serious discrimination including the theft of their natural resources.

Murder, Corruption and Illegal Logging in Oaxaca 14-04-2008 17:46 The murder of two radio activists in Oaxaca has brought the repression suffered by indigenous Mexicans into sharp focus. Oaxaca has the biggest percentage of indigenous people who speak many different languages and suffering serious discrimination including the theft of their natural resources.

Deb News: Deb Jess is thrilled about the recent review Booklist gave Driving Sideways: “Leigh Fielding was diagnosed with kidney disease and recently received a transplant. Since then, she’s been trying all kinds of new things and comes to believe that she’s channeling the donor, Larry.

Project of Autonomy and Self-Determination for Kumiai and Cucapa March 24, 2008 | One Comment | 101 Views Last month, the Cucapa and Kumiai Indigenous Communities of Baja California, Mexico, announced a multilateral project dedicated to making themselves autonomous, self-sufficient, traditionally-governed Peoples.

I just read this and felt it was worth a short comment. I agree fully that the effects of global capitalism have been negative on the African continent. Global capitalism has been bad for most of the world. Only small groups of people have benefited from it, at the expense of the masses.

First Draft of Preface (version 02) This thesis originally began by taking the form of an analysis of the communication approach of a sociopolitical movement, specifically the Zapatista movement of Chiapas, Mexico.

[Slideshow] + [Video] Zapatista Movement February 27, 2008 by mlim February 26: Zapatista Movement http://www.zapatistas.org/ http://www.zapatistarevolution.com/ Required readings: Cleaver, H. (1996) Zapatistas in Cyberspace: http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/zapsincyber.html Cleaver, H.

The three primary constituents of this research subject developed from a simple question. “What do people think of when they think of the Zapatistas?” In order to answer that question, others needed to be asked first.