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Dancing with the Zapatistas
Diana Taylor and Lorie Novak, editors
Duke University Press
Dancing with the Zapatistas brings together scholars, artists, journalists, and activists to respond to the continuing work of the Zapatistas twenty years after their insurrection in 1994. Available online, this open access multimedia digital book includes essays, photo essays, interviews, and spoken word and theatrical performances that offer insights into the workings of the Zapatista Council on Good Government; the murals in the Caracoles; the Escuelita; Subcomandante Marcos; and Zapatista music and celebrations. An exceptionally rich visual resource, this book discusses how Zapatista and Mayan thought permeate the daily life of the Zapatistas, from the way in which their languages configure collective identity to how music affirms the Zapatistas' conception of history. Ultimately, Dancing with the Zapatistas considers how the Zapatistas work with those outside their movement while covering how they have influenced the practices of activists and artists around the globe.

Contributors: Brian Batchelor, Henry Castillo, Elvira Colorado, Hortencia Colorado, María Luisa de la Garza, Ricardo Dominguez, Jennifer Flores Sternad Ponce de León, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Marta Molina, Lorie Novak, Julio Pantoja, Claudia Isabel Serrano Otero, Jacques Servin (a.k.a. Andy Bichlbaum), Alexei Taylor, Diana Taylor, Luis Vargas-Santiago, Moysés Zuñiga
 
Published in collaboration with the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at New York University

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Zapatistas
The Chiapas Revolt and What It Means For Radical Politics
Mihalis Mentinis
Pluto Press, 2006
The Zapatista Army for National Liberation burst onto the world stage on January 1, 1994. Zapatista commander Subcomandante Marcos announced a revolution and declared war on the Mexican government and global capitalism. Since then, the Zapatistas have inspired thousands of activists across the world. They have attracted much attention from political theorists and analysts. Despite this, there is little consensus about the real nature and efficacy of the movement.



Zapatistas provides a bold new approach to understanding the insurrection. Mihalis Mentinis spent nine months visiting the Zapatista autonomous zone, and the result is this unique exploration of the indigenous political theory emerging within the movement. Combining this with an analysis of the integrity of the Zaptista project, Mentinis draws on the concept of the "event" from Badiou, ideas from Situationism, the "project of autonomy" of Cornelius Castoriadis and the "constituent power" of Antonio Negri, to present a rigourous account of the movement and the impact it has had on radical political theory.

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