The Zapatista Reader by Tom Hayden
The electrifying effect the Zapatista peasant rebellion has had on leading figures in the intellectual, political, and literary world since the Zapatistas woke them up on New Year's Day, 1994, has provided inspiration for activists all over the world. A remarkable synergy has also developed between leading writers, novelists, and journalists and Subcomandante Marcos, the enigmatic, pipe-smoking and balaclavered leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, who seems like a character out of a magical realism novel. This reader includes a wide sampling of the best of the writing to emerge on the subject. The book is a journey through an insurgent and magical world of culture and politics, where celebrants and critics debate what Carlos Fuentes has described as the world's first post-communist rebellion.' Included are essays by Paco Taibo I, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Elena Poniatowska, Ilan Stavans, Carlos Monsivais, Jorge Castenada, Jose Saramago, John Berger, Marc Cooper, Andrew Kopkind, Bill Weinberg, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alma Guillermoprieto and Eduardo Galeano.
"The issue that is being fought out in the mountains of Chiapas touches the hearts of all those who have not abandoned their simple demand for equal justice for all"-Jose Saramago
According to The Atlantic Monthly, Tom Hayden changed America. Tom Hayden, one of the most influential social and political activists of the twentieth century, was the founder of Students for a Democratic Society and one of the 1968 Democratic Convention's Chicago Seven protestors. He was a California State Senator from 1982 to 2000 and the author of thirteen books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781560253358 |
| ISBN 10 | 1560253355 |
| Title | The Zapatista Reader |
| Author | Tom Hayden |
| Series | Nation Bks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Avalon Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2002-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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