Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible; Chronicles 2000-2006

On New Year's Day 1994 a small group of Mayan peasants, led by a charismatic former University Professor, grabbed the attention of the world by taking over San Cristobel, the capitol of Chiapas, Mexico and proclaiming Basta! to the prevailing orthodoxy of neo-liberal capitalism that was destroying the infrastructure of the peasant economy. Far from being a local outburst, their cry was heard across the world and in the next decade the Zapatisas became a beacon of hope and a model to hundreds of thousands of activists across the world fighting globalization.Ross, John is the author of 'Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible; Chronicles 2000-2006', published 2006 under ISBN 9781560258742 and ISBN 1560258748.