[narconews] Bricker: Review of "The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement"
ddbriones
Dear Colleague:
Since 1997 Gloria Muqoz has been researching the indigenous Zapatista
Movement in the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas. In 2003 she
released the results in the Spanish- language book titled 20 y 10:
El Fuego y la Palabra. Now being released under the name, The Fire
and the Word. Readers now have the opportunity to read Muqoz'
"intimate details about the EZLN's initial organizing process" and
much more, in English.
Narco News' Kristin Bricker writes of the book:
"While English-speakers had to wait five long years to read it,
Muqoz made The Fire and the Word worth the wait. The English
translation updates the Spanish version, including new chapters and
pictures of Zapatista history up through the Other Campaign in 2006.
"The insurgents also discuss their seemingly suicidal decision to
declare war on the Mexican government on January 1, 1994. Comandante
Abraham says, 'We didn't think that we were going to live; we thought
that most likely we would fall and that others would continue the
struggle. We didn't think there would be people to help us.'
"Rather than simply regurgitating tired stories about Zapatismo,
Muqoz uses her book as a tool. She recently completed a book tour
in the United States. She traveled from California to New York,
meeting with grass roots organizations, adherents to the EZLN's
Sixth Declaration, and Zapatista sympathizers."
Read the rest of the review online at Narco News:
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