Rebellion in Chiapas— The Zapatista Movement in Modern Mexico
Sixteen years ago this month, the Zapatista uprising in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas shocked the world, as a previously unknown army of indigenous Maya took up arms to repudiate the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Journalist and World War 4 Report [1] editor Bill Weinberg [2], author of Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico [3], will speak on the dynamics that led to the rebellion, and look back both on the gains and defeats of the Zapatista struggle since the 1994 uprising.
Friday Jan. 22, 7 PM
Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave. between 36th & 37th streets, 2nd flr.
Sponsored by the New York Military Affairs Symposium (NYMAS [4])
