Research Catalog

Title

The Zapatistas' dignified rage : final public speeches of Subcommander Marcos / edited by Nick Henck ; translated by Henry Gales ; with additional contributions by Lt. Col. Moisés and Commander Hortensia.

Author

Marcos, subcomandante

Publication

• Chico, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland : AK Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moisés, subcomandante.
• Hortensia, comandante.
• Henck, Nick, 1971-
• Gales, Henry

Description

274 pages; 23 cm

Summary

For over two decades, Mexico's Zapatista indigenous movement has stood as a beacon of hope for activists around the world working against economic exploitation and government oppression. Subcommander Marcos was their military leader and spokesperson, a poetic advocate who was, for many, almost indistinguishable from the movement he championed. On May 25, 2014, in the town of La Realidad, deep in the Zapatistas' heartland, Subcommander Marcos delivered a speech before thousands of supporters in which he declared that he would henceforth "cease to exist," a change that made way for the movement's indigenous members to assume a more prominent role. Readers will find that speech in The Zapatistas' Dignified Rage, along with fourteen others he gave between the end of the "Other Campaign" in 2007 and his farewell announcement in 2014. While he made fewer public appearances during this period, he simultaneously increased the depth of his analysis. Collected here in English translation for the first time, these talks include some of his most explicit, detailed, and inspiring criticisms of capitalism, political parties, vanguards, electoral democracy, gender and racial discrimination, disingenuous solidarity, and much more. While others have voiced similar criticisms, Marcos was exceptional for also being a charismatic representative and spokesperson for a globally relevant social movement made up of tens of thousands of people.

Subjects

• Guerrillas
• Revolutionaries
• Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico)
• History
• Peasant Uprising (Chiapas, Mexico : 1994-)
• Guerrillas > Mexico > Chiapas
• Marcos, subcomandante
• Revolutionaries > Mexico > Chiapas
• Mexico > Chiapas
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Mexican
• Chiapas (Mexico) > History > Peasant Uprising, 1994-
• Oratory

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274).

Language (note)

• Translated from the Spanish.

Contents

Neither the center nor the periphery (December 2007) -- National and International Caravan for Observation and Solidarity with Zapatista Communities (August 2008) -- Seven winds in the calendars and geographies of below (January 2009) -- Between light and shade (May 2014).

Call Number

JFE 18-5675

ISBN

• 9781849352925
• 1849352925

LCCN

• 2017936243
• 13527660

OCLC

974677494

Author

Marcos, subcomandante, author.

Title

The Zapatistas' dignified rage : final public speeches of Subcommander Marcos / edited by Nick Henck ; translated by Henry Gales ; with additional contributions by Lt. Col. Moisés and Commander Hortensia.

Publisher

Chico, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland : AK Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274).

Language

Translated from the Spanish.

Added Author

Moisés, subcomandante.

Hortensia, comandante.

Henck, Nick, 1971- editor.

Gales, Henry, translator.

Other Standard Identifier

13527660

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5675