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Preliminary Reflections on the Zapatista "Other Campaign"

By Gary Kinsman 

The 1994 Zapatista revolt in Chiapas, Mexico against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and neo-liberalism inspired and helped circulate a wave of anti-capitalist global justice activism in the south and in the north. The Zapatistas put forward a refreshing perspective for radical social transformation based on a big No! to neo-liberalism and capitalism and many yeses recognizing the diversity of oppressions and struggles people are engaged in.

  


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