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	Boston.com / News / World / Struggle endures for Zapatistas
		Ten years after the Zapatista Army of National Liberation declared war on the Mexican government, the Mayan rebels are a long way from achieving their goal of improved conditions for the country's 12 million Indians.
		In the Zapatistas' stronghold, spanning about two-fifths of the impoverished southern state of Chiapas, their followers are in many ways worse off today than before the Jan. 1, 1994, uprising.
		Despite their continued poverty, the Zapatistas say they have achieved other gains in their fight to redress centuries of discrimination at the hands of the country's mestizo majority, who are of mixed Indian and Spanish descent.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/01/02/struggle_endures_for_zapatistas (1096 words)

	Zapatistas research paper
		The Zapatistas are among the many indigenous peoples of Mexico who have long struggled for work, land, housing, food, health care, education, independence, freedom, democracy, justice, and peace.
		The Zapatistas draw inspiration for their name from Emiliano Zapata, the revolutionary leader who led a peasant uprising from the south during the Mexican Revolution.
		The growing international interest in the Zapatistas and their struggle became apparent in the attendance of several thousand people with delegates from Mexico and dozens of nations to debate strategies for combating what the Zapatistas called the criminal concentration of privileges and wealth—re-named as neoliberalism (Marcos 11-19).
	www.mattkapko.com /indepth/zapatistas.html (2816 words)

	ipedia.com: Emiliano Zapata Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He is considered to be one of the national heroes of Mexico; the Zapatistas, a revolutionary movement based in the state of Chiapas, take their name from him.
		Zapata was born in the small central Mexican state of Morelos in the village of Anenecuilco.
		Zapata's introduction to anarchism came via a local schoolteacher, Otilio Montano, who exposed Zapata to the works of Peter Kropotkin and Flores Magón at the same time as Zapata was observing and beginning to participate in the struggles of the peasants for the land.
	www.ipedia.com /emiliano_zapata.html (1170 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Zapatistas leave jungle for tour of Mexico designed to reshape summer ...
		LA GARRUCHA, Mexico – The Zapatista rebels kicked off a 6-month tour of Mexico on Sunday, leaving this jungle village of ramshackle huts aboard rickety trucks and buses in an effort to reshape one of the country's most-heated presidential races.
		The mountainous city is where the Zapatistas started their rebellion on New Year's Day 1994, when thousands of gun-toting Indians took over the mayor's office and declared war on the Mexican government.
		Zapatista peasant farmer Ricardo Mendez, 28, a native speaker of the Mayan tongue Tzeltal, said that the rebels wanted to expand their influence.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20060101-0953-mexico-zapatistas.html (777 words)

	Zapatistas: War in Chiapas likely to resume : SF Bay Area Indymedia
		In silence the Zapatistas strengthened their autonomous organizations according to the agreements of the treaty that later was watered down by the government.
		By now there are approximately some hundreds of thousands of (mostly indigenous) zapatista support bases who are organized in thousands of autonomous rebel communities, some thirty autonomous municipalities and five overarching regions, who each have their representative councils.
		The pas eleven and a half years, hundreds of civil Zapatistas and members of the civil society have been assassinated by forces that were trained, armed and directed by the federal army and the political parties.
	www.indybay.org /news/2005/06/1748518.php (1500 words)

	Revista Envío - Fox and the Zapatistas: Clearing the Path to Peace
		Seventeen Zapatista prisoners were released in Chiapas at the end of December, and on January 1, the Zapatistas commemorated the seventh anniversary of its emergence in public.
		Justifying the Zapatistas’ use of masks as a way to protect their families, the PRI governor of Veracruz announced that he would guarantee their passage through that state with or without masks because that was not the important thing.
		He described the Zapatistas’ show of approval over the naming of Luis H. Alvarez as government peace commissioner as a positive sign that they were implicitly accepting him, but viewed as troubling the fact that the federal government did not yet have bridges to the talks.
	www.envio.org.ni /articulo/1475 (5029 words)

	Interactivist Info Exchange \| Immanuel Wallerstein "Zapatistas: The Second Stage" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Zapatistas raised high the banner of the most oppressed segments of the world population, the indigenous peoples, and laid claim to their right to autonomy and well-being.
		The Zapatistas declared that they had ended the first phase of their struggle, and that it was time to move on to a second stage, one that would be political and not military, they added.
		In 1994, the Zapatista rebellion was the barometer of a rejection of the helplessness that had begun to overcome the world antisystemic sentiment.
	info.interactivist.net /article.pl?sid=05/07/22/1556236&mode=nested&tid=9 (2020 words)

	Zapatistas
		Zapatistas have not called upon the proletariat to rise up and seize the State, instead they have called upon civil society to come to their aid.
		The 1996 Zapatista call for a series of continental and intercontinental Encounters led to a global encuentro in Chiapas at the end of July 1996 at which over 3,000 grassroots activists and intellectuals from 42 countries on 5 continents came together to discuss the struggle against neoliberalism.
		One of the outcomes of the first Zapatista global encuentro held in Chiapas in 1996, was the formation of an international activists network, known as the People's Global Action, formed in response to the Zapatista call for the creation of an 'intercontinental network of resistance, reognising differences and acknowledging similarities'.
	www.heureka.clara.net /gaia/zapatistas.htm (3990 words)

	The Dominion: Photo Essay: Zapatistas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Their rebellion wasn't an attempt to seize state power; the Zapatistas' stated goal was to draw attention to brutal poverty and ill-effects of NAFTA, which they called a "death sentence".
		Their capacity to destroy the Zapatistas was undisputed, but there was too much popular support behind the rebels; 100,000 rallied in Mexico City, chanting "we are all Zapatistas", and support demonstrations erupted at Mexican embassies and consulates around the world.
		At the height of tensions, observers estimate that 60 000 troops or one-third of the Mexican federal Army was stationed in Chiapas.
	dominionpaper.ca /features/2005/01/18/photo_essa.html (1298 words)

	The Zapatistas and the Electronic Fabric of Struggle*
		Zapatista messages have to be hand-carried through the lines of military encirclement and uploaded by others to the networks of solidarity.
		In the case of the Zapatistas and Mexico, it is clear that the Mexican state is well aware of the way The Net is being used to undermine its credibility and challenge its policies.
		The Zapatista solidarity movement has also proved adept at the speedy production and circulation of videos, the genesis and compilation of pro-Zapatista interviews and music on audio tapes and CD Rom and the use of radio (both legal and pirate) and community access TV to outflank scanty and biased coverage by the mainstream media.
	www.eco.utexas.edu /faculty/Cleaver/zaps.html (13723 words)

	Zapatistas in Mexico City - 2001
		The Zapatistas (along with the vast majority of indigenous groups in Mexico) are calling attention to the programmed flaws of the recently passed indigenous reform, concern over the increasing militarization of their home regions, as well as outrage over the continued government occupation of 3 "withdrawn" bases in the conflict zone.
		Zapatista political prisoner organization La Voz de Cerro Hueco considers them to be hostages of the government, pawns to be used to force the Zapatistas to cave in on their demands.
		The Zapatista's Commander Esther tried to lay to rest the fear that Indian women would be harmed by the proposed new law, when she spoke before Congress in March.
	www.alphacdc.com /treaty/chiapas7.html (8407 words)

	USATODAY.com - Zapatistas leave jungle for tour of Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		LA GARRUCHA, Mexico (AP) — Wearing a ski mask to protect his identity, the leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebels railed against the country's government and free trade to kick off a six-month tour of Mexico aimed at reshaping the nation's politics.
		Alejandro Cruz, a rebel supporter and 33-year-old high school teacher from Mexico City, said the Zapatistas could be looking to become an organization like the Brazilian landless peasant movement Sin Tierra, which has no candidates of its own but has a strong influence on elections.
		Ricardo Mendez, 28, a Zapatista farmer and native speaker of the Mayan tongue Tzeltal, said the rebels want to expand their influence.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-01-01-zapatistas_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (763 words)

	Zapatistas: Intergalactic encounter : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		De Zapatistas are opposed to a leading elite, against technocracy and to a revolutionary vanguard.
		Two intercontintal encounters in 1996 and 1997 in Zapatista territory were followed by numerous national, continental and intercontinental social fora.
		The Zapatistas, if invited, will try to send a delegation to listen to the discussions and to report on the preparatory meetings back home in Chiapas.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2005/11/1722477.php (679 words)

	The Zapatistas and the Electronic Fabric of Struggle
		The Zapatistas must, therefore, be seen as one visible movement of a more general struggle that was already deeply involved in networking before the uprising in January 1994.
		The report called for the "elimination" of the Zapatistas as a means to convince international speculators that the Mexican government was "in control." The story of this leaked document originally appeared in a limited circulation newsletter that was ignored.
		Yet, what the networks of Zapatista solidarity work have shown is that apparent chaos can hide a very logical and very effective set of interrelationships without any institutionalization, and thus without the dangers she mentions.
	www.isoc.org /isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/96/proceedings/e1/e1_3.htm (13386 words)

	Indymedia Scotland: Scottish Solidarity with Zapatistas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group, with the help of Glasgow Zapatista Solidarity Group, is in the process of sending aid funds to Chiapas.
		The rest was raised in response to the appeal from the Zapatistas for aid after Hurricane Stan devastated the communities in October.
		The Zapatista Struggle in Montes Azules: Biopiracy and the Trojan Horse
	scotland.indymedia.org /feature/display/1665 (162 words)

	Zapatistas dissolve FZLN - North America / Mexico The left - Anarkismo
		In short, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation is going to come out in order to engage directly in politics, a new way of doing politics, in all corners of the country.
		The Zapatista Front of National Liberation is completely dissolved as a political organization, and it is returning its name to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation so that it, in turn, can decide what to do with it.
		The Zapatistas have always been very clear that they are not led by a military leadership, but are led by and subordinate to the communities of Chipas.
	www.anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=1848 (2754 words)

	UK Indymedia - Zapatista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On January 1 2006, twelve years after the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas (Mexico), a delegation of the EZLN departed from the Garrucha Caracol to San Cristobal de las Casas [Report and Pics].
		On July 13, the CCRI-CG of the EZLN publishes two further communiques in which the Zapatistas explain the "Ways and Means" of the new phase of the Zapatista struggle to all those "individuals, organizations, collectives, groups and associations of the left who support what has been proposed in the Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacandona".
		Since Sunday 19 the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has been on general red alert with EZLN troops called into the mountains of Chiapas, and Zapatista communities advised to flee by their Juntas de Buen Gobierno (Governing Councils), amid fears that war in Chiapas is likely to resume.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/topics/zapatista (1763 words)

	What is it that is different about the Zapatistas? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The method the Zapatistas use is a variation of ‘delegate democracy’, a method that is used in many countries at the base of trade unions and student unions.
		Important Zapatista policy communiques are always signed by the CCRI and are normally written in a style that carries the hallmarks of a document subject to discussion and debate by a large number of people (eg comprised of a list of numbered points).
		Today, in response to the current election process, the zapatistas denounce that it is not an election of citizens responding to political proposals, and those who represent them, but rather a state election, with the opposition confronting not only the official party, but the entire machinery of the Mexican state.
	struggle.ws /mexico/comment/andrew_diff_feb01.html (12895 words)

	The Zapatistas: A New Strategy in Mexico - North America / Mexico The left - Anarkismo
		The Zapatistas are also aware of this which is why the 6th declaration starts off by talking of forging a new relationship of respect and support with those struggling against neo-liberalism around the globe.
		One attraction of the Zapatistas is their understanding that the military has to be under the actual control of the community they claim to represent.
		The zapatistas have critiqued identical (but more successful) armed strategies in their region and with relation to ETA so knowing where you are coming from puts your hostility in that context.
	www.anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=1776 (4203 words)

	Zapatistas on the March
		The US press coverage of the march, limited though it was, hinted at such an apotheosis: the cheering multitudes that greeted the Zapatistas from the roadsides and at mass rallies in twelve states along the route, the flowery words of peace and civil rights coming to Mexico's mythical newfound democracy.
		Underscoring their credo, "We will not sign a false peace," the Zapatistas caused a fierce uproar when, as the caravan was launched from San Cristóbal, Chiapas, they named architect Fernando Yáñez Muñoz as their representative to the federal Congress.
		The Zapatistas have also, for the first time, called upon other guerrilla movements to protect their journey and remain alert, implying that if the state doesn't keep its word, an armed guerrilla response could explode nationwide.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20010409/giordano (648 words)

	Zapatistas start political tour of Mexico \| csmonitor.com
		Major newspapers in Mexico City speculated that the Zapatistas were preparing a new armed offensive, coinciding with the unofficial start of the race for the 2006 presidential elections.
		In Palenque – where he arrived in a long convoy of Zapatistas, journalists and police and was greeted by about 6,000 supporters – the apparently unarmed Marcos blamed Mexican poverty on corrupt politicians and called for grass roots activism.
		While the direct effects of the Zapatista's nascent political campaign remain to be seen, it appears to have already spurred the Mexican government to renew its focus on indigenous groups, reports AP.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0104/dailyUpdate.html (984 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Mexico welcomes Zapatistas' tour
		A spokesman for Mexico's president made the comments as the Zapatistas arrived in the southern city of San Cristobal de las Casas to address local groups.
		The Zapatistas' masked leader, Marcos, has pledged to tour all of Mexico's 31 states ahead of presidential elections.
		The Zapatistas rose to prominence in 1994 when Marcos lead an armed uprising in Chiapas, occupying several towns before retreating into the highlands.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/4576438.stm (422 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Mexico’s Zapatistas: Another Failed Revolution by Michael Radu
		Today, even in Mexico’s Leftist media, there are fewer and fewer mentions of the EZLN, whereas, just a few years ago, there was serious hope that the group was key to the survival and success of a socialist/indigenous territory within Mexico.
		Even Zapatista sympathizers admit that they now have the support of only 10 percent, or one-third (and rapidly decreasing) of Chiapas’ Indian population—less than half of what it used to be.
		On December 8 for example, in the main Zapatista center of Altamirano, there was a demonstration of hundreds demanding a return to government control and the cessation of Zapatista “arrests, humiliations, and abuses.”
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11672 (864 words)

	An anarchist view of the EZLN (Zapatistas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sub Commandante Marcos revealed "The Zapatista army was not born democratic, it was born as a political military organisation.
		The peace proposal offered by the government was rejected by 97% of the people in the Zapatista controlled areas after consultation took place with all those over the age of 12.
		On one hand they know that their demands will not be met by the authorities yet on the other hand, given this, the demands they make are watered down versions of their own political line.
	struggle.ws /rbr/rbr1_abezln.html (3097 words)

	Zapatistas spark a debate in Mexico
		THE ZAPATISTAS in Mexico have launched their “other campaign,” opening up a debate inside the Mexican left about what position to take on the 2006 presidential elections.
		The most controversial part of the Declaration and other statements to the press from Zapatista spokesman Subcommander Marcos are the strong criticisms of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and its presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
		At least the Zapatistas have challenged the left not to feel satisfied with the election of López Obrador as a “lesser evil” to the main neoliberal parties, the National Action Party (PAN) and the PRI.
	www.socialistworker.org /2005-2/560/560_06_Zapatisitas.shtml (585 words)

	WOMBLES: Cafe Rebelde Zapatista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In order to change this situation, the EZLN has developed social and political projects: building, from the bottom up, a society where the Maya people can enjoy autonomy, safeguarding their own idioms and culture, and organising their own access to education, health, and land, through forms of direct democracy.
		For these reasons we have developed a new project of common struggle on the side of the indigenous communities in resistance, and we supply their coffee with the guarantee of direct international solidarity.
		Our vision is that every radical social space and occupied social centre supports this initiative by serving and distributing the Zapatista Coffee whilst educating people about the Zapatista struggle.
	www.wombles.org.uk /zapatista/index.php (790 words)

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