Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Every January 1 we will all be Zapatistas!
On the 20th anniversary of the uprising, we should celebrate not just the Zapatista rebellion, but also the autonomy they have established ever since.January 1st 1994.
Presidential Palace, Mexico City.
The New Year’s Eve party is over and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has gone to bed happy, knowing that towards the end of his presidency Mexico is now entering the First World. With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entering into effect with the new year, Mexico, Canada and the United States of America would now establish a “free trade zone” under which goods and services (but not people — who cares about people after all?) would now be moving freely between those three countries.
Of course that would also mean the full exposure of Mexican small-scale agricultural producers to unfair competition by the North American multinationals that were producing more cheaply and in larger quantities, but then again, who cares about those peasants — and do they still exist? First World, as we said…
However, Carlos Salinas de Gortari was not meant to sleep long that night. At around 3am he would be awaken by the endless, irritating sound of his phone ringing insistently.
– “There’s been a rebellion in Chiapas. Masked, armed men have taken seven municipal towns. We don’t know how many they are. They call themselves Zapatistas, and their army the EZLN…”
The rest at: http://roarmag.org/2014/01/20th-anniversary-zapatista-uprising/
Presidential Palace, Mexico City.
The New Year’s Eve party is over and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has gone to bed happy, knowing that towards the end of his presidency Mexico is now entering the First World. With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entering into effect with the new year, Mexico, Canada and the United States of America would now establish a “free trade zone” under which goods and services (but not people — who cares about people after all?) would now be moving freely between those three countries.
Of course that would also mean the full exposure of Mexican small-scale agricultural producers to unfair competition by the North American multinationals that were producing more cheaply and in larger quantities, but then again, who cares about those peasants — and do they still exist? First World, as we said…
However, Carlos Salinas de Gortari was not meant to sleep long that night. At around 3am he would be awaken by the endless, irritating sound of his phone ringing insistently.
– “There’s been a rebellion in Chiapas. Masked, armed men have taken seven municipal towns. We don’t know how many they are. They call themselves Zapatistas, and their army the EZLN…”
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
I saved the link to make sure I will continue to remember when it began, and share this when I can.
[center]
[/center]
