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Chiapas Solidarity @ RIB Glasgow 11 + 12 Dec

Martin O'Neill | 06.12.2009 22:51 | Zapatista

Chiapas Solidarity Stall @
Radical Independent Bookfair
Friday 11th December
12.00 - 9.00pm
Saturday 12th December
10.00am - 7.00pm

Zapatistas: 'Chronicle of a Rebellion' Film Screening
Saturday 12th December
7.00pm - 9.00pm

Glasgow Social Centre
66/68 Osborne Street
Glasgow G1 5QH

 http://glasgowchiapassolidaritygroup.wordpress.com

 http://www.ribproject.org

Martin O'Neill

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“Zapatistas: Chronicle of a Rebellion”

06.12.2009 23:06

has a history of its own. The documentary's first version, originally entitled La Guerra de Chiapas and released in late January 1994, was one of the first journalistic efforts to present and analyse the Zapatista uprising. Ten years later, in 2004, a second version was released. This third and updated edition includes images of the Zapatistas' most recent campaign, ‘la otra campaña’. It also investigates the role of the Zapatistas in the events surrounding the elections of 2006 and their involvement in the (brutally repressed) social movements in Atenco and Oaxaca. Furthermore, this new version documents the Mexican government's strategy of militarization, accelerated under the current presidency of Felipe Calderón, which is putting the Zapatista communities under increasing pressure.

Martin O'Neill