Orientation (4/4): Further Reading

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Teaching Rebellion

Teaching Rebellion documents testimonials of participants in the popular uprising of Oaxaca in 2006. Available as a softcover, and as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. Profits go to grassroots groups in Oaxaca.

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Reflections

Websites

BBC Country Profiles
A useful resource for quick and brief history and political background of every country, including the Americas. The perspective here, in comparison to that of the CIA World Factbook, is more humanitarian and occasinoally acknowledges the US's interventionist role in the region.

Books Available Online

A Commune in Chiapas?; Mexico and the Zapatista Rebellion, Aufheben 9
The Zapatistas: a rough guide, Chiapaslink

Books Available from Powell's

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Basta!; Land & The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, George Collier, LPC
First World, Ha Ha Ha!; The Zapatista Challenge, edited by Elaine Katzenberger, City Lights Books
Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Seven Stories Press
The Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the IMF: One Reporter's Journey Through History, John Ross, Common Courage Press
The War Against Oblivion: Zapatista Chronicles, 1994-2000, John Ross, Common Courage Press
Rebellion in Chiapas, John Womack, New Press