Zapatista spring : anatomy of a rebel water project & the lessons of international solidarity / Ramor Ryan.

"Eight volunteers converge to help campesinos build a water system in Chiapas--a strategy to bolster the Zapatista insurgency by helping locals to assert their autonomy. These outsiders come to question the movement they've traveled so far to support--and each other--when forced into a wor...

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Main Author: Ryan, Ramor (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : AK Press, [2011]
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Prelude
  • Bridge across the Jungle
  • I. Journey into the Desert of Solitude
  • The Theater of Action
  • Enter the Water Boys and Girls of Solidarity
  • Journey into the Desert of Solitude
  • The Cartography of Thirst
  • Subversive Activities
  • Ferry Across the Jataté
  • II. Trench Warfare
  • The Work Begins
  • “Hideous Indian Womenâ€?
  • Digging with Conrad
  • Age Of Christ: Reflections of a Water Worker
  • Trench Warfare
  • An Unexpected Visitor
  • The End of the Tether
  • Pirate Evacuation
  • III. Heart of the Community
  • Road Hazards and Group PsychosisCement Tanks And Tigers
  • 40 Degrees in a Simmering Cauldron
  • Heart of the Community
  • Springtime in Zapatistalandia
  • Aftermath. Solidarity and Its Malcontents
  • Deus Ex Machina, Unwelcome
  • Too Long A Sacrifice
  • End Words: The Journey Itself is Enough?