Events at Reed

From a self-described "forgotten" corner of Mexico, the scream of "¡ya basta!" (enough is enough!) has reverberated around the world. On January 1, 1994, the day that NAFTA began its slow dismemberment of Mexico, the Zapatistas rose up in arms and declared themselves the latest incarnation of over 500 years of indigenous struggle. Today the EZLN and the Zapatista movement has come to represent for many of the dispossessed of the world a third way forward: not to reproduce state power nor to reform existing structures, but to work toward the ideal of autonomy and to create the foundation on which a struggle can be won through self organization and self sustenance. As their struggle moves into the third decade, come hear a reportback from a recent trip to Chiapas about the evolution of their program, resistance after two decades of counter insurgency, and how we can bring the "Zapatista heart" to the struggles faced.