We have produced a book about the situation of women in the war in Chiapas because we believe there is a direct connection between the invisibility of women and the unjust conditions which led to the outbreak of war, and continued within the war itself. This book provides a fascinating look at the women of the Zapatista movement, including a feminist critique of the struggle and documentation of women's specific concerns with regard to the conflict, their economic situations, and indigenous women's rights and traditions. This book also contains a chapter on Comandante Ramona, the most famous female Zapatista. This paper comes from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The paper is printed 10 times per year and distributed for free throughout the Triangle.
All labor is volunteered and all costs are paid by donations and advertisements.
We publish selected stories from our newspaper monthly. Use the search screen to look for material on Mexico or Chiapas . The site is almost entirely in Spanish. The Southeast in Two Winds, A Storm and a Prophecy by Subcommander Marcos, August 1992. This piece provides a good overview of what Chiapas is, the recent history of the state, and the reasons for the existence of the Zapatista Army.