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Ya Basta! Ten Years of the Zapatista Uprising

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This is a great book, if you really want to know the truth and everything that is happening in southern mexico, this is the book to buy. Its a very detailed book, so its a bit long. It has reading of Sub Comandante Marcos and other great leaders. Great book, really recomend it.

EZLN!!!

I bought this book for 28 bucks and thought to myself that for that price it better be a damn good book. I'm telling you right now that I would pay triple that amount after reading it. This book is simply a classic. It has communiques,stories,fictional stories with real meaning to them,essays and pretty much everything else you could think of. The stories with Durito are some of the most funny stories you'll ever read. Durito is a beetle who is a philosopher and he tells some amazingly funny stories and all of them have something meaningful to add to discussions. The Durito stories are worth the price alone. The essays are also beautifully written. Not only is Marcos a revolutionary, he's a damn smart revolutionary. Name a subject and he talks about it.He doesn't just talk about the plight of the Indigenous peoples of Chiapas, he tries to bring everybody into his discussions. He's a true revolutionary in the sense that he wants the entire world to join the struggle. All I can say is buy this beautiful book. I went into the book not knowing much about the Zapatistas, even though I'm and anarchist, and came out of the book wanting to fly down to Chiapas the next day. This book deserves everybodies attention.

This book is an amazing collection of one of Latin America's greatest living writers and activists, Subcomandante Marcos (who I, incidentally, think is one of the sexiest men in the world!!! Apparently, I'm not the only one who shares this opinion. According to the book, "First World, Ha Ha Ha!", Marcos has become somewhat of a sex symbol in the gay community in Mexico. There's even a condom named after him). My fantasies aside, "Ya Basta" is an essential anthology for anyone wanting to learn about Chiapas, Zapatismo and Third World resistance to corporate globalization. I especially enjoyed his stories about Durito and the cool photos. It's a hefty volume, well worth its price.