Southern Dispatch

there are many ways to interpret the zapatistas and those who support them, but i think this commentary recently published mother jones provides one of the best overall understandings and summaries. in particular, the author rightfully downplays the role and importance of subcommandante marcos, but she also presents zapatismo as a successful, sustainable movement rather than some momentarily popular cause du jour or passing fad. after all, it can argued that the zapatistas launched the first real (social, agrarian) revolution the western hemisphere has seen in decades. since cuba, really. anyway, i highly recommend reading at least the first page of the article.