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Zapatismo
Course Number	SS 0152-1
Course Title	Zapatismo
Department	Social Science
Campus	Hampshire College
Course Description	Today, newspapers speak of a decided tilt to the left in Latin America (Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, for example, all have presidents who affirm socialism). This movement is accompanied, or propelled by, indigenous coalitions, that are challenging even governments firmly in the US orbit (Uribe?s Columbia). This was not the case fifteen years ago, when, to everyone?s astonishment, the Zapatistas rose in revolt in Chiapas. Surfacing the same day that NAFTA went into effect?January 1, 1994, they announced a different vision of Mexico?s future. The actions and writings of the Zapatistas constitute an extraordinary case study in which many preoccupations converge: the economic, the political, indigenous rights, women?s rights, civil society, cultural memory, and writing that is poetic and political. Focusing on the Zapatista revolt enables us to consider an example of ?local? resistance to ?global? designs, the ongoing challenge to neoliberal economics and to limited conceptions of ?democracy? that condemn populations to invisibility, their cultural memory to oblivion, and their needs and knowledge to subaltern status. MCP, REA, WRI

Reg #	Section	Credits	Instructors	Meeting Times	Location	Notes
299472	1	4.00	Margaret Cerullo	01:00PM-02:20PM W,F	Franklin Patterson Hall 108

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