An examination of the global and domestic significance of the Zapatista movement and the Chiapas region. The contributors assess the impact of the Zapatistas on political thought and examine the issues of the role of women, the use of electronic media and Mexico's economic and political place in the world.

This collection on the Zapatista uprising brings together contributors from Mexico, the United States and Britain. The editors examine the formation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and discuss the key themes of the uprising - from the central issue of what it means to have a revolution that does not aim to take power to the meaning of identity and non-identity, the question of gender, race and class and the role of the Internet and electronic media. The significant contribution that the EZLN's spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, has made to revolutionary literature is a theme that runs throughout the book.

Introduction - the relevance of the Zapatista to the world outside Mexico
Chiapas and global restructuring of capital, Andrea Barreda
Chiapas - a tradition of rebellion redefined, Antonio Garcia de Leon
the Zapatistas and the recomposition of the revolutionary tradition
the Zapatistas and the Left in the cities, Patricia King and Javier Villanova
the Zapatistas and the Left in the countryside, Armando Bartra
Zapatista women, Margara Millan
Zapatismo, old and new - history and symbolism, Catherine Heau Lambert
Zapatistas and the electronic fabric, Harry Cleaver
the Zapatista and the volatility of world finance, John Holloway
the Zapatistas, the state and revolutionary power, John Holloway
the Zapatistas and revolution today.