!About the Zapatistas!

The book is published by Autonomedia and is available through major distributors such as Inland. (You are urged to get a copy of the book, not just because purchasing it will create some money to send to the Indigenous communities of southern Mexico, but also because there are a bunch of excellent photographs in the book, including a photo essay by Joshua Schwartz).


Text anti-copyright @ 1994 Autonomedia, editors, and contributors.

This book may be freely pirated and quoted for non-commercial purposes, provided that a portion of any income derived thereby returns to the Indigenous and campesino communities of Southern Mexico. Please inform the editors and publishers at:

Autonomedia
POB 568 Williamsburg Station
Brooklyn, New York 11211-0568 USA
Phone and Fax: (718) 963-2603

A portion of the proceeds from the publication of this book will be donated to the Zapatistas.


  • About the Book
  • The (anti) Copyright Notice
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction (Harry Cleaver)
  • The Southeast in Two Winds
  • Chapter 01: The Revolt
  • Chapter 02: The First Days
  • Chapter 03: The Cease-Fire
  • Chapter 04: Solidarity
  • Chapter 05: Broadening the Struggle
  • Chapter 06: Building Ties
  • Chapter 07: Before the Dialogue
  • Chapter 08: The Dialogue
  • Chapter 09: Concluding the Dialogue
  • Chapter 10: Returning to the Communities
  • Chapter 11: The Consultations
  • Chapter 12: Rejecting the Government's Offer
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Organizational Contacts
  • Index
  • Colophon

  • This is the full text of the book !Zapatistas!: Documents of the New Mexican Revolution.

    !Zapatistas! contains the full, English language text of every communique published (along with several that were not published, as well as many interviews, letters, and essays) from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) from December 31, 1994 through June 12, 1994.

    !Zapatistas! was produced by an all volunteer Editorial Collective, and many of the translations were "farmed out" to volunteers all over the internet. This book (and much of the publicity about the EZLN would not have been possible without the growing community of politically-minded people on the internet.