John Womack. Rebellion in Chiapas: An Historical Reader.

Contents

Preface

Part I

Chiapas, the Bishop of San Cristobal, and the Zapatista Revolt

Part II

Readings

1 – Las Casas and the Encomenderos of San Cristóbal: Chiapas, 1545

2 – Presumptuous and Arrogant Gentlemen, Poisonous Gentlewomen: San Cristóbal, 1626

3 – Rebellion in the Highlands: The Revolt of Cancuc, 1712

4 – A Ladino Massacre of Highland Indians: The Caste War of 1869

5 – The Mexican Revolution in Tzotzil: “When We Stopped Being Crushed,” 1914-1940

6 – Migrant Labor in the Lumber Camps: The Jungle, Mud, Oxen, and Doomsday, c. 1925

7 – Migrant Labor on the Coffee Plantations: Debt, Lies, Drink, Hard Work, and the Union, 1920s-1930s

8 – The Church’s New Mission in a De-Christianized Continent: Bishop Ruiz in Medellín, 1968

9 – Exodus in Chiapas: The Tzeltal Catechism of Liberation, Ocosingo, 1972

10 – Las Casas Recalled, Indians Informed, Organized, United, and Defiant: The Congress of San Cristóbal, 1974

11 – Tzotzil and Chol Struggles in the North: Land, Labor, and the CIOAC, the Farm Workers and Peasants Independent Central, 1977, 1978, 1984

12 – The Proletarian Line: From Torreón to the Canyons, 1976-77

13 – Agrarian Struggles in the Central Valley: Peasant Mobilization and the OCEZ, 1980-82

14 – Revolutionaries from Monterrey to Chiapas: The FLN, 1980

15 – The Diocese’s Most Radical Declaration: The Plan, San Cristóbal, 1986

16 – Salinas’s Form of Social Organization: Solidarity, 1988-94

17 – In Patihuitz Canyon, in the Breach, in Revolt: La Sultana, 1960-94

18 – Governor González’s Penal Code: Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 1990

19 – A Silent Cry of Sorrowful Warning: Bishop Ruiz’s Pastoral Letter, cc. Pope John Paul II, August 6, 1993

20 – ENOUGH!: The Zapatista Declaration of War, January 1, 1994

21 – Revolutionary Legislation: The EZLN’s New Laws, January 1994

22 – Thanks to the Zapatistas: Chamula and Its Exiles, January—February, 1994

23 – The Zapatistas Are Indians, the Government Is Responsive: San Cristóbal, Mexico City, February 21—March 2, 1994

24 – The Sovereignty of Civil Society: The Second Declaration, June 10, 1994

25 – The Movement for National Liberation: The Third Declaration, January 1, 1995

26 – Civil Society and the Zapatista Front: The Fourth Declaration from the Jungle, January 1, 1996

27 – The First Accords: Indian Rights and Culture, San Andrés, February 1996

28 – Marcos’s Reflections: Just Another Organization or Something Truly New? La Realidad, August 1996

29 – Organizing the Zapatista Front: Principles, Proposals, and Virtual Force, August 1997

30 – The Civil War in the Highlands: Acteal, December 22, 1997

31 – Marcos and the Ark on the Mountain: San Cristóbal, July 15-16, 1998

32 – Recognize Indian Rights and Stop the War: The Fifth Declaration, July 19, 1998