Zapatistas and Marxism
The Militia System and the Zapatistas
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional – EZLN) became world-famous in 1994, with their “declaration of war” against the Mexican state. Their primary spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, avoids traditional Marxist vocabulary or reference to figures of the Marxist tradition. While ...
Returning to Revolution: Deleuze, Guattari, and Zapatismo
We are witnessing today the return of a new theory and practice of revolution. This return, however, takes none of the traditional forms:the capture of the state, the political representation of the party, the centrality of the proletariat, or the leadership of the vanguard. Rather, given the failure of such ...
Deleuze, deleuze/guattari, non-representation, revolution, Zapatistas