A Massacre Foretold (review)
Fifteen years after Chiapas' Zapatistas burst onto the scene, themes central to their rebellion—indigenous and women's rights, the impact of globalization, democratization, autonomy, and the transformation of Left—remain deeply relevant throughout Latin America. In the late 1990s, libraries and bookstores were awash in documentary videos (of varying quality) on the Zapatistas and their enigmatic spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos. I used Saul Landau's The Sixth Sun (1995) in my classes for many years, despite its overly romantic treatment of Marcos and his movement. This film and others became dated following the PRI's electoral defeat in 2000 and the rise of autonomous Zapatista communities in eastern Chiapas in 2003. The need for an update on the conflict was clear.