ILLU-2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Subcomandante Marcos, Chiapas Highlands, Schnews
Document Summary
Liz mcquiston, new global protest, in graphic agitation 2: social and political graphics in the digital age (phaidon, 2004), 28-41. Most recent change = anti globalization movement. Growing number of countries becoming part of a global economy. Anti- globalization in essence is about power vs. cooperate power. Key- ignition point= rebellion in mexico: emiliano zapata. The internet proved to the most important communication tool for the zapatistas: messages got sent around the world electronically to make front page news. Research about anti- nafta just to get background information on it to see how it relates with the reading. Ski- masked fighters: ensured the voices is from the collective and not from the individual, also protected them against the cold of the chiapas highlands, subcomandante marcos. Indigenous women were faced with inequalities in chiapas: could relate to the murders of indigenous women in canada, one third of the zapatista combatants were women.
