The Multiplication of Autonomies in Latin America

The Multiplication of Autonomies in Latin America

From food production to health and community justice, practices and experiments in autonomy across Latin America cultivate a thirdway alternative to electoral reform and revolutionary struggle.
The Oaxaca Commune: Struggling for Autonomy and Dignity

The Oaxaca Commune: Struggling for Autonomy and Dignity

For almost six months in 2006, an unstructured coalition of workers, students, peasants, women, youth, indigenous peoples, and urban poor
Bolivia's Separatist Movement

Bolivia’s Separatist Movement

“What we should do is simply and smoothly separate ourselves [from Bolivia].” One might assume these words were spoken by
THE ECOLOGY OF AUTONOMY

THE ECOLOGY OF AUTONOMY

DEBATES OVER THE FUTUREOF AUTONOMY IN Nicaragua grew intense and urgent in August, when news of negotiations between the central
Zapatismo Resurgent: Land and Autonomy in Chiapas

Zapatismo Resurgent: Land and Autonomy in Chiapas

Economic restructuring, embraced by Mexico's leaders after its 1982 crisis of external debt, has reached deeply into the Mexican countryside.
Mapuches Press for Autonomy

Mapuches Press for Autonomy

On July 25, over a hundred members of Chile’s most militant indigenous group, the Mapuche, burst into government offices in
Time of the Snails: Autonomy and Resistance in Chiapas

Time of the Snails: Autonomy and Resistance in Chiapas

The people of Nuevo San Isidro watched warily as a helicopter appeared over the horizon, circled in over their seven
Inclusion Through Autonomy: Zapatistas and Dissent

Inclusion Through Autonomy: Zapatistas and Dissent

The Zapatista movement is probably one of the best-known examples of dissent against the neoliberal model of economic globalization. On