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Mexico Unconquered: Empire, Resistance, Revolution

Date:
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
kosta Bagakis
Location Details:
6501 Telegraph Ave.,(@ Alcatraz) Oakland, CA 94609

Mexico Unconquered: A Dialogue on Empire, Resistance and Revolution

Sunday, January 25th
10am-12 noon
Institute for the Critical Study of Society
6501 Telegraph Ave.
KPFA Journalist and Author John Gibler will lead a presentation and dialogue about Mexico: its ongoing history of colonization and class struggle, and its powerful undercurrents and manifestations of resistance. Through historical analysis and social chronicle, John will discuss the current-day politics of Mexico, its naked, shocking brutality, as well the unextinguished courage and humanity of its dispossessed and destitute in their struggle for freedom and justice.
John Gibler, author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt, newly released by City Lights Books, is a writer and Global Exchange human rights fellow in Mexico who has been covering social movements there since January 1st, 2006. He is also correspondent for Pacifica Radio's KPFA in Mexico. He has reported on the ground from the Zapatistas Other Campaign, the protests against electoral fraud in Mexico City, and the uprising in Oaxaca.

Added to the calendar on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 10:51PM
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