Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the first president of the Republic of China, has left a supremely ambivalent political and intellectual legacy - so much so that he is claimed as a Founding Father by both the present rival governments in Taipei and Beijing. This book argues that the li…
The Zapatista movement and its leader Subcomandante Marcos have attracted enormous attention ever since their uprising began in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1994. The movement not only struck a chord inside the country as Mexico was switching to neoliberal economics and attaching itself …
Examination of the origins of the Chinese revolution from the early years of the Red Army and the Communist party to the 1960s. Includes discussion of hte intellectual and social aspects.
"Why were El Salvador's FMLN and Peru's Shining Path able to mount such serious revolutionary challenges in the 1980s and early 1990s? And why were they able to do so despite the fact that their countries' elected governments were widely considered democratic?" "These two guerri…
"Why were El Salvador's FMLN and Peru's Shining Path able to mount such serious revolutionary challenges in the 1980s and early 1990s? And why were they able to do so despite the fact that their countries' elected governments were widely considered democratic?" "These two guerri…
Zapatista!: reinventing revolution in Mexico
This is a study of the first 'postmodern revolution', where the Zapatistas in Mexico used the Internet to launch their programme & inform society. The book examines the global & domestic significance of the Zapatista movement & the Chiapas region.