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Mexico author John Ross 12/6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rebecca Charnas)
Tue Nov 27 15:31:39 2001
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"Fixing the Zapatistas in History: How the EZLN changed the Face of
Mexico"
Thursday, December 6, 2001, 7:00 p.m.
Devlin Hall 101, Boston College
Acclaimed writer John Ross, author of "The War Against Oblivion," a
season by season, seven year chronicle of the Mayan Indian uprising in
Chiapas, will present an overview of the Zapatista Rebellion and read
from
his new collection of poetry "Against Amnesia." Ross is a long-time
reporter, activist and poet. During the past year, he has traveled
20,000
miles, bringing the Zapatista story to audiences all over North
America,
including packed campus classrooms, bookstores and churches in the
Boston
area last spring.
This presentation will be John's only appearance this fall in Boston!
See below for John's complete New York and New England itinerary.
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>
> MEXICO AUTHOR JOHN ROSS HEADS NORTH TO SPEAK ON
> ZAPATISTA STRUGGLE, PEACE WITH JUSTICE
> (complete itinerary below)
>
> NEW YORK
> (contact the author at 718-875-7012)
>
> Mon. Nov. 26, 9:30 AM - New York University, journalism class with Mario Murguia
> - Cantor Film Center, E 8th between University & Greene (contact Mario
> at 516-463-6062 for info)
>
> Tues. Nov. 27 - A Day at Hartwick College, Oleonta NY, classes and
> lecture (call Adam Flint 607-431-4610, 607-770-6007 for info)
>
> NEW ENGLAND
> (contact is Anna Utech at 617-629-2449)
>
> Thurs. Nov. 29, 2:30 PM - Yale University, New Haven Ct - Council on Latin
> American & Iberian Studies (Sarah Morrell at 203-432-3433 for info)
>
> Sat. Dec. 1, 11:00 AM Univ of Vermont, Burlington - Forum on Globalization and
> Indigenous Struggle, with Ward Churchill
>
> 7:00 PM Community Fiesta, Burlington, VT (call Anne or Orin at Acerca
> 802-863-0571 for info on both events)
>
> Mon. Dec. 3 - 9:00 AM Colby Univ., Waterville Maine (call Ben Fallow
> 207-872-3877 for info)
> 7:00 PM Univ. Southern Maine, Portland (call David Carey 207-780-5062 for info)
>
> Tues. Dec. 4 - 7:00 PM Pilgrim State Univ., New Hampshire (call Sheryl Shirley
> 603-536-4406 for info) Hyde 120
>
> Weds. Dec. 5, 1:25 PM Univ. of Mass-Amherst (call Katherine Bliss 413-545-6769
> for info) Herter Hall class
> Evening: Amherst College (contact Jennifer Cannon - jwcannon@amherst.edu
> for info)
>
> Thurs. Dec. 6, 7:00 PM Devlin Hall 101, Boston College (call Douglas
> Marcouiller 617-552-3685 for info)
>
> Fri Dec 7 - Holy Cross College, Worcester Mass (by invitation only)
>
> NEW YORK REPRISE
>
> Sat. Dec. 8, 7:00 PM - Brecht Forum, New York City - "Viva Mexico Barbaro!"
> - 122 W. 27th St. 10th floor - call 212-674-9499 for info)
>
> Tues. Dec. 11, 5:00 PM Bard College, Rhinecliff NY
> (call David Tavarez 845-758-7545 for info)
>
> John Ross won the 1995 American Book Award for his "Rebellion From the
> Roots", the first volume in English to look at the roots of the
> Zapatista rebellion. Other Mexico books include "The Annexation of
> Mexico - from the Aztecs to the IMF", "In Focus Mexico", a political
> guidebook, and "Tonatiuh's People", a novel of the Mexican cataclysm.
> His work is featured in the upcoming Nation Books "Zapatista Reader",
> to be published this November. Ross also pens a weekly on-line
> newsletter "Mexico Barbaro", a grassroots report from the Mexican
> underbelly. He continues to function as Mexico correspondent for the LA
> Weekly, the SF Bay Guardian, the Texas Observer, Noticias Aliadas
> (Lima), Gemini News Service in London, and Sierra Magazine.
> Considered a younger Beat poet in the late 1950s, Ross has eight
> chapbooks of poetry in and out of print, including "Whose Bones",
> "Jazzmexico", and the brand-new "Against Amnesia."
> In addition to presenting the new volumes, John Ross will lecture on
> "Fixing The Zapatistas in History - how the EZLN Has Changed the Face of
> Mexico"; "Killing Hope - Mexico Rejects Indian Rights Law": "Fox
> Incorporated - Selling off Mexico"; and "Globalization or Gobblezation -
> How the Globalization of Resource Exploitation is Driving Human Rights,
> Agrarian, and Environmental Struggles in Mexico".
> John Ross is also offering a ten session seminar, "The War Against
> Oblivion" which walks students and scholars through the key phases of
> the Zapatista rebellion. A free syllabus is available upon request.
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