Territories in Resistance

Raúl Zibechi: Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst for Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of Genealogía de la Revuelta and La Mirada Horizontal. His first book-length work in English, Dispersing Power, was published by AK Press in 2010.Ramor Ryan: Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity (AK Press, 2011). His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.

A thoughtful examination of social relations in Latin America, from one of the region's foremost political analysts.

Introduction Section I. Movements as Bearers of "Other Worlds" 1) Latin American Social Movements: Trends and Challenges 2) Social Movements as Spaces of Learning 3) The Healing Power of the Community 4) Recreating the Social Tie: the Revolution of Our Days5) Collective De-alienations Section II. Latin America in Movement6) Subterranean Echoes: Political Resistance from Below 7) Recuperated Factories: From Survival to Self-management 8) Another World is Possible: Zanon Ceramics 9) Chile: the Long Mapuche Resistance10) Landless Workers Movement: The Difficult Construction of a New World11) The Other Campaign, or Politics From Below12) Colombia: Militarism and Social Movement 13) Where the Asphalt Ends: School and Community in Bogota's Peripheries14) Ecuador: A Prolonged Instability Section III. The Neighborhoods of Latin America: Territories of Hope15) Urban Peripheries: Counter-powers from Below? Section IV. Progressive Governments and Social Movements16) The Art of Governing the Movements 17) Relations between Social Movements and Progressive GovernmentsEpilogue18) Interview with Raul Zibechi.Bibliography