Below is a list of websites of interest to activists visiting Oaxaca and Chiapas, as well as a few resources for other countries in Latin America. For a further list of human rights organizations and NGOs operating in Chiapas and Oaxaca, see CASA's Partners.

Table of Contents

• Websites
  • Chiapas Human Rights Organizations
  • Border Issues
  • Mailing Lists
  • Oaxaca
  • Other Countries in Latin America
  • News Services
  • Reference Tools
  • Zapatistas
• Online Books
• Books

Websites

Chiapas Human Rights Organizations

• CAPISE Research, analysis, promotion, and defense of the collective rights of the indigenous peoples of Chiapas.
• Center for Human Rights, Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas "Fray Ba" sends human rights delegations to Chiapas communities.
• Centro de Derechos de la Mujer The Center for Women's Rights
• CIEPAC
• Enlace Civil Provides human rights accompaniment in the Zapatista caracoles.

Border Issues

• BorderLinks A not-for-profit organization that conducts travel seminars focusing on the issues of Mexican border communities.

Mailing Lists

• Chiapas 95 A group of mailing lists which distribute news and debate about Chiapas.
• Mexico-US Solidarity Network (MSN) An organization dedicated to the struggle for democracy, economic justice and human rights on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

News Services

• Chiapas Indymedia A place for activist generated news on Chiapas.
• La Jornada A left-leaning Mexican newspaper (in Spanish) 
  
• Oaxaca Libre
• Narco News Bulletin Reports on the Drug War and Democracy from Latin America

Oaxaca

• ASAR-O
• Assemblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO)
• APPO CODEP
• El Enemigo Comun
• Mirada Libre
• Oaxaca en Pie de Lucha
• Oaxaca Libre
• Revolucionemos Oaxaca

Other Countries in Latin America

• agora.tv Video presentations on factory recuperations and on other Argentine social justice issues.
• EntreMundos Helps volunteers find appropriate and satisfying work in and around Xela (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala).

Reference Tools

• BBC Country Profiles Brief recent histories and political background of every country, including the Americas. Their perspective occasionally acknowledges the US's interventionist role in the region.
• Democracy Now! - Search for Zapatistas A syndicated radio program that has covered Zapatista news stories. This link searches their archives for all stories. Also manually search for "Chiapas".
• Tomisimo A fairly comprehensive and easy to use Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary. If you find a better one, let us know!

   

Zapatistas

• Enlace Zapatista
• EZLN (Spanish) The website for the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
  
• Radio Insurgente "The voice for those without voice." An independent radio station (available online as streaming audio) and the official voice of the National Zapatista Liberation Army (EZLN).
• Radio Zapatista A monthly radio program broadcast on Pacifica radio covering news of the Other Campaign in English and Spanish. Archived shows available online as mp3s. Radio Zapatista is a program of the Chiapas Support Committee and La Onda Bajita.
• Zapatista Index An index of material in English on the EZLN / Zapatistas and on the rebellion in Chiapas. It also contains sections on movements elsewhere in Mexico and on Mexican history.
• ZNet Chiapas Watch Translated writings of the EZLN, analysis of the conflict and of connections with other struggles.

Books Available Online

• A Commune in Chiapas?; Mexico and the Zapatista Rebellion, Aufheben 9
• The Zapatistas: a rough guide, from Chiapaslink

Books Available from Powell's

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• Basta!; Land & The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, George Collier, LPC
• First World, Ha Ha Ha!; The Zapatista Challenge, edited by Elaine Katzenberger, City Lights Books
• Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Seven Stories Press
• The Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the IMF: One Reporter's Journey Through History, John Ross, Common Courage Press
• The War Against Oblivion: Zapatista Chronicles, 1994-2000, John Ross, Common Courage Press
• Rebellion in Chiapas, John Womack, New Press