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Antonio Gramsci and the Palabra Verdadera: The Political Discourse of Mexico's Guerrilla Forces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Abstract
This article examines the political strategies of the EZLN, or Zapatista army, in Chiapas and the EPR, which operates mostly in Oaxaca and Guerrero, through a content analysis of their communiquiés. It argues that these two guerrilla movements demonstrate, through their cultural production, significantly different priorities and preferences; and that these differences reflect different strategic choices. Whereas the EZLN has chosen to pursue a revolutionary strategy similar in key respects to the “war of position” described by Gramsci, the EPR remains closer to the “war of movement.”
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- Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , Summer 1999 , pp. 29 - 55
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- Copyright © University of Miami 1999
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