ITEM OVERVIEW
On November 17, 1983 a small group of Mexicans arrived in the jungles of Chiapas with the dream of organizing a revolution from below. A decade later, the organization, now tens-of-thousands strong, shocked the world by staging an indigenous uprising in the name of "democracy, justice, and liberty" for all. In the more than ten years that have passed since their initial uprising, the Zapatistas have altered the course of Mexican politics and emerged as a powerful force for international movement-building. The Zapatistas' prolific stream of poetic political writings, tales, and traditional indigenous myths could fill volumes. The Speed of Dreams presents the best of these writings from the 2001–2007 period, spanning from the Zapatistas' historic march to the Mexican capital in 2001, to the "Other Campaign."
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