Antonio Gramsci and the Palabra Verdadera

The Political Discourse of Mexico's Guerrilla Forces

Bibliographic Data

ID4990240
AuthorsKathleen Bruhn (0000-0003-4362-7156, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume41
Issue2
Pages29-55
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/166406
OpenAlexW4232952257
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited3

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

Citizen journalism · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Sociology · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Political theory and Gramsci · Politics and Society in Latin America

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