MAIL AUTONOMY LIBERATION SIMULATION REVOLUTION PARTICIPATION PROPAGANDA

We welcome you to explore our collection of original work and links to dedicated to presenting information and discourse related to the Zapatista struggle for democracy in Mexico, and their call for an intercontinental struggle against neoliberalism and for humanity. For background information on the Zapatistas, (a.k.a. EZLN) see the web pages of Acción Zapatista including the Chiapas '95 archives and a comprehensive survey of internet resources relating to the Zapatista movement.

Our work was inspired by Zapatistas! Documents of the Revolution, an electronic and anticopyright publication including such texts as The Southeast in Two Winds. In January 1995, we began a multimedia project which has led to the creation of this web-site and the formation of The ZapNet Collective, a network of students and activists based in the ACTlab at The University of Texas at Austin. This project includes and invites participation from academic colleagues, media professionals and grass-roots activists from around the world. The views expressed here have been collectively compiled and discussed; they share our hopes for the people of Chiapas and for others struggling for autonomy, justice, and freedom!

Zapnet is interested in utilizing new technologies to promote dialogues and share information within an interactive, multimedia rich environment. This index has been designed as a map and guide to assist you and answer some of the questions you may have about this site, an ongoing project . These pages have been assembled in a way that allows and welcomes your participation and feedback. Your views and opinions are important to us.
The Introduction Page (right) is the first step of your jouney into the Zapatista Net. Go ahead, take a chance and pick a topic. Half the fun is not knowing where you will end up. If you'd like to know more about our theoretical grounding, you may wish to visit the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ) or the Electronic Disturbance site.
Your course on this journey is entirely up to you. There is no required or even suggested sequence in which to travel. We hope that on each visit you will encounter new, previously undescovered treasures from the underground.
ZAPATISTA WOMEN (left). New! This first site on the Internet dedicated to the History and ongoing struggle of the Zapatista Women is a work in process. It includes an interactive forum for sharing notes and research. !Que Vivan Las Comadres!
INFOWAR (right). A team of scholars and media artists have collaborated to create this hypertext on the hegemonic and counter-hegemonic uses of information warfare. Explore this subject in Shockwave, ImageMap or Text based formats. CyberWar is coming!
Express your moral independence and right of self-government on the Autonomy page (left). Let your voice be heard. Select the link you wish to leave your mark on the Wall. If you are shy, take a moment to read what others have "composed", "dialogued", "contributed", and "shared". You never know what you might find or who may have been there before you.
We are all seeking Liberation. Within this site are numerous "Departure" points to destinations heavily populated with compañeros equally dedicated to this cause. If only visiting is not enough, a direct "Connection" to Marcos, the EZLN and the creators of this site can be found here.
Simulation (left). Have you ever met Don Durito de la Lacondona? Who is he, you ask? Well, sit back and relax. Let us tell you a story. Many are here. They each examine the problem without subjecting it to direct experimentation using our little friend Durito as the main character and/or simulated device. Will you tell us a story next?
Multimedia demos galore (right). "The Revolution Will Be Digitized" (working title) is an interactive multimedia project about the Zapatistas (a.k.a. EZLN), an armed indigenous revolutionary movement in Chiapas, Mexico. Inspired by the rich poetic narrative of this struggle, the work employs hypertext navigation of rhisomatic modules in order to examine the construction of political identity through digital networks.
Participation (left). Write in Spanish or English your thoughts on "economic", "political", "social" and "cultural" conditions under neo-liberalism in an intercybernetal meeting in the autonomous zone. The EZLN has taken the intiative of the national plebiscite, a form of dialogue, as another demonstration of its will to create solutions and solve the conflict by political means.
Propaganda (right). Help! What can I do, you ask? The Zapatista Net of Autonomy & Liberation is more than a simple collection of nodes imbedded in hypertext links. It is the vanguard of proactive, revolutionary, autonomous, recombinant, electronic multimedia. Come in and explore the array of sights and sounds. Write and vote. Your voice is heard, welcomed and appreciated.