Zapatista Action Coalition of Louisville

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: >Dear Ms. Gil, : Geneve, please, call me Geneve! (Sounds like "Jenev"). : > Thank you for writing back to me. : > Much of the impetus for the creation of a Zapatista Action : >Coalition in Louisville must go to a young woman named Cathe who sent me : >an e-mail announcing a meeting of interested people to talk about what is : >going on in Chiapas. It is her e-mail address that appears on the ZACL web : >page, and she is the person who requested that we link to your web site. : >:) : Excellent! Please send her my thanks and admiration. : >Last Monday, several people ranging in ages from 17 up to about 60 met in : >a private house to discuss what has been happening in Mexico. Several : >persons had recently returned from Chiapas and other parts of Mexico and : >they shared their ideas and observations. : Wonderful. : > I myself became aware of what was going on in Chiapas and with : >NAFTA and after reading several books by Noam Chomsky. Accordingly, in : >March of 1995, I started a public access TV show in Louisville so I could : >provide some kind of alternative media for this area to educate people : >about how the dominant media propagandizes on behalf of big money. I : >called the show "Illegal Television". I made a web page for : >the show at: : > : > http://www.win.net/~wesley/illegaltv/illegal.html : > : > In the opening credits for the show, I always put the title "An : >American Zapatista Film". I used to think that I was the only person in : >Kentucky who knew anything about this until last Monday!! : > I work in a Barnes & Noble bookstore here in Louisville, and I : >just ordered 3 copies of the book Shadows of Tender Fury to put on our : >staff recommends shelf. : > Other good books I've read are: : > : > Media Monopoly by Ben Bagdikian : > : > Peoples History of the US by Howard Zinn : > : > The End of Education and : > How to Watch TV News and : > Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman : > : > Who Will Tell the People : > Secrets of The Temple : > One World Ready Or Not by William Greider : > : > Diet For A New America by John Robbins : > : > Anything and everything by Noam Chomsky : > : > Plus lots of others I can't remember right now. : > : > I have a 2 week vaction in August and I would like to go to : >Chiapas. I have only visited Tijuana. I don't have much more time to : >write, but I would like to thank you again for your letter. : And thank you! : I think lots of folks would love to hear who you all are and what you're doing... : well, just what you've told me here. :) : Take care, Wes, : Geneve

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