Antonio Gramsci and the Palabra Verdadera: The Political Discourse of Mexico's Guerrilla Forces

Abstract

Assessing Democracy in Puebla: The Opposition Takes Charge of Municipal Government Debates about democratization in developing countries have generally emphasized competitive elections, broad participation, and the protection of civil and political liberties. A survey of the first two years of PAN administration in the city of Puebla, Mexico, assesses government capacities and policy responses to social and economic demands. It suggests that excitement over the election of opposition party officials should be tempered pending evidence of the accommodation of such demands. Antonio Gramsci and the Palabra Verdadera: The Political Discourse of Mexico's Guerrilla Forces 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 communiques. 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. NAFTA Coalitions and the Political Viability of Neoliberalism