Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 18:01:21 -0500 (EST) From: Jon Beasley-Murray <jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu> Subject: Re: (Fwd) Evil happenings in Mexico - attn TU/Civil rights activis Here's an example of a more recent report from Chiapas. Clearly the situation is serious, but it does worry me that it is the one post suggesting a "massacre" that has garnered all the attention. In many ways, after all, what has been occuring in Chiapas are phenomena reflecting *systemic* inequalities in Mexico, common to many other countries, albeit that in Mexico Zapatista intervention among other events have now pushed this particular political and economic system towards the brink. This is all much more worrying to me, and can't quite be effaced by only the occasional liberal disquiet over a reported massacre. Such abuses are terrible, but they aren't the origin of the problem. Take care Jon Jon Beasley-Murray Literature Program Duke University jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons -----------------------------------------
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