John Ross

John Ross's Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible: Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2004 will be published by Nation Books in October. His 2005 book, Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life and Death on the American Left was a San Francisco Chronicle Book of the Year and won the Upton Sinclair award.

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  • In Mexico, a Class War Looms

    September 6, 2006

    The confirmation of Felipe Calderón's electoral victory signals the end of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's three-year struggle for the presidency and the beginning of a new phase of organized resistance.

  • Angrily Awaiting a Messiah

    August 25, 2006

    In Mexico City and beyond, tensions are rising between government security forces and thousands of impoverished supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a restive constituency to which political parties and process are increasingly irrelevant.

  • The Smoking Volcano

    August 8, 2006

    As election officials in Mexico recount only a handful of contested voting districts in the flawed presidential elections, Andrés Manuel López Obrador walks a tightrope between defiance and keeping a lid on his steamed-up constituents.

  • Mexico's Fractured Electoral Landscape

    July 10, 2006

    The disputed presidential election has fractured Mexico's political landscape, pitting leftists against conservatives and the affluent against an indignant Indian and mestizo underclass.

  • Disputed Election Raises Tensions in Mexico

    July 5, 2006

    Memories of a stolen 1988 election cloud the political landscape, as voters await results of the disputed presidential election.

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 10/6/08
Can young voters stand up to suppression and swing Election 2008? Plus: Robert Fisk on the Middle East, and McCain's Russia scandal. (13mb mp3)

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