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Jun 9, 2025 • 28min

Part Three: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

Margaret continues telling you about the rise of neoliberalism and the rise of its opposition and about better ideas about how to globalize society. Sources: Direct Action: an Ethnography, David GraeberThe Zapatista Experience, Jerome Baschethttps://www.piie.com/commentary/speeches-papers/did-washington-consensus-failhttps://www.spiegel.de/international/interview-with-ex-neocon-francis-fukuyama-a-model-democracy-is-not-emerging-in-iraq-a-407315.htmlhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zapatista-womens-revolutionary-law-as-it-is-lived-today/https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2019/1/3/pedro-el-subcomandante-del-ezln-que-murio-el-dia-del-levantamiento-217985.htmlhttps://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/how-much-of-britain-is-below-the-poverty-line/https://www.tni.org/en/article/a-short-history-of-neoliberalismhttps://bigthink.com/thinking/classical-liberalism-explained/https://schoolsforchiapas.org/ezln-the-path-of-the-zapatista-movement-40-years-after-its-foundation/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0306422018819354https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-25550654https://web.archive.org/web/20090813155006/http://greenanarchy.info/etc/ezln_response.htmhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/world/americas/mexico-zapatista-subcommander-marcos.htmlhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/zapatistas-have-been-revolutionary-forcehttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/the-woman-who-wont-let-mexico-forget-a-massacre.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Abejashttps://schoolsforchiapas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Interview-with-Subcomandante-Marcos.pdfhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ejercito-zapatista-de-liberacion-nacional-a-zapatista-response-to-the-ezln-is-not-anarchisthttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/mexicos-zapatista-indigenous-rebel-movement-says-it-is-dissolving-its-autonomous-municipalitieshttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jerome-baschet-the-reorganization-of-zapatista-autonomyhttps://schoolsforchiapas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ra%C3%BAl-Zibechi-Zapatista-Autonomy-PDF.pdfhttps://illwill.com/zapatista-autonomyhttps://chiapas-support.org/2014/10/04/anatomy-of-a-paramilitary-attack-on-the-zapatistas/https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/05/assassination-world-stands-solidarity-zapatistas/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 8, 2025 • 34min

CZM Book Club : The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón, Part Two

Margaret reads you more short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 1min

CZM Rewind: Part Two: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón and the peasants who ended a dictatorship

Margaret continues talking with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution.  Original Air Date: 7.26.23  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 2, 2025 • 1h 16min

CZM Rewind: Part One: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón and the peasants who ended a dictatorship

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the Mexican liberals who became anarchists and sparked a revolution. Original Air Date: 7.24.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jun 1, 2025 • 27min

CZM Book Club: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 28, 2025 • 34min

Part Two: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

Margaret tells you about the rise of neoliberalism and the rise of its opposition and about better ideas about how to globalize society.  Sources: Direct Action: an Ethnography, David GraeberThe Zapatista Experience, Jerome Baschethttps://www.piie.com/commentary/speeches-papers/did-washington-consensus-failhttps://www.spiegel.de/international/interview-with-ex-neocon-francis-fukuyama-a-model-democracy-is-not-emerging-in-iraq-a-407315.htmlhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zapatista-womens-revolutionary-law-as-it-is-lived-today/https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2019/1/3/pedro-el-subcomandante-del-ezln-que-murio-el-dia-del-levantamiento-217985.htmlhttps://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/how-much-of-britain-is-below-the-poverty-line/https://www.tni.org/en/article/a-short-history-of-neoliberalismhttps://bigthink.com/thinking/classical-liberalism-explained/https://schoolsforchiapas.org/ezln-the-path-of-the-zapatista-movement-40-years-after-its-foundation/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0306422018819354https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-25550654https://web.archive.org/web/20090813155006/http://greenanarchy.info/etc/ezln_response.htmhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/world/americas/mexico-zapatista-subcommander-marcos.htmlhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/zapatistas-have-been-revolutionary-forcehttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/the-woman-who-wont-let-mexico-forget-a-massacre.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Abejashttps://schoolsforchiapas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Interview-with-Subcomandante-Marcos.pdfhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ejercito-zapatista-de-liberacion-nacional-a-zapatista-response-to-the-ezln-is-not-anarchisthttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/mexicos-zapatista-indigenous-rebel-movement-says-it-is-dissolving-its-autonomous-municipalitieshttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jerome-baschet-the-reorganization-of-zapatista-autonomyhttps://schoolsforchiapas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ra%C3%BAl-Zibechi-Zapatista-Autonomy-PDF.pdfhttps://illwill.com/zapatista-autonomyhttps://chiapas-support.org/2014/10/04/anatomy-of-a-paramilitary-attack-on-the-zapatistas/https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/05/assassination-world-stands-solidarity-zapatistas/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 26, 2025 • 40min

Part One: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

Explore the rise of neoliberalism and its various consequences, from economic extraction to the impact of Thatcher and Reagan. Delve into Fukuyama's 'end of history' thesis and the controversial Washington Consensus. Discover inspiring alternatives like worker cooperatives and Seed Commons. The Zapatistas emerge as a powerful resistance movement in Chiapas, showcasing a different approach to globalization. Tune in for an enlightening discussion on how to challenge prevailing economic systems!
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May 25, 2025 • 21min

CZM Book Club: The Abbot of Druimenach

Margaret reads you an Irish fairy tale about gender transformation that she really likes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 21, 2025 • 49min

Part Two: Habeas Corpus and the Peasant Origins of Western Democracy

Margaret continues talking with Kat Abughazaleh about the folk councils that came to define English Common Law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 19, 2025 • 44min

Part One: Habeus Corpus and the Peasant Origins of Western Democracy

Margaret talks with Kat Abughazaleh about the folk councils that came to define English Common Law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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