Companeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories

Guerrilla army insurgents. Political leaders. Health and education promoters. Economic cooperative members. These are just some of the prominent, everyday roles held by women in the Zapatista autonomous region in Chiapas, where the creation and maintenance of an alternative, democratic society has found women’s participation indispensible.

Companeras- Zapatista Women’s Stories is the untold story of the women of the Zapatista movement. Gathered by longtime community organizer Hilary Klein, the Zapatista women’s own recollections of their lives, struggles, and critical involvement brings to light the tremendous transformation of gender roles that has occurred in this culture of revolution, and is instructive for all who are committed to examining how existing grassroots alternatives to global capitalism can guide the way toward justice, equality, and democracy.