Our Man in Mexico:  Xochicalco September 19, 2021 We are driving south from Cuernavaca in search of antiquity on the road used by Mexico City […]

Cocinando Con Quien:  El Maíz de la Gente September 23, 2021 The ear I hold in my hand isworthy of an elephant.  This enormous cob […]

EZLN Communique September 27, 2021 The news out of Chiapas lately is that of heightened tension.  Mountain communities like Chenalhó continue to combat cartel violence […]

On Music:  Marimba September 29, 2021 The Marimba is played everywhere in Chiapas.  I hear it daily, the hammering on those wooden slats descending in […]

The Chamúlas October 1, 2021 One taxi driver in San Cristóbal says to my friend Victor, very frankly, “I don’t take people to San Juan […]

Eugenio the Philosopher October 2, 2021 Eugenio relocated his young family to San Cristóbal in 1992.  The Mexican was trying to live and to teach […]

“The uprising did not just coincide with NAFTA.  It is keyed to it.”  Noam Chomsky, 1994 Just when I was longing to see an intelligent […]

Zapatismo October 5, 2021 “So that the people will have land, forests, and water.” Emiliano Zapata, 1917 The man in the black ski mask, with […]

On Trees October 6, 2021 “Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will […]

Market of Santo Domingo October 8, 2021 I am having my first frank talk with a Tzotzil woman, and it is brutal.  She is selling […]