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2001 Stories by Rachel Neumann

• The Empire Strikes Back

  published October 2, 2001

  First, there was the explosion, then the collapse. Then words rushed in: vermin, cowards. Posters promised, respectively, that... More >>

• Scenes From the UN Conference Against Racism

  published September 4, 2001

  Sunday, I arrived on the cracked brown earth of southeastern South Africa after travelling for more than 36 hours. It took a few hours to find our... More >>

• Scenes From the UN Conference Against Racism

  published September 4, 2001

  Under a gray sky and a red sun, thousands of South Africans gathered for the Landless People's Assembly. The Assembly is made up of those forced... More >>

• A Summit of Their Own

  published September 4, 2001

  Durban, South Africa—At the first International Youth Summit over 500 young people representing more than 40 countries, from Kenya to... More >>

• Despite U.S. Pullout, Debate Over Reparations Continues

  published September 4, 2001

  Humberto Brown, International Secretary of the U.S.-based Black Radical Congress, is on a mission. He came to the World Conference Against Racism... More >>

• Rebel Dignity

  published March 20, 2001

  February 24, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico—The ZapaTour—a caravan of the Zapatista Army for National... More >>

• Part 1: Mexico City or Bust

  published February 27, 2001

  San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico—Last Sunday, after years in their Chiapas stronghold, the Zapatistas hit the road.... More >>

• Part 2: Public Relations War

  published February 27, 2001

  Oaxaca, Oaxaca—While the Zapatistas are using the caravan to Mexico City as their pulpit, President Vicente Fox has been making daily... More >>

• Part 3: Road Kill

  published February 27, 2001

  Querétero, Querétero—Governor Ignácio Loyola vowed to hang Subcommandante Marcos. As the caravan snaked along... More >>

• Part 4: Indigenous Woodstock

  published February 27, 2001

  Cuernavaca, Morelos—“It's time to save the machete and sharpen the word.” With these words, Subcomandante Marcos helped... More >>

• Part 5: Cult of Personality

  published February 27, 2001

  Cuautla, Morelos—“We walk with history, but we will not repeat it.” Emiliano Zapata, the symbolic father of the... More >>

• Part 6: Rebels Enter Capital

  published February 27, 2001

  Mexico City—The Zapatistas did not, as some rumors had it, arrive in Mexico City on horseback. They did not, as some had insisted,... More >>