About the Author

Raúl Zibechi: Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst for Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of Genealogía de la Revuelta and La Mirada Horizontal. His first book-length work in English, Dispersing Power, was published by AK Press in 2010.

Ramor Ryan: Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity (AK Press, 2011). His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.