Problem 1: Throughout his introduction to The Zapatista Reader, Tom Hayden provides historical background for the Zapatista uprising in terms of Mexico and the Americas in general. What different historical events throughout the past 500+ years does Hayden use to explain the Zapatistas and their demands? Use various specific quotations from the text and discuss them to back up your answer.
Problem 2: What does Subcomandante Marcos say in his analysis of the Fourth World War about " disposable " people and communities? Use various specific quotations from the text to back up your answer and discuss them.
Problem 3: In his piece on Memory & Reality, what does Subcomandante Marcos say the Zapatistas in La Realidad have agreed to defend in reality, contrary to appearances. How does this point relate to the story he tells about the grove of trees found by those who came later"? Use specific quotations from the text and discuss them to back up your answer.