Conversations With Don Durito: The Story of Durito and the Defeat of NeoLiberalism,New

In 1994, from the Lacandon jungle, Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos replied to a tenyearold girl in Mexico City who had sent him a drawing. In his response, Marcos conjured up a first fable introducing the beetle and knighterrant 'Don Durito de la Lacandon.'The ensuing output of Duritorelated communiques and tales comprise a broad discourse of the Zapatista struggle, revealing their organizational history, their critique of traditional politics, and the reasons for their opposition to neoliberalism. These elements have helped make the Zapatistas an exemplary reference in the international movement against capitalist globalization.Conversations with Durito includes all the Durito stories issued to date, translated, annotated, and contextualized by the Accion Zapatista Editorial Collective, and illustrated by simpatico artists. Poetic, humorous, and imaginative, these fables provide an excellent introduction to the politics of globalization from the radical perspective of indigenous struggle.Contentsi Prefaceii Translation and Editing Notesiv Acknowledgements1 Historical OverviewSTORIES FOR A SUFFOCATING NIGHT41 The Story of Durito and Neoliberalism44 Durito II: Neoliberalism Seen From La Lacandona57 The Cave of Desire64 Durito Names Marcos His Squire71 Durito III: The Story of Neoliberalism and the Labor Movement79 Durito's May Day Postcard81 On Bullfighting, Detente and Rock87 Durito IV: Neoliberalism and the PartyState System95 Durito V: Durito in Mexico City99 Durito's Return104 Durito VI: Neoliberalism: Chaotic Theory of Economic Chaos111 Durito, Chibo the Killer Tarantula and the Plebiscite117 The Story of the Little Mouse and the Little Cat120 Of Trees, Transgressors and Odontology138 The Story of the Hot Foot and the Cold Foot144 On Love147 The Story of Dreams152 The Story of the Bay Horse160 Durito to Conquer Europe164 To Lady Civil Society169 The Riddle171 Durito on Cartoonists176 Durito IX: Neoliberalism, History as a Tale . . . Badly Told184 Durito on Liberty186 Durito's Comment on Hunger189 Big Sharks and Little Fishes196 Presentation in Seven Voices Seven: Politics and Bolsas (Theirs and Ours)STORIES FOR A SLEEPLESS SOLITUDE215 Love and the Calendar220 The Story of the Magical Chocolate Bunnies226 The Seashell and The Two People233 Forever Never236 The Hour of the Little Ones, Part I: The Return of . . .249 The Hour of the Little Ones, Part II: Those From BelowSTORIES OF VIGILANCE BY CANDLELIGHT255 The Hour of the Little Ones, Part III: The Undocumented Others258 The Hour of the Little Ones, Part IV: The Other . . .261 The Hour of the Little Ones, Part X: The Student Others266 The Story of the Air and the Night276 Off the Record: La Realidad286 Durito.com288 The Other Player294 The Story of the Little Dented Car298 The Hand That Dreams When It Writes302 Chairs of Power and Butterflies of Rebellion314 Apples and the Zapatistas316 Bibliography