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Zapatista

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Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future. On Jan. 1, 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in southeastern Mexico, several thousand Mayan soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against the global corporate power they say rules Mexico. They call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN).

The Fourth World War

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The airwaves are crowded with talk of a new world war, narrated by generals and filmed from the noses of bombs. "The Fourth World War" tells the human story of this global conflict, bringing together the images and voices of the war on the ground in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine and Korea, from Seattle to Genova, and the war on terror in New York, Afghanistan and Iraq. "The Fourth World War" is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war.

GRITtv: Speaking Out: Transgender Detainee Faces Twice the Abuse

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Esmeralda came to the U.S. seeking asylum from her native Mexico. She tried twice to enter the country legally, each time forced into detention. As a transgender woman, she was segregated and subjected to abuse from guards on her first attempt, and when she tried again, she was held with male detainees. Eventually, her claim was successful and today she works as an advocate for others who have survived sexual violence. In this video from Breakthrough, she tells her story of speaking out against abuse.

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