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Discusses the sources and varieties of indigenous responses to political, economic, and social crises, the ways the responses have evolved since 1994, and implications for the future of politics in the region and Mexico as a whole; 6 articles. Contents: Regional, communal, and organizational transformation in Las Cañadas, by Xóchitl Leyva Solano; Buscando una nueva vida: liberation through autonomy in San Pedro Chenalhó, 1970-1998, by Christine Eber; Regional renegotiations of space: Tojolabal ethnic identity in Las Margaritas, Chiapas, by Shannan L. Mattiace; Between civil disobedience and silent rejection: differing responses by Mam peasants to the Zapatista rebellion, by Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo; The meaning and scope of the struggle for autonomy, by Gustavo Esteva; Romancing the Zapatistas: international intellectuals and the Chiapas rebellion, by Mark T. Berger.

Contains criticism of the 1998 book in which David Stoll concluded that "I, Rigoberta Menchú", the oral autobiography of a woman who witnessed the massacres of the indigenous people of Guatemala by government forces in the early 1980s, was at least partly fictionalized; 6 articles, response, and rejoinders. One of the articles is by Elizabeth Burgos, a collaborator in preparation of the autobiography.

Between 2002 and 2007, Tsotsil Mayas from San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, joined the "boom" of undocumented migration to the United States. At the migration's peak, 41 percent of the men 15–34 years of age in a sample hamlet of 1,350 had crossed the border, most having borrowed the equivalent of US$1,500–2,000 at 10 percent/month interest to pay for the trip. Before most were able to pay back their loans, however, demand for their labor declined, finally crashing with the recession of 2007–2008. The men's prolonged absences, first in the North and then as they were forced to depart a second time to try to pay their debts, have led to profound changes at home, including the feminization of work and shifts in family structure and roles in a community without young men.Entre 2002 y 2007, los Mayas Tsotsiles de San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, México, se unieron al "boom" de la migración indocumentada hacia los Estados Unidos. Para 2006, 41 por ciento de los hombres de 15 a 34 años de edad en una aldea de muestra de 1,350 habitantes habían cruzado la frontera, habiendo pedido prestado cada uno el equivalente de US$1,500–2,000 con 10 por ciento de interés mensual para pagar su viaje. La demanda laboral disminuyó antes de que la mayoría pudiera saldar sus deudas, desplomándose finalmente con la recession de 2007–2008. Las ausencias de los hombres, primero en el Norte y luego conforme se vieron obligados a salir una segunda vez para tratar de satisfacer a sus acreedores, han resultado en profundos cambios en el lugar de origen. Estos incluyen la feminización del trabajo y cambios en la estructura familiar y roles establecidos en una comunidad sin hombres jóvenes.