John Ross (Aktivist)

John Ross (* 11. März 1938; † 17. Januar 2011) war ein US-amerikanischer Aktivist, Schriftsteller und Journalist.

Ross berichtete als erster über die Revolution der Zapatistas in Mexiko. 1995 gewann er den American Book Award mit seinem Buch Rebellion from the Roots.^[1][2]

Bücher

• Rebellion from the Roots: Indian Uprising in Chiapas (Common Courage Press: 1995)
• Mexico in Focus (Latin America Bureau: 1996) ISBN 1-899365-05-2
• We Came to Play: An Anthology of Writings on Basketball (with Qentin R. Hand)(North Atlantic Books: 1996) ISBN 1-55643-162-7
• The Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the IMF (Common Courage Press: 1998) ISBN 1-56751-131-7
• Tonatiuh's People: A Novel of the Mexican Cataclysm (Cinco Puntos Press: 1998) ISBN 0-938317-41-5
• Mexico in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture (Interlink Publishing Group: 2002) ISBN 1-56656-421-2
• The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles (Common Courage Press: 2002) ISBN 1-56751-175-9
• Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life & Death on the American Left (Nation Books: 2004) ISBN 1-56025-578-1
• ¡ZAPATISTAS! Making Another World Possible: Chronicles of Resistance 2000–2006 (Nation Books: 2007) ISBN 1-56025-874-8
• El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City (Nation Books: 2009) ISBN 1-56858-424-5

Weblinks

• Biografie
• John Ross zu "El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City" – Videoreportage von Democracy Now!
• Social activist, writer John Ross dies at 72

Einzelnachweise

1. ↑ The Shadow War by Alma Guillermoprieto, New York Review of Books
2. ↑ review by Saul Landau

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