Maps, Illustrations, and Videoclips  vii

Acronyms and Abbreviations  xi

About the Website  xv

Acknowledgments  xvii

1. Testimony: Human Rights, and Social Movements  1

2. Histories and Movements: Antecedents to the Social Movement of 2006  36

3. The Emergence of the APPO and the 2006 Oaxaca Social Movement  66

4. Testimony and Human Rights Violations in Oaxaca  95

5. Community and Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca: Testimony and Participatory Democracy  121

6. The Women's Takeover of Media in Oaxaca: Gendered Rights "to Speak" and "to Be Heard"  145

7. The Economics and Politics of Conflict: Perspectives from Oaxacan Artisans, Merchants, and Business Owners  178

8. In Indigenous Activism: The Triqui Autonomous Municipality, APPO Juxtlahuaca, and Transborder Organizing in AAPO-L.A.  209

9. From Barricades to Autonomy and Art: Youth Organizing in Oaxaca  245

Conclusions  276

Notes  289

Bibliography  303

Index  323

"We Are the Face of Oaxaca is a magnificent book. A model of engaged scholarship and the best work yet by Lynn Stephen, it is an original analysis of the massive popular rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico, during 2006–07. Given her deep, long-term ties to Oaxacans in both Mexico and the United States, Stephen is uniquely positioned to analyze the social movement and the significance of participants' testimonials in its production and reception."—Patricia Zavella, author of I'm Neither Here nor There: Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty

"Given the new visibility of protest, Lynn Stephen's fascinating book offers a valuable opportunity to understand how protest movements work at the grass roots. This ethnography of the Oaxacan protest of 2006 focuses on testimony: the performed, embodied act of telling a story. Protesters’ courageous testimonies broadcast over the radio made a difference. The book and its website with recordings provide a wonderful opportunity to hear the testimonies of those with courage to speak."—Sally Engle Merry, author of Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice

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