Raúl Zibechi

Raúl Zibechi is a columnist and international analyst for Brecha in Montevideo, Uruguay and La Jornada in Mexico City; and the author of many books including Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces (2010). He was a professor at the Multiversidad Franciscana de America Latina.

Stories by: Raúl Zibechi

28 August 1968: A police officer escorts a demonstrator from Mexico City’s Central Plaza during an anti-government rally. Riot police and soldiers opened fire to break up the protest. (Photograph by Bettmann/Contributor)

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Latin America’s revolutionary shifts in 1968

The events of 1968 took shape as spillovers that neutralised old mechanisms of control within the family, schools, trade unions and left-wing political parties.

By: Raúl Zibechi
23 Jan 2019