Rebels

Al-Qaeda
From Global Network to Local Franchise
Christina Hellmich
11 August 2011

Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Ladin's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terrorism, dominating discussions of national and international security. Yet in spite of the attention it receives, conflicting assumptions about the...

The FARC
The Longest Insurgency
Garry Leech
12 May 2011

To many - including the Colombian, US, and EU governments - the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is no more than a terrorist organization. Moreover, they claim that the FARC is only engaged in criminal activities and no longer maintains an ideology. But does this tell the whole story?...

Zapatistas
Rebellion from the Grassroots to the Global
Alex Khasnabish
11 February 2010

In the early hours of January 1, 1994 a guerrilla army of indigenous Mayan peasants emerged from the highlands and jungle in the far southeast of Mexico and declared '¡Ya basta!' - 'Enough!' - to 500 years of colonialism, racism, exploitation, oppression, and genocide. As elites in Canada...