John Ross (writer)

John Ross (born March 11, 1938 - January 17, 2011 ) was an American activist, writer and journalist .

Ross reported first about the revolution of the Zapatistas in Mexico. In 1995 he won the American Book Award for his book Rebellion from the Roots .

Books

• 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 Quentin 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 Chronicle s (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

Web links

• biography
• John Ross on "El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City" - Video report from Democracy Now!
• Social activist, writer John Ross dies at 72

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Shadow War by Alma Guillermoprieto, New York Review of Books
2. ↑ review by Saul Landau ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )