Events

John Gibler, a writer who has been covering politics and popular movements in Mexico for more than three years, will share stories of the underdogs and rebels who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up and the powers attempting to repress them.

In his recent book, Mexico Unconquered, Gibler probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary Mexico, home to the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and to destitute millions. He explores the concept of the Rule of Law in a land known for its implacable corruption and impunity; the political machinations behind Mexico's devastating economic disparities; the implications and consequences of the annual exodus of half a million Mexicans to the United States; the unprecedented civil disobedience uprising in Oaxaca state; and the continuing Indigenous Present that resists the government's attempts to confine Mexico's 10 million indigenous peoples to calm and controlled corners of the past.