John Gibler is an American journalist who predominantly writes from and about
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. He is the author of ''
Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt'' and ''
To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War.'' He is also correspondent for
Pacifica Radio's KPFA in Mexico. He has reported on the ground from the Zapatistas Other Campaign, the protests against electoral fraud in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
, and the
uprising in Oaxaca. He has reported for ''Left Turn'', ''In These Times'', ''Common Dreams'', ''Yes! Magazine'', ''ColorLines'' and ''Democracy Now!''. He was a Global Exchange Media fellow from 2006 to 2008.
Background
Gibler has also reported from
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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and the international edition of the ''Miami Herald''. Before moving to Mexico, Gibler worked for various human rights and social justice organizations in Mexico, Peru, and California. He reported on
environmental justice
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issues and water privatization in California for ''Public Citizen'', ''Terrain Magazine'', ''ColorLines'', the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, the ''Journal on Race, Poverty and the Environment'' and other independent media.
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He has been reporting on social movements since January 2006. Topics he has covered in the past include the May 4th massive police raid in San Salvador Atenco, the Uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatista Other Campaign and the Massive Protest Against Electoral Fraud.
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He earned an MSc degree at London School of Economics during 2000 to 2001.
Before that he had also lived in Japan.
Gibler was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at Hampshire College on 2013, where he taught courses such as ''Decolonial Thought in Latin America'' and ''Violence and Writing in Mexico's Drug War''.
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Major works
*''Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt'' (City Lights, 2009)
*''To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War'' (City Lights, 2011)
*''I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa'' (City Lights, 2017)
*''Torn from the World: A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico'' (City Lights, 2018)
References
External links
Articles by John Gibler on The IndypendentIn These Times article by John GiblerJohn Gibler's ZSpace page
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American male writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people