Zapatistas
Mexican indigenous uprising
The Zapatistas are members of a Mexican revolutionary movement that emerged in Chiapas in 1994, named after Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer of the Mexican Revolution.
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) advocates for indigenous rights, land reform, and autonomy from the Mexican government.
The term often appears in discussions of anti-globalization movements: The Zapatistas inspired activists worldwide.
Organized resistance to power
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- rebellionDefiance of established power
ski masks · liberation · armed struggle · ceasefire · negotiations · global solidarity · anticapitalism · dignity
Originating in a region
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- cooperativesMember-owned collective enterprises
- muralsLarge wall paintings
- community radioVolunteer-operated neighborhood station
Independent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- direct democracyVoters decide policy personally
- assembliesOrganized group gatherings
consensus · collectivism · land reform · territory · communal lands · self-sufficiency · cooperatives · resistance
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
rebellion · ski masks · liberation · armed struggle · ceasefire · negotiations · global solidarity · anticapitalism · dignity · neoliberalism
indigenous
Originating in a region
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- cooperativesMember-owned collective enterprises
- muralsLarge wall paintings
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- direct democracyVoters decide policy personally
assemblies · consensus · collectivism · land reform · territory · communal lands · self-sufficiency · cooperatives · resistance
Zapatistasneoliberals
Pro-market political faction
World Bank · IMF · multinational corporations · Washington Consensus · WTO