Apr 17, 20 movimiento zapatista 1994 jenifer ortega. In january 1994, a guerrillalike insurgency begun in. This book may be freely pirated and quoted for noncommercial purposes, provided that a portion of any income derived thereby returns to the indigenous and campesino communities of southern mexico. This remarkable event brought together 5,000 activists from all over the world to discuss how globalization neoliberalism affects us politically, culturally. Ezln, 20 anos evolucion y alcance del movimiento zapatista. According to zapatista spokespersons, preparations proceeded throughout 1993. On january 1, 1994, an obscure guerrilla group calling itself the zapatista national liberation army attacked and captured four cities and a. Since 1994 the group has been nominally at war with the mexican state. It is also included in their demands to have a greater political and cultural autonomy for the indigenous people of chiapas and the rest of mexico. Chiapas by the zapatista national liberation army ezln, and the.
Movimiento zapatista y su influencia en mexico y america. The rebellion launched by the zapatista army of national liberation ezln in 1994 in chiapas, mexico is best understood not as a guerrilla. Armed with little more than sticks, stones, and their word. The primarily goals of the zapatistas of mexico in 1994 were land reform and redistribution. Liberation army ezln, the army that woke up the world on january 1, 1994 by seizing four towns in chiapas, the southernmost state of. Lessons from the rebellion in chiapas this pamphlet contains two articles which use the zapatistas own words and on the ground interviews carried out in a zapatista community in 1997 to put forward a detailed analysis of the grassroots democratic structures of the zapatistas. The first communique from the ezln in 1994 placed the movement solidly inside a.
Aug 10, 2005 in response, the zapatista communities ordered their citizen army to take action as a last ditch effort to stave off what seemed like imminent annihilation. The zapatista army of national liberation often referred to as the zapatistas sapa. The zapatista revolt and its implications for civilmilitary relations. Aug 28, 2015 created using powtoon free sign up at create animated videos and animated presentations for free. It was the zapatista rebellion of the tzotzil maya.
Liberation army of the south, formed 1910s, a mexican insurgent group involved in the mexican revolution. Indigenous people have been marginalized in mexico since spain colonized the region in 1519. The 1994 zapatista uprising in the southern mexican state of chiapas has embodied the alterglobalization. Zapatista rebellion of 1994 remembered mexico news daily. Zapatista army of national liberation, formed 1994, a mexican indigenous armed revolutionary group based in chiapas. Zapatista encuentro contains documents and communiques from subcomandante marcos the leader of the zapatistas from the 1996 encounter for humanity and against neoliberalism.
The zapatista social netwar in mexico rand corporation. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Movimento zapatista wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. On january 1, 1994, the zapatista army of national liberation ezln coordinated a 12day zapatista uprising in the state of chiapas, mexico in protest of nafta s enactment. On new years day 1994 with ski masks and automatic rifles in hand the zapatista national liberation army ezln descended from the hills of mexicos impoverished chiapas province and commenced a unique armed struggle. The zapatista rebellion of 1994 has become the 90s equivalent of the cuban and nicara. Lessons from the rebellion in chiapas the zapatistas. Zapatista encuentro by zapatistas overdrive rakuten. The day on which nafta went into effect, 1 january 1994, was chosen as the moment of action. Ezln, 20 anos evolucion y alcance del movimiento zapatista 19942014. What was a goal of the zapatistas of mexico in 1994. Created using powtoon free sign up at create animated videos and animated presentations for free.
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