Zapatista: Primary Sources

New video: An Introduction to Zapatista Education

  Check out the latest video in our Teach Chiapas series! “An Introduction to Zapatista Education” is a short video for educators and students that offers a clear introduction to the Zapatista school system in Chiapas, Mexico. In 8 minutes you’ll learn about: Why the Zapatistas created their own community-controlled schools How teachers are chosen and supported Hands-on learning that focuses on social justice Featuring: First-person testimony from Zapatista teachers Archival footage of schools recorded by Zapatista filmmakers   Additional materials about Zapatista Education to accompany the video: Lesson plan: “Ourselves and Others: How We Learn” Article: “Autonomous Education in …

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Zapatista teacher killed in ambush at La Realidad, Chiapas, Mexico.

Zapatista teacher dead, 15 seriously wounded in deadly Chiapas ambush

Jose Luis Solís López, a teacher in the Zapatista’s “Little School” (La Escuelita) was targeted and murdered, and at least 15 Zapatistas seriously injured, in an ambush by members of an anti-Zapatista organization known as CIOAC-H on Friday, May 2, 2014. The same attackers damaged or destroyed both the autonomous Mayan school and the local health clinic at the Zapatista caracol of La Realidad.

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