An analysis of changes within the Zapatista movement over the last thirty years, an interpretation of their recent proposal for a re-examination of how property is viewed (the common), and the implications for the movement and indigenous people looking to the future.
Here We Are. 30 Years of Revolution. READ MORE »
Confronted with organized crime, corrupt political parties, and collusion between the two, indigenous Tseltal people in Chilón choose to govern themselves autonomously.
Indigenous Tseltals in Chiapas Won’t Participate in 2024 Elections READ MORE »
“If the communes or agrarian communities and ejidos of almost the entire country, but especially in the deep south, were not colored by revolts and stories that paid with blood for Article 27 ….I would say without reservation that I fully accept the proposal of common and non-property…However, the historical-epistemic root of indigenous agrarian communality, particularly in Mexico, differs correlatively from the common…”
Respectfully raising questions of the common and non-property, the author draws on the history and complexity of the struggles that culminated in the Accords of San Andrés.
SAN ANDRÉS ACCORDS FORGOTTEN READ MORE »
Raúl Zibechi gives his analysis of recent changes within Zapatista thought and practice and the influence of the movement throughout the continent thirty years after the 1994 uprising.
Traces of Zapatismo in Latin America: From the Rising to Sowing READ MORE »
What have we learned from the Zapatistas in the 30 years since their uprising? How can their teachings be applied in the classroom? A review of some of the praxis of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM.
Zapatista Teachings in the Classroom READ MORE »
