This short clip gives a very basic introduction to the socialist Zapatista movement of the Chiapas region of southern Mexico. The people who make up the Zapatistas are descended from the Mayans who once had a great civilization and culture of their own before the invasion of colonizers from Europe. – If you care, give […]
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is a socialist movement of mainly First Nations peoples who fought the Federal government of Mexico more than 20 years ago in an effort to improve living conditions for the oppressed and marginalized citizens of the southern Chiapas region of Mexico. Their spokesperson was the mysterious Subcommandante Marcos, […]
Here we have a story that has gone largely unnoticed in the west. The Chiapas region in southern Mexico, from whence came the Zapatistas, has a largely indigenous population. The Mexican government has, for some time now, been degrading the health services available to the people there. When nurses spoke out publicly to condemn the […]
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