This page collects articles of interest to anarchists about the Zapatista's and the struggle in Chiapas. If you know of additional articles that should be included here email me
Long and detailed article that looks at the way the Zapatists organise and what possible influences there are from historic Mexican anarchist movement. |
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Chronology of events
The Zapatista rising occurred when four towns were seized on the Jan.
1 1994. The EZLN had been in existence in some form since 1983 but it
is only after 1994 that we can begin to construct a clear history of
the EZLN and events in Chiapas. The
chronology is aimed to help us do this
and includes what we consider to be the most important EZLN
communique
Ricardo Flore Magon 'sowing the seeds of tomorrow' - a detail from the Taniperlas mural which was destroyed by the Mexican army in 1997. Taniperlas is the location of the Zapatista council for the autonomus municipility named after Magon.