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  • Zapatista Army of National Liberation
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  • The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) often referred to as the Zapatistas is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. In reference to inspirational figures, in nearly all EZLN villages exist murals accompanying images of Zapata, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Subcomandante Marcos.
  • The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Spanish: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is a revolutionary group and the national army of the Community of Chiapas. The Zapatistas have waged a war from 1994 to 2010, called the War of National Liberation against the Mexican state and corporate invaders. Though the war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions on their territory. Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people but they have some supporters in urban areas as well as an international web of support. Their main spokesperson and commander is Comandante Marcos. Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Mayan.
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Strength
  • About 3,000 active participants and militia; tens of thousands of civilian supporters
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amount
  • ℛ4 million
commander-in-chief
commander-in-chief title
  • Comandante
Active
  • 1994
  • 512063
Age
  • Minimum 13
Fit
  • 1905351
Country
  • Community of Chiapas
Name
  • Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
  • Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Caption
  • Flag of the EZLN.
  • Flag of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Available
  • 3214890
ideology
History
minister title
  • General
foreign suppliers
  • , Dominican Republic, Himynamistan
Minister
  • Sbcm. Tomallo, Sbcm. Elisa
Area
  • Chiapas, Mexico
percent GDP
  • 0.11
War
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  • 1305539
domestic suppliers
  • Local paramilitary
Leaders
manpower age
  • 13
Founded
  • 1983-11-17
abstract
  • The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) often referred to as the Zapatistas is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since 1994, the group has been in a declared war "against the Mexican state," though this war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary and corporate incursions into Chiapas.[citation needed] Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people but they have some supporters in urban areas and internationally. Their main spokesperson is Subcomandante Marcos (currently a.k.a. Delegate Zero in relation to "the Other Campaign"). Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Maya. The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. In reference to inspirational figures, in nearly all EZLN villages exist murals accompanying images of Zapata, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Subcomandante Marcos. Although the ideology of the EZLN is reflective of libertarian socialist politics, paralleling both anarchist and libertarian Marxist thought in many respects, the EZLN has rejected and defied political classification; retaining its distinctiveness due in part to the importance of indigenous Mayan beliefs in Zapatismo thought. The EZLN aligns itself with the wider alter-globalization, anti-neoliberal social movement, seeking indigenous control over their local resources, especially land. Since their 1994 uprising was countered by the Mexican army, the EZLN has abstained from using their weapons and adopted a new strategy that attempts to garner both Mexican and international support. Through an Internet campaign, the EZLN has begun to disseminate an understanding of their plight and intentions. With this change in tactics, the EZLN has received greater support from a variety of NGOs and organizations as well as increased attention in both leftist and mainstream media outlets.
  • The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Spanish: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is a revolutionary group and the national army of the Community of Chiapas. The Zapatistas have waged a war from 1994 to 2010, called the War of National Liberation against the Mexican state and corporate invaders. Though the war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions on their territory. Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people but they have some supporters in urban areas as well as an international web of support. Their main spokesperson and commander is Comandante Marcos. Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Mayan. In a June 2010 reorganization, prompted by the Second Declaration from the Sierra Madre, the EZLN became a branch of the Zapatista Indigenous Liberation Organization, itself a subsidiary of the Pan-American Revolutionary Movement. The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. In reference to inspirational figures, in nearly all EZLN villages exist murals accompanying images of Zapata, Che Guevara, and Subcomandante Marcos.
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