Tag Archives: Mexico

Christina Heatherton: “How the Mexican Revolution shaped radical politics worldwide”

Posted on March 1, 2023 by

“From 1910-1920, armed peasants and workers reshaped Mexico in a democratic and agrarian revolution. The Mexican Revolution rippled throughout the world, influencing radical politics from Chicago to Moscow. Despite its potent effect on contemporary revolutionaries, the Mexican Revolution’s legacy has gone somewhat unrecognized today, particularly within the US. Author Christina Heatherton joins The Marc Steiner Show to discuss her book on the international influence of the Mexican Revolution, Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution.“

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Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias: “A Mexican indigenous town’s environmental revolt”

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

“The indigenous town of Cheran is practically an independent enclave tucked into the lawless mountains of western Mexico.  Its residents have their own system of government based on community assemblies.”

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Tikva Honig-Parnass: “A community in arms: the Indigenous roots of the EZLN”

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

‘By building a “democracy from below,” the Zapatistas recognize the leadership of, and carry on a long tradition of resistance by Indigenous communities in Chiapas.’

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“Tierra y libertad: The Mexican Revolution”

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

“The 100th anniversary of the murder of Emiliano Zapata by the Mexican military (10/04/1919) is the occasion to share texts on the country’s revolution (1910-1920), a revolution profoundly marked by anarchist ideals and practices, ideals and practices which very often found expression in much older indigenous social relations, and which have continued to resonate through the history of this land’s peoples.”

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Marilyn La Jeunesse: “The History of Las Soldaderas, the Women Who Made the Mexican Revolution Possible”

Posted on March 16, 2019 by

“For the revolutionaries, the war was an opportunity to overthrow the outdated class system put in place by the Spanish elite. These revolutionaries saw it as a time for Mexico to reward the people who worked the land, not the other way around: a war for the mestizos; a war for the indigenous; and a war for the poor. But neither side could have endured for nearly 10 years without the dedication of Las Soldaderas.”

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Magdalena Gómez: “Towards the 25th anniversary of the Zapatista National Liberation Army”

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

“From 2001 to date, Zapatismo has constructed its autonomy in Chiapas, developing different areas of work through autonomous government bodies, as well as its own health and education systems through collective work, with everyone’s participation, women, men, young people and children.”

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‘Hueyapan unanimously decides to make itself an Indigenous Municipality: “We are closer to autonomy”‘

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

“On Sunday, May 28, 2017, the Nahua community of Hueyapan in Morelos, unanimously decided to establish itself as an Autonomous Indigenous Municipality, thus achieving its separation from the head of Tetela del Volcán, a municipality [in Mexico] to which they have belonged since its foundation in 1937.”

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