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The Zapatista Uprising, 30 Years Later

Our reporter Rowan Glass went deep inside one of the world’s most enduring anti-capitalist movements, offering a rare and intimate glimpse into a community that has defied militarisation, marginalisation, and globalisation. Granted exclusive access to the 30th anniversary of the Zapatistas' 1994 uprising, our team captured the group’s commemorations, their political education programs, and their vision of self-governance – built from the ground up by Indigenous communities.

"¡Ya Basta! 30 Years of Zapatista Autonomy" explores the legacy and future of the EZLN, reflecting on how a masked, rural rebellion reshaped Mexico’s political landscape and inspired activists across the globe.

What does revolution look like when it refuses to seize state power? And what can the world learn from a community that continues to build its own system from the ground up?

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  • wonderful video
    i wonder if they get outside stuff, like solar panels

    • They do have computers and internet, they do have a negative view of solar panels tho because here in Mexico companies have use usar farms as an excuse to take land aways from the people

      • i meant more like for fridges and stuff, they eat like 500watts, and can work even without batteries, so natural marriage, and don't need oil or coal for generation, thus not wasting money to buy electricity and/or oil/coal (

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