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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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[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

cmnd-marcos-pog wonderful video meow-melt i wonder if they get outside stuff, like solar panels

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 (meow-fiesta )

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

seems a lot of mentions of micro hydroelectrics and aerogenerators (is this wind energy?) as well.

also not a lot of sun:(

btw, silly question, i noticed they use nosotrxs but los y las, why not lxs, los y las sounds more encompassing? meow-floppy

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I think thats just the author, i seen zapatistas used todes and other gender neutral words

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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