Who are the Zapatistas? - From Columbus to NAFTA

[@Marxamillian]

I knew I could trust your content when you mentioned Mexican Independence following other recent revolutions, and included Haiti. Haiti was the first domino to fall and the rest of Latin America followed. Thank you for including Haiti.

[@Mike_E_DeShaman]

It really doesn't at all the American revolution predates both yet that wasn't mentioned 🤔 this video was all over the place

[@chillyoil528]

@@Mike_E_DeShaman this is a video centered around south america though yes the american revolution happened before but that was not a revolution that benefitted the indigenous or the downtrodden

[@TheForrestfire]

@@chillyoil528🧏‍♂️🙌🙌🙌

[@ishrendon6435]

​@Mike_E_DeShaman the american revolution actually inspired many we now know it greatly influenced the hatian revolution greatly

[@aaronbaumgartner1863]

mic be like💨

[@jordank5328]

Word, half expected this video to be like 10 years old based on sound quality

[@i.s.6165]

It makes me want to eat paint.

[@danitsify]

Guys, I just discovered you and I'm so happy I did! ¡Viva la Revolución y la Ideología!

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jezz2882]

¡Zapata vive, la lucha sigue!

[@Gele-Nikolov]

EZLN

[@Illstatefishing]

Great video, I remember hearing about them when I was a kid, but didn’t really know exactly what was going on, true revolutionaries

[@greghauser742]

You probably still don't.

[@MasterKeyMagic]

✊🏽No Gods! No Kings! No Bosses!

[@robertkidnley93]

Then man will fall to hes sin

[@Curry_Communist]

@@robertkidnley93Is our existence now not sin? When has sin been absent???

[@kukulkanmendez2356]

Viva E.Z.L.N y las comunidades indígenas ✊🏽💯 Long live E.Z.L.N and the indigenous communities ✊🏽💯

[@mixtecjaguar9824]

Primero, son Tojolabal-Mayas y Tzeltal-Mayas....los MESTIZOs prefieren decir zapatistas

[@bethbrown8997]

Indeed, "the rest is history" in large amounts, or so I've been told. Great abridgement of your article. Thank you!

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thank you!

[@tomasla9345]

been waiting for this for long, thanks for sharing! great Spanish btw

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@ron1313]

​@@RevolutionandIdeology I would be curious to know if you see a soft control of the colonizers to keep power but under new hidden structures, such as controlling the Issuance of currency, or controlling the legal system ect. Some have argued that Britain really never left the U.S & if you look at the owners of its central bank one might draw those conclusions. I was wondering if you see this in Mexico as well, some sort of soft control by Spain?

[@iillililillliliilliiililil5066]

So glad I found this channel, great video!

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thank you for watching!

[@ron1313]

​@@RevolutionandIdeology Can you guys do a video on the Iroquois confederation or other egalitarian societies in history? "The Iroquois Confederation, also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, was a union of five or six Native American nations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, which was founded by the Mohawk chief Hiawatha and the Onondaga chief Deganawidah in the late 16th century. One of the key features of Iroquois society was its commitment to egalitarianism, or the idea that all people are equal and should have equal rights and opportunities. Here are some ways in which the Iroquois Confederation demonstrated egalitarianism: 1. Gender Equality: Iroquois women played a significant role in the political and social life of the Confederacy. Women were responsible for the selection and removal of leaders, and they had the power to veto decisions made by the men's council. Women also had ownership over property, and they were responsible for the cultivation of crops and the distribution of food. 2. Democratic Decision-Making: The Iroquois Confederacy was governed by a system of participatory democracy. All members of the community had a voice in decision-making, and decisions were made through consensus-building rather than through the imposition of authority. This ensured that all members of the community had an equal say in the direction of the Confederacy. 3. Social Welfare: The Iroquois Confederacy also had a strong commitment to social welfare. The community was responsible for the care of the sick, the elderly, and the disabled. This ensured that all members of the community were provided for and that no one was left behind. Overall, the Iroquois Confederacy was a remarkable example of an egalitarian society, where all members of the community had an equal voice and were provided for.

[@rosala1]

Can you give sources or book recommendations?

[@sydneym4527]

Thanks for this, I am talking about the Zapatistas in an Anthropology class and wanted to make sure I had good background !!

[@greghauser742]

You don't.

[@rogeliomxr8659]

La lucha sigue. Gracias por el video, lo compartiremos con nuestros camaradas. Saludos desde Dallas

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Nací en Dallas. Tengo familia ahí. ¡Solidaridad!

[@misaenmundo9157]

La lucha sigue saludos de los dos laredos ✊🏾

[@greghauser742]

@@RevolutionandIdeology Ok gringo.

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

Great video!

[@balochistanzindagbath2885]

#freebalochistan #freezapatista Long live resistance greetings from Occupied Balochistan

[@Algebrodadio]

This was super educational. I want to know more - make more videos.

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

More to come!

[@mohammedallababidi8799]

very informative, great video

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@LutherClaytonKotlinsky]

Thank you for this video! I wish you guys could do an in depth and detailed documentary about the background of Mexican History, it's Indigenous people, and their struggle for freedom and sovereignty. Long live the Zapatistas! Viva Democracia! Viva Libertad! Viva Justicia! Thank you so much as well for pointing out that NAFTA and the privatization of land under the rescinding of Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution.

[@ericksoto380]

Very informative thanks!

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@Gele-Nikolov]

Ive been with the Zapatistas in Oventic. 2001. I saw all the leaders in San Cristobal during the Zapatista Caravan.

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

Does anyone know a good source about the scope and severity of the atrocities and ethnic cleansings taking place in The Americas?

[@tymanung6382]

For US, we can start + books Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, several books ?by Roxanne Dunbar--- Ortiz. For Caribbean, Mexico. C + S America we must start + histories of each country ( Much effort!!)

[@marielazepeda2930]

Thank you for this!

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@paigemaloney3216]

This is so interesting, thank you so much! Big fan of your videos.

[@CynicalTreee-e-_-]

your audio is clipping a bunch, turn down your gain please

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for the input. We had hardware limitations when creating this video. We're getting much better since then (I hope!).

[@vincentloverme3241]

thank you for this history lesson. i will be teaching my students the history as it pairs with the invaluable music that came with it. along with antonio aguilar and manu chao, and the like, we will be listening to rage against the machine. any suggestions you can offer me about important music regarding the zapatista history i would greatly appreciate it. - vinnie lo verme/newtown high school/music department

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

There's nothing better than listening to the Zapatistas themselves. Get the book "Our Word is Our Weapon" and check out the online library at School for Chiapas (.com).

[@vinnieloverme5845]

@@RevolutionandIdeology thanks! I will add to summer reading when I can give it my full attention. Your video is really informative to put a timeline together and to pair the music with the history.

[@greghauser742]

You should teach them something useful instead.

[@beelz5932]

@@greghauser742Learning about the Zapatistas IS useful. Kids should know that a better world is possible, and that we have to fight for it.

[@greghauser742]

@@beelz5932 Speak for yourself. Not everyone wants to live a really basic ass agrarian lifestyle like the zapatistas do. Most people in the modern world would find that very boring and depressing. If you and your friends want to go live on a farm, nothing is stopping you. You don't have to "fight" for that. Leave everyone else out of it.

[@sammylincroft]

Great video but I wish you covered all the amazing things the Zapatistas have done since then to continue to ensure their autonomy and remain out of mexican authority for 30 years and counting. They are the closest to a true anarchist society in existance and by following a form of government using bottom up direct democracy and delagatory congress have created strong social services used even by those outside their territories. Their success after independence is just as or I would argue more impressive than their military independence.

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

U got the wrong picture of Porfirio Diaz

[@nic1925]

Great video

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ricardo_Belmonte]

Just found your channel, really great video. subscribed.

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Welcome aboard!

[@soulsey]

Long after the Roman's invaded the Iberian Peninsula, when the Muslims invaded Spain, the Christian Visigoths hid by burying a statue of Mary, carved by St. Luke, hundreds of miles north near a river that would eventually be called Guadalupe. Guadalupe was an early Arabic/Latin compound-word, the "Guada-" part is from the Arabic word "wadi," meaning "river," but the "-lupe" part is from the Latin word "lupus," meaning "wolf." Coatlaxopeuh (pronounced quatlazupe) in the Nahuatl (Aztec language) means the Crusher of the Evil Snake, and is the Mother of the True God by Whom all living beings live. There are many more connections surrounding the Our Lady of Guadalupe image. Queen Isabella prayed for the indigenous people from Guadalupe Spain. Our Lady's image spoke to both the Spanish and Aztec people as a sign from God. The Muslim looking patterns on Our Lady's dress, was a map of the Aztec territory, and the stars on her dress were the same in the sky the day the image appeared.

[@ChunkaLutaNetwork]

you have to reduce the levels of your microphone, add a sound dampener, and ad some reverb to sound crisper

[@ChunkaLutaNetwork]

but youre literally breaking your levels and its too hard to ignore with studio equipment

[@ChunkaLutaNetwork]

also nobody wants to hear you swallow that clearly ever again, i heard your throat

[@ChunkaLutaNetwork]

also sounds like the cameraman was drinking the end of a big gulp

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Calm down. Our mic failed and we had to resort to on-camera audio for this one. Our sincerest apologies.

[@ChunkaLutaNetwork]

@@RevolutionandIdeology editing exists, idk what you pay your editor and cameraman but sounds like theyre ripping you off

[@JBrooksNYS]

Couldnt the comminities that owned the ejidos just not have sold them once they became privatized? I mean if they were against the reforms and didnt want to lose their communal land... why would they sell it to investors?

[@kristoamadeus4441]

Haven’t been informed enough to tell you I’m just now starting my research on the topic but I’m assuming it’s the same reason it happens a lot of the time in this situation. They were forced into harsh economic conditions in order to sell what little they had

[@JBrooksNYS]

@@kristoamadeus4441 Yes this is something I have been thinking about for a few months... lots of factors to give them no other viable options... other than to take up arms like the Zapatistas

[@nomanejane5766]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

@20:58 NAFTA - interesting

[@mr.imperial8721]

3:10In terms of ethnic cleansing no I think in Asia and Europe during and after ww2 were the largest and most diverse situations of ethnic cleansing Wikipedia says that in just ww2 alone there was 2.3B deaths In terms of ethnic cleansing no I think in Asia and Europe during and after ww2 were the largest and most diverse groups of people were ethnically cleansed this inclues (in Europe) (for Hitler) the jews, gypsys, purges political undesirables....(for Stalin) the same with the addition of the purges of the army and the murder of enemy POWs....etc Etc

[@tymanung6382]

Worse a Canadian? wrote book on 7.millon? German civilian & military POWs from.1945 to 50 killed by US (entirely).(Dwight Eisenhower). USSR ( partly--- some were used to rebuild after WW II). (England safely housed its Germans in hope to have them reinvade USSR to begin 1st part of Cold War Winston Churchill). Hierarchy oriented, straight males who are main violent elements among homo sapiens human.species are greatest danger vs. other humans + nature. If humans self destruct, they would be the guilty.

[@tymanung6382]

Hierarchical straight male humans see most other humans + nature as ethically morally inferior targets/victims who block access to life resources--- at 1 level power wealth status recreation education community (at times) etc on another level, energy space time. In opposition, all sorts of humans have democratic, or at least egalitarian, in ethics + morals, see others humans + nature as more or less equal partners + whom to.co.operate, so that is the way to access moderate, egalitarian amounts of life resources in democratic, environmental.ways.

[@ishrendon6435]

The truth is we don't know these ar just estimations nobody really counted all the bodies and we're still finding bodies I don't like comparing atrocities that is wrong but even still the conquest of the americas was ungodly and brutal and yes ethnic cleansing was very much central

[@memelord9232]

Viva Socialismo Libertarianismo

[@thevally6127]

No socialismo muerte! Libertarian 100%

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Wow que ignorante

[@MasterKeyMagic]

@@thevally6127 you cant have capitalism without authoritarianism 🤬

[@imperiumgrim4717]

@@MasterKeyMagic lol true or be Democratic socialist 4Head

[@yartsyarts]

@@MasterKeyMagic local market capitalism isn't exploitative.

[@idiotusmaximus5530]

very informative thanks

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thank you for watching!

[@elkinjohn]

Clickbait? I am halfway through... and he is still talking background... Who are the Zapatistas?

[@nickandrews9929]

Solidarity from Russia

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@thomaslock4744]

Dude, you gotta drop the jargon

[@thomaslock4744]

Read Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'

[@MrRigomorales4]

Zapata vive..

[@HereForTheBeef]

Thanks dude 👍

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

No problem 👍

[@debralegorreta1375]

Si en el respeto al derecho ajeno esta la paz, en el amor a nuestros vestigios ancestrales indigenas esta el futuro.

[@echomediastudios]

Your mic is recording your voice at too high a gain setting, and it's distorting your audio track. If you need help, let me know.

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Video's from when we first started--we're a bit better now, but thank you!

[@hashkeeper]

oo excellent, very illuminating, thank you

[@alexarnason7056]

okay but when are you going to give Dave his munks?

[@nitrosophelin]

Cobotiicoohoboobooteenoo! Huge respect for the EZLN from the north of Turtle Island!!!

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

Tf is turtle island

[@nitrosophelin]

@@Bryan-bd5kc a name used by the indigenous people to refer to the continent of North America

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

@@nitrosophelin which indigenous people? never heard indigenous mexicans say that

[@greghauser742]

@@nitrosophelin Why not just call it North America then.

[@subbion]

that mic 💀

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Experiment in a public studio...better in more recent ones?

[@dangerousideas5356]

bad audio mixing on the vox but aye good content

[@MrBackman85]

#FreeZapatista

[@lavacalola1818]

VIVA EL EZLN

[@greghauser742]

No.

[@Silver674]

​@@greghauser742 Yes

[@greghauser742]

@@Silver674 No

[@lorenmiller3797]

Man... this video just has terrible sound.

[@Moodboard39]

Mexico wouldve been rich af

[@jinglecat3678]

This is some leftist, proletarian audio

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Lol.

[@soulsey]

The Indigenous Aztec believed that in order to keep the sun moving across the sky, they had to offer constant human sacrifice of live beating hearts up to the gods. There was an 800 year old prophecy that a white bearded man would came in them and being back to them their belief in one God on the exact day Cortez and the Spanish found them.

[@DreamersOfReality]

I'm sorry you have been so thoroughly colonized by the oppressors. I'll sing, so that you might find your way back.

[@soulsey]

@@DreamersOfReality I was never colonized.

[@anthonymansfield1121]

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[@Vatoxido]

Sorry, your video lacks any sort of academic or even intellectual rigourosity.

[@nathangill8404]

The Spanish vs the "Aztec". Choose. Good luck w the human sacrifice.

[@Moodboard39]

Aztec people didn't make Mexico independent lol once Spaniards took over, and against the French, they call it 'indpendance' lol

[@DrW33kend]

Cause surely the witch burning, Heretic disembowling, dirt ass colonizing Spaniards had devine right to slaughter people just because. They totally weren't savages with different technology. Fucking get a grip and quit making heroes of monstrous people.

[@ishrendon6435]

The spamish were brutal as hell more than aztecs they didnt sacrifice but that was religious reason but they commited ethnic cleansing much greater than aztecs because they had more technology to do so so stop 😂😂😂 stop trying so hard to excuse colomial projects either youre a spaniard in denial or a white guy in denial

[@ishrendon6435]

You choose "nathan" 😂

[@gerardogallegos498]

Terrible history backstory. If you are going to tell the history of Mexico, please do us a favor and do your research. A lot of Indigenous groups were the "conquistadores as well.

[@RevolutionandIdeology]

Thanks for watching!

[@greghauser742]

@@RevolutionandIdeology Nice deflection.

[@ishrendon6435]

Not all though buddy

[@ishrendon6435]

" alot" no buddy most where white men many many opposed stop mentioning a few tribes that banded with spain to justify your spanish guilt of rape and conquest just be a man for omce and admit your blood has lots of blood and oppression. Youre not responsible but you sure carry the lineage

[@adi2k88]

Natives did human sacrifcies.

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

And? didn't europeans chopped people heads off sponsored Crusades put jews in concentration camps

[@d3th2m3rikkka]

And?

[@imperiumgrim4717]

That is to appease our gods bruh? You got a problem about it.

[@daymanfighterofthenightman]

Capitalists did worker exploitation

[@DreamersOfReality]

What do you call killing heretics because they dared to venture outside of Christian dogma? What do you call slaughtering two continents, killing more than a hundred million, and use God as justification? What do you call grinding your own people to sate the gears of constant warfare and expand the coinpurses of the wealthy? Europe is not innocent.