Echoes of Yesterday in the Zapatista communities: Fernandez de Lizardi and Ignacio Ramirez

From the Reform period to the Porfiriato, indigenous groups struggled against the power of the government. Usually they were defeated (genocide). A capitalist system denied indigenous customs, culture, language and communal ownership of the land. The government forced them to assimilate and to becom...

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Autor: Palazón Mayoral, María Rosa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Latinoamericanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/49226
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/49226
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:pueblos originarios
rebeliones indígenas
ciudadanía
autonomía
idioma.
indigenous groups
indigenous movements
citizenship
autonomy
language.
Descrição
Resumo:From the Reform period to the Porfiriato, indigenous groups struggled against the power of the government. Usually they were defeated (genocide). A capitalist system denied indigenous customs, culture, language and communal ownership of the land. The government forced them to assimilate and to become civilized (ethnocide). Amid a system of oppression, there has always been someone who struggled for justice. Today the Zapatista movement and others indigenous organizations echo that struggle and they have turned into a shinning light for others.