The Zapatista Mexican Rebelion, its Revolutionary Objectives and its Tactics
On New Years Day 1994 with ski masks and
automatic rifles in hand the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
descended from the hills of Mexico's impoverished Chiapas province and
commenced a unique armed struggle. The EZLN have relied heavily on sympathetic
organisations, public relations and the internet to present the group's
ideology to Mexicans and to people around the world. In so doing, they
successfully circumvented and undermined the propaganda systems that had
previously prevented large-scale peaceful movements from expressing essentially
the same objectives.....
