Luz Kerkeling

Der Aufstand der Würde. Die zapatistische Bewegung in Chiapas/Mexico

Luz Kerkeling

Daniela Wakonigg

On January 1, 1994, thousands of indigenous people occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas under the slogan "Ya Basta!" (Enough!) occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. For two weeks, the Zapatistas - who named themselves after the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata - fought armed against the government, which had only contempt or violence for them.