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This month marks 30 years since the Zapatista Army of National Liberation attracted worldwide attention with their rebel uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, demanding, among other things, rights for Indigenous residents. The uprising is credited with spurring several beneficial changes in Mexico. At the same time, support for the rebel group has waned in the decades since. We’ll explore the Zapatista movement’s influence toward awareness of Indigenous rights in the three decades of their existence.
GUESTS
Dr. Alan Shane Dillingham (citizen of the Choctaw Nation), associate professor of history at Arizona State University and author of Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Dr. Alexander Aviña, associate professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University
Dr. Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, professor and senior researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) and a 2023-2024 Perrin Moorhead Grayson and Bruns Grayson Fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Break 1 Music: People of the Sun (song) Rage Against the Machine (artist) Evil Empire (album)
Break 2 Music: Ancestor Song (song) Various Artists (artist) Chumash Story and Song Collection (album)
