Emiliano Zapata

First, we need to know who the Zapatistas are and what their movement, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), stood for. Named after Emiliano Zapata, an indigenous leader and eventually one of the most famous Mexican revolutionaries, the EZLN fights against similar issues that Zapata did, like large landlords, foreign-owned big business, and the oppressive regime that kept indigenous people in poverty. The Zapatistas were a group of rebels based in Chiapas…

By the time Obregon took office, Porfirio Diaz was defeated, exiled, and deceased, Madero fled to France for the remainder of his life, Huerta was forced to resign then exiled, Carranza was assassinated, and Zapata was murdered on April 10, 1919. By the end of the revolution, “Pancho” Villa and Obregon were the only players left standing. Obregon held office until 1923. He made a deal with Villa, offering him to live on a ranch in the mountains and to forget…

carry the big basket of flowers. “Agrarian Leader Zapata” was created in 1931 and dedicated to Emiliano Zapata (the first man in the white touching the horse) and all of the peasant farm workers that followed him during his revolt (the men behind him carrying the shovels). Underneath the horse is a dead body, believed to be the body of a man who was in control of Zapata and the other workers. The portrayal of his death in this painting leaves Zapata and the other men looking…

Imagine you are a young 14 year old boy or girl growing up in the U.S with 5 other siblings, 3 little sister and a 10 month year old baby brother. Your parents are immigrants from Mexico and came to the U.S for a better life for your family. All that you have is a small apartment with two rooms, in one room is your two parents and the baby in the other are your three little sisters. There is one restroom for everyone to share, a small kitchen and a living room with a couch big enough to be your…

also contributed to several screenplays. He wrote the original stories for a number of films, including Lifeboat (1944), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and A Medal for Benny. He also wrote the screenplay for Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata!, a biographical film about Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican peasant who was the leader of the revolution in the state of…

There are a number of revolutions that we have studied in the second part of the course. However, the two I am focusing on are the Mexican and Cuban revolutions. These revolutions have three main aspects in common: they are both nationalistic revolutions. Secondly, they both are multifaceted- each supported by different people in the social hierarchy such as peasants and students. Lastly, each push for a more equitable society in terms of class and race and attempt to create laws to support…

On September 26, 2014, about one hundred students and many bystanders were attacked in Iguala, a city in the state of Guerrero, Mexico by local police forces. The students were on a caravan of busses headed to Iguala from Ayotzinapa to Mexico City to protest against the political and criminal disturbance of a corrupt government. A few students and bystanders were killed by gun fire, and many students fled during the first and second round of shootings that took place that evening. There was no…

These independence movements had a focus specifically on local issues which created issues in future years. “The revolts had started not as a revolution but as a protest in the mold of colonial uprisings- aimed not at independence or the overturning of the colonial regime, but at righting local wrongs, replacing abusive local officials, and reducing taxes and other unpopular governmental demands” (page 174). However, this is not what ended up happening and grievances overall were not addressed…

In The early twentieth century the world saw revolutions in both Mexico and Russia take place. While both of these countries hoped their revolutions would end in a government which supported their countries on working class, the method of revolution and their final government outcomes differed greatly in Mexico and also in Russia, as well as there were key factors that took place during both Revolution time periods that had similar comparisons. For Mexico masses of peasants and urban workers…

Chicano/a/xs in the United States experienced racial discrimination through regional segregation, marginalization in suburbia, and construction of a selective fantasy past. This relationship between space, cultural citizenship, and race relations were apparent in the unequal opportunities and the marginalization Latinos faced in racialized suburbia. An imagined Spanish fantasy past was constructed through mission revival and Olvera Street in Los Angeles that placed the Mexican people and their…