Plume, Lia

Plume, Lia

Lia Plume

31 December 2013Feature

Learning from 20 years of an armed but not-violent Mexican insurgency

August 2013. The Zapatistas in Chiapas open their doors to their ‘solidary brothers and sisters’ from Mexico and from across the globe. August 2013 is the 10th anniversary of their autonomous government structure: their local, municipal, and regional government bodies; their education, health, and justice provision; their own security system.

They want to share with us what they have built up and what they have learnt, so that we take this learning back to our…