"Stop the attacks against the Zapatista communities!"
"Enough of your capitalist wars!"
Zapatista graphic by Dante Aguilera Benitez
“EZLN - Zapatista National Liberation Army
Neither submissive, nor slaves. Long live Zapatista autonomy!”
On January 1st, 1994, to coincide with implemetation of the NAFTA free trade agreement, the then unknown Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) launched an armed insurrection in Chiapas state against the Mexican government.