Map of the caracoles of the EZLN in the state of chiapas

Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (MAREZ) are small territories under the control of the Zapatista support bases in the Mexican state of Chiapas, declared in December 1994.

The EZLN, as a military structure, claims that it does not maintain a participation in said spaces of "self-government." and that only non members of the EZLN have positions of authority in the Autonomous Municipalities

the Autonomous Municipalities are divided into 5 Caracoles (snails) they are normaly made around the diferent ethnic groups in chiapas, the caracoles then coordinate between themselfs throught the Juntas de buen Govierno , these are a council of representatives from each of the caracoles who main job are to coordinate aid and support between communities and better distribute foreign aid.

as to why are they called caracoles is because the indigenous people of the southeast of Mexico have always called their community assemblies by caracores since the time of the Maya civilization

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I love how the criticism section of the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities Wikipedia page is just anarchists saying it isn't anarchist enough, Marxists saying it isn't marxist enough, and eco-anarchists complaining they aren't fully vegetarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Zapatista_Autonomous_Municipalities#Criticism
leftist infighting is a key part of being a leftist
- yeah, if i was to describe the ideology of the Zapatistas they are agrarian socialists with Indigenous characteristics
  
  yeah, if i was to describe the ideology of the Zapatistas they are agrarian socialists with Indigenous characteristics
  Libertarian / Agrarian / Originary-focused Socialists, I suppose (I could argue that they're still anarchists, just a tendency within anarchism, but as always they prefer to be seen as Zapatistas first). The background of both founders (who came from urban areas and were part of the guerrillas of the 70s-80s) and the people in Chiapas who make up most of the Zapatistas (who come from rural areas and have a long, LONG history in the region exercising their own resistance and autonomy) are diverse enough that the result is kinda hard to pin down, even more from an outsider perspective.
  And of course, both previously mentioned were obviously influenced in different ways by the Mexican Revolution (not just the agrarian rebellion of Emiliano and the people of Morelos, but also the "Socialist" experiments that took place in Chiapas during the 20th century)

also if you guys want to support the Zapatistas go buy their coffee
- (thanks for reminding me that I need to save up some time next week to finally get some reading and research done on the zapatistas, so I don't feel like too much like a dumbass when they ask me about them)

No me queda claro lo de los caracoles.
- ok los caracoles son como municipios autonomos y esta divididos por las cinco etnias en chiapas que estan del lado de los Zapatistas, estas son lideradas por un consul electo por sus habitantes, y las Juntas de buen Govierno es como el congreso de los caracoles al cual mandan representantes los cuales tambien son electos por los caracoles
  
  Si, esa parte si, digo el nombre

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