ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the multidimensional aspects of Zapatismo, based on its interpellation as an indigenous struggle for democracy in Mexico and against global neoliberalism. It reviews the impact of the struggle of the indigenous of Chiapas, Mexico, in all its scales and at the same time analyzes its influence and inspiration for the cycle of transnational protests online using information technologies. Zapatismo became the point of reference of the fledgling anti-globalization movement, with its global network and heterogeneous structure. The strength of the Zapatista network was precisely that it showed the potential of digital technologies for weaving political links and fostering debate, learning, and mutual learning among social movements. It was in those years and around Chiapas that the first reflections about the Internet and its possibilities for building coalitions and distributing networks for struggles emerged. This geographically disperse community began to link up, distribute information, create e-mail lists, and discusses meanings and actions to nourish physical spaces.
