ABSTRACT
This chapter offers some of the essential concepts to untangle the context in which contemporary capitalism unfolds. It provides a historic panorama and a characterization of the new anti-systemic social movements in Latin America, with particular emphasis on their origins and the key features of the Zapatista movement. The chapter explores key aspects of the Zapatista concept of power, emphasizing its contributions to earlier concepts of revolutionary struggle. It describes reference to the Zapatista effort to advance toward another development of the forces of production and corresponding social relations. The chapter provides a brief reflection on the contributions and challenges that the Zapatista legacy raises in the push toward an emancipatory future. The articulation of the Zapatista movement has been marked by its critical stance in the face of government and State structures, political power and, in the broadest sense, power in its multiple manifestations.
