ABSTRACT
The Zapatista Movement is a democratic popular movement of resistance
against neo-liberal globalization (see Neo-liberalism) and globalism in
Mexico. It had its origins in a rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas in
1994. The residents of Chiapas, mostly people of indigenous heritage, found
themselves increasingly economically marginalized as a result of neo-liberal
policies such as those epitomized by the North American Free Trade Agree-
ment (NAFTA).
