Open Access BASE2015

Echoes of Yesterday in the Zapatista communities: Fernandez de Lizardi and Ignacio Ramirez ; Ecos del ayer en los pueblos zapatistas: Fernández de Lizardi e Ignacio Ramírez

Abstract

From the Reform period to the Porfiriato, indigenous groups struggled against the power of the government. Usually they were defeated (genocide). A capitalist system denied indigenous customs, culture, language and communal ownership of the land. The government forced them to assimilate and to become civilized (ethnocide). Amid a system of oppression, there has always been someone who struggled for justice. Today the Zapatista movement and others indigenous organizations echo that struggle and they have turned into a shinning light for others. ; Desde la Reforma hasta el Porfiriato hubo rebeliones de los pueblos originarios que fueron derrotadas (genocidio). La filosofía del positivismo evolucionista y la Ley Lerdo los obligaron a ingresar a una capitalismo que les negó la "alteridad" de su lengua, de la propiedad comunal de la tierra, sus usos y costumbres. Los gobernantes apostaron a su integración, a "civilizarlos" (etnocidio). Frente a tal estigma se oyó, antes de tales catástrofes, la voz de un objetor, y en plena agudización del conflicto otra. El zapatismo y otras rebeliones indígenas son su eco actualizado. Aquellas voces son la estrella que brilla en medio del naufragio.

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