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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. | The Other Campaign (Spanish: La otra campaña) is a two-part plan of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN for its Spanish initials). In its current stage, the Zapatista leadership charged Subcomandante Marcos to travel around Mexico for six months, holding discussions with activists around the country, gaining adherents and sympathizers with the Zapatista cause, and building a national infrastructure for organized dissent against the political and economic elite of Mexico. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Subcomandante Marcos in Chiapas Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos (allegedly born June 19, 1957 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico), also known as Delegado Zero in matters concerning the Other Campaign, describes himself as the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) but, due to his prominence in the EZLN, he is...
The second stage, set to begin in 2007, will see Comandantes of the EZLN leave Chiapas and establish themselves in areas singled out by Marcos as focal points of resistance. 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. ...
Based upon the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle, the Other Campaign is an attempt to form a united opposition to the form of "neoliberal capitalism" that dominates Mexico. According to the EZLN, all the mainstream parties are guided with commercial interest and ignore the interests of the Mexican people. The Sexta Declarición de la Selva Lacandona (Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle) was issued by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) on June 28, 2005 declaring their principles and vision for Mexico and the world. ...
The term neoliberalism is used to describe a political-economic philosophy that had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects positive government intervention in the economy, focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free...
For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). ...
The political aims of the Other Campaign include the barring of privatization of public resources, and autonomy for indigenous peoples. They also aim for the drafting of a new national constitution and the reorganizing of Mexican society in a more equal system.
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