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Revolutions #220 · September 1, 2019 · 32m
9.20 - Zapata and the Plan de Ayala
Revolutions
Emiliano Zapata and the agrarian revolution in southern Mexico. Duncan covers how Zapata's demand — 'Land and Liberty' — became the moral core of the Mexican Revolution even as the revolution itself was hijacked by other factions.
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Highlights
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The purest revolutionary vision usually comes from those closest to the suffering
Zapata, an indigenous village leader from Morelos, articulated the simplest and most radical demand of the revolution: return the land to the people who work it. Professional revolutionaries had more complex — and less compelling — visions.•
Revolutionary leaders who can't be co-opted must be killed — Zapata's assassination proved his incorruptibility
Zapata refused every bribe, every political deal, every compromise. So the government assassinated him. His incorruptibility made him dangerous in a way that military force never could.Was this useful?