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Reflections Week 8: The Mexican Revolution

Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Chiapas, government, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Quebec, Sovereignty and Independence, Zapata, Zapatistas

Reflections Week 8: The Mexican Revolution

Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Chiapas, government, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Quebec, Sovereignty and Independence, Zapata, Zapatistas

Week 8 – El Plan de Ayala

There are many examples around the world of formal decolonization (a.k.a. flag independence). Among the incredible violence that comes before this event, the creation of a formal nation’s borders by colonial powers has led to bloodshed and upheaval. Throughout this … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with caudillo, colonization, decolonization, revolution, Zapatistas

Week Eight

It seems that every nation has had a revolution and that this internal crisis is like a rite of passage…

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Emiliano Zapata, history, Icons, Injustice, Mexican Revolution, pancho villa, Porfirio Díaz, Zapatistas

Week Eight

One concept that I found particularly interesting was from this weeks’ video when Alexander Dawson said that nobody ‘wins’ a revolution. People win wars but not revolutions. Something else that came up for me during this weeks’ discourse was the question of what do we do now – what do we do TODAY – to … Continue reading Week Eight →

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Agrarian Society, colonization, Jose Carlos Mariategui, Jose Vasconcelos, La Raza Cosmica, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Peru, revolution, Zapatistas

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