Libertarian socialism
Political philosophy
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| 2023 | EZLN invited supporters to Chiapas for a two-day celebration marking their 30th anniversary. |
| November 2023 | The EZLN reorganized their governance structure by transforming the MAREZ into thousands of 'Local Autonomous Governments' (GAL), which form area-wide 'Zapatista Autonomous Government Collectives' (CGAZ) and zone-wide 'Assemblies of Collectives of Zapatista Autonomous Governments' (ACGAZ). |
| November 2023 | The EZLN announced the dissolution of the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities due to increasing regional violence. |
| 2021 | Gabriel Boric, who describes himself as a libertarian socialist, was elected president of Chile. |
| 2021 | Zapatista representatives visited various activist groups in Europe, extending their international outreach and political engagement. |
| 2020 | The EZLN announced the Journey for Life, highlighting their continued activism and opposition to mega-infrastructure projects in the region. |
| August 2019 | Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano announced the EZLN's expansion into 11 more districts. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador welcomed the expansion, provided it occurred without violence. |
| 2018 | The German FAU and Spanish CNT both left the International Workers' Association (IWA) to form the International Confederation of Labor (ICL). |
| 2018 | Gabriel Boric founded Social Convergence, a political group bringing together the Autonomist Movement, Libertarian Left, and other libertarian socialist groups in Chile. |
| May 2017 | María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, a woman of Mexican and Nahua heritage, was selected as the EZLN's potential candidate, but failed to gather the required 866,000 signatures to appear on the ballot. |
| 2016 | By this year, Subcomandante Marcos had been the subject of over 10,000 citations according to journalist Jorge Alonso, demonstrating the extensive global impact of his communications. |
| 2016 | At the National Indigenous Congress, the EZLN broke its two-decade tradition of rejecting electoral politics by agreeing to select a candidate for the 2018 Mexican general election. |
| June 23 2015 | The EZLN reported aggression against indigenous people in El Rosario, Chiapas. The Las Abejas Civil Society Organization reported the assassination of an indigenous Tzotzil person. |
| May 2014 | Subcomandante Marcos, the unofficial spokesperson of the Zapatistas, announced his stepping down in the weeks following Teacher Galeano's murder, during a mass mobilization of thousands of Zapatistas and supporters honoring the fallen teacher. |
| May 2014 | Teacher Galeano, a Zapatista education promoter, was murdered in an attack on a Zapatista school and health clinic by local paramilitaries, reigniting international attention to the Zapatista movement. |
| August 2013 | The Zapatistas hosted a three-day 'Little School of Liberty' fiesta to celebrate ten years of Zapatista autonomy, expecting 1,500 international activists to attend at the five caracoles of Chiapas. |
| 2012 | The Rojava Revolution established the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), implementing libertarian socialist ideas in practice and creating autonomous cantons in the Middle East. |
| December 21 2012 | Tens of thousands of EZLN supporters (around 40,000) conducted a massive silent march through five cities in Chiapas: Ocosingo, Las Margaritas, Palenque, Altamirano, and San Cristóbal. The march was notable for its silence and lack of speeches, with approximately 10,000 participants in San Cristóbal alone. |
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