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Neo-Zapatista movement that emerged in 1994 in southern Mexico, combining indigenous autonomy, direct democracy through assemblies and caracoles, cooperative subsistence economy, and refusal to seize state power, summed up as 'lead by obeying'.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
I want autonomous indigenous communities deciding in assemblies and caracoles, subsistence cooperatives, leading by obeying the people.
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This position is 51.3 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
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This position is 1.3 points from this collection’s median.
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A Kurdish political leader, Öcalan abandoned revolutionary Marxism and formulated democratic confederalism, inspiring the autonomous experiment of Rojava, based on self-management, ecology, and gender equality.
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Most compatible among the 257 schools
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
Current that attributes intrinsic value to all life and not only to human beings, defending a profound change of values, the reduction of human impact, and respect for the balance of the planet's ecosystems.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismDireita37.5 / 100
