I recently came across some articles and decided to ask here in case someone could enlighten me. What exactly is the postion of the Zapatistas on the Lacandon Maya? I've read that they support Tzeltal and Tzoltil Maya in occupying pieces of the jungles in order to feed themselves and preserve it at the same time. However, there are those who support that the oalves they're occupying belonged to the Lacandon, who were now forced to leave them. I know that in general, throughout the history of Mesoamerica there have been a ton of movement. Even the Lacandon for example, according to most, came in the Lacandon jungle around the 17th-18th century from various places. My question though is whether the Zapatistas support selectively natives or in general, what exactly is their relationship with the Lacandon, for it seems the latter don't see eye to eye with the Tzeltal (who support the Zapatistas)

I’m doing some research on Life Satisfaction/Happiness and working at Cooperatives, including both the more Capitalist integrated like Mondragon and the more revolutionary like Rojava or the EZLN. There are some factors uncontrollable by the government regarding lack of money and lack of development that may make the Zapatista citizens less happy than US citizens for instance, that's why I’m using the rest of the state of Chiapas as a control group. I know research on the Zapatistas tends to be scarce, so perhaps if some of you’d be gracious enough to give your personal opinion?

I live under the United States, and I have been thinking about what I as someone here could do to build international solidarity and aid the people who have, for the last thirty years, fought for their freedom and have been extremely inspiring to me and have given me hope.

I believe that it would be best to ask what is needed or wanted rather than trying to assume what may be wanted and act upon that as I believe it is far more respectful to act in that way and I do not want to be even remotely condescending. The issue is that I'm not exactly sure where to start looking beyond asking here.

I know limited Spanish but am working to become more proficient in it. Feel free to send anything in Spanish (in addition to English) as I can read much better than I can speak it and it's practice and inspiration at the very least. I'm also curious to learn about other action going on around the world and especially in Latin America and would be happy to be sent resources to learn from them and build solidarity.

https://schoolsforchiapas.org/chiapas-taken-territory-i/

https://schoolsforchiapas.org/chiapas-taken-territory-ii/

https://schoolsforchiapas.org/chiapas-taken-territory-iii/

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