WRG Video Anthology and Quiz

Zapatista March in Mexico

After watching the Zapatista March in Mexico video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The video clip takes place in what region?

Chiapas, Mexico

Guerrero, Mexico

Acapulco, Mexico

Baja, Mexico

2. The leader of the Zapatistas is:

Che Guevara

Simon Bolivar

Subcomandante Marcos

Fidel Castro

3. The Zapatista movement protests all but which of the following conditions?

The large gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico.

Drug trafficking in poor communities.

Government corruption.

The negative impact of foreign factories in Chiapas.

4. According to the Zapatistas, the North American Free Trade Agreement:

Will have a very positive impact on the peasantry.

Will help peasants migrate to the maquiladoras for work.

Will further marginalize peasants in southern Mexico by undermining their agricultural economies.

Will cause Mexican peasants to migrate to the U.S.

5. Groups of Italian leftists can be seen marching in support of the Zapatistas. Why?

They believe the Zapatista movement is a global continuation of the leftist struggle in Italy called the "continual struggle."

NAFTA is having a similar impact on farmers in Italy.

Italy is also a very poor and marginalized country.

Italians have lots of relatives in southern Mexico.