LASC 235 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, Lynching, 2006 Oaxaca Protests
8 May 2016
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Use of direct democracy and striving for consensus so everyone is heard and new relationships are created. Not an ideology or set of principles to be set to create a new society or idea. Used in all movements discussed so far. The perception of a hidden nature that is not communicated by reality is not the limit of reason but is what is limitless in reason. Belief in change, acts as mobilizing agent for education, spiritual ceremony-symbols, theatre, words, art, music, establishing/asserting class values. Drawing parallels b/w daily struggles and suffering of jesus. Inspires people to work for social change. Mass social movement formed by rural workers fighting for land reform and against injustice and social inequality in rural areas of southern brazil in the late 1970s. 1984 in cascavel, parana: started out occupying large land estates. Divided into 30-40 zaptista autonomous rebel municipalites in chiapas, Shifted decision-making away from hierarchical structures to civilian bases.
