COMPAÑERAS: ZAPATISITA WOMEN’S STORIES

  In 1994, a band of peasant rebels took up arms in a struggle that would lead to semiautonomous rule in Chiapas, México. Complete with their own doctors, economy, teachers and currency—the group is now over 300,000 strong. The Zapatista rebels oppose globalization and stand on radical principles; at the heart of their movement, there have always been Indigenous women fighting hard to defend these virtues. Compañeras is a collection of grandmothers, mothers, daughters and aunts who all took up arms to fight against their oppressors.