The article problematizes the singularity of the political construction of the Zapatists in Mexico. We analyze its forms of autonomous organization, considering them as a result of a political accumulation process that confronts and goes in the opposite direction of the political order of Mexican institutions. Considering aspects of the different ethnic groups that joined the movement, we describe the way they occupied the territory in relation to the agrarian order of la finca, their mode of production, their religiosity, and their myths. A Zapatist episteme articulates these different elements of knowledge. This research reveals the collective daily life of the indigenous people of the southern México in consonance with political processes that still confront the State order. It also contributes to the sociological field of social movements and the critical perspectives of modernity / coloniality, taking an interdisciplinary approach.
Keywords:
Politics; Indigenous people; Autonomy; Decoloniality