Questions for "Palafox's Letter on Agrarian Anarchism" and "Standard" and "Socialist" views

of the Mexican Revolution

 

1. What did Palafox and the Zapatistas want?

 

2. What is your opinion of the Zapatista program?

 

3. Define: concession, commune, nationalization, faction, petit, "oligarchic-capitalist State"

 

4. How are the socialis and the standard views of the Mexican Revolution different?

 

5. Which of the two views of the Revolution seems more accurate to you?  Why?

 

6. Does it surprise you that Mexicans today see Villa and Zapata as historical cultural heros?  Explain.