Similarities
The Zapatismo is a movement created in Mexico to preserve the value of the indigenous peoples of that territory and give them the right to self-determination. The Autonomista movement is a movement from Argentina where workers took over factories to regain jobs and unify the national right to wages. The movements are similar for several reasons: first, the campaigns aim to create horizontal power management. Indigenous peoples in Mexico and workers in Argentina could not accept globalization and the transfer of industries to the countries’ national stock. They used armed protest, seizures of strategic facilities, and demonstrations to convey their discontent. Second, both movements sought to eliminate privatization and return agriculture to private ownership rather than state ownership. Collectivism and unification around the central core of the nation were essential characteristics of the movements. In addition, they sought to eliminate decolonialism and make autonomous associations with mutual support.
Differences
There were also significant differences between the movements, expressed in social goals. The Zapatismo saw their goal as preserving cultural diversity and developing each culture within the state, creating autonomy and the possibility of self-determination. The preservation of culture was seen as a guide for action from a modernist perspective. For Zapatismo, it was also essential to find international solidarity within the state to achieve a collective struggle for the individualism of each people. For Autonomista, culture did not come first, although people were united around a common idea. The people tried to bring back representative democracy and achieve an equal cost of labor based on the export of agricultural products. Unlike Zapatismo, the Argentine movement focused on class struggles rather than socio-cultural ones. Seeking to limit globalization, Autonomista sought to restore sources of employment within the country on a large scale. At the same time, Zapatismo referred to the individual autonomy of each cultural heritage.