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The Other Campaign ((スペイン語:La otra campaña)) is a political program by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, as a new approach in its sixteen-year-long struggle for the recognition and protection of indigenous rights and autonomy in Mexico.〔Mora, M. (2007). Zapatista anticapitalist politics and the "Other Campaign". ''Latin American Perspectives, 34''(2), 64-77.〕 This program began in January 2006, and sent Subcomandante Marcos, the main spokesperson for the campaign, to travel across Mexico for several months.〔Marcos, S. (2006). ''The other campaign''. San Francisco: City Lights Books.〕 This tour was intended to create connections among the Zapatistas and pre-existing resistance groups throughout Mexico. Throughout the campaign, the Zapatistas met with a diverse number of groups and organizations, such as trade union organizers, indigenous leaders, intellectuals, feminists and women's rights activists, LGBT people, advocates for human rights, students, environmental activists, fishermen, factory workers, natural disaster victims, peasants, teachers, prostitutes, and young people.〔 Marcos said that the goal of the campaign is “not to speak or run for office, but ‘to listen to the simple and humble people who struggle.’”〔http://www.indypendent.org/2006/01/12/zapatistas-launch-other-campaign/ "Zapatistas Launch ‘Other’ Campaign" by Ramor Ryan, The Indypendent, January 12, 2006 issue〕 This united force was conceived to fight against neoliberalism and capitalism. The Zapatistas hope to eliminate these practices in the Mexican federal government in order to protect the livelihoods of those citizens who are exploited economically by these institutions. Based on the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle, the Other Campaign's ultimate goal was to force the Mexican government to agree to a convention which would rewrite the national constitution to include protection of indigenous rights and autonomy and exclude elements of neoliberal capitalism.〔Castillo, R. H. (2006). The indigenous movement in Mexico: between electoral politics and local resistance. ''Latin American Perspectives, 33''(2), 115-131.〕 == Historical context == The Other Campaign emerged from a 12-year-long struggle for indigenous rights, known as the Zapatista Movement or ''Zapatismo''.〔 This movement began on January 1, 1994 with an uprising in Chiapas, Mexico〔Stahler-Sholk, R. (2007). Resisting neoliberal homogenization: The Zapatista autonomy movement. ''Latin American Perspectives, 34''(2), 48-63.〕 to protest the North American Free Trade Agreement and fight for the recognition and protection of basic rights for the indigenous people of Mexico.〔Harvey, N. (2005). Inclusion through autonomy: Zapatistas and dissent. ''NACLA Report on the Americas, 39'', 2. p.12(8)〕 The movement fought opposition from the Mexican government to end such problems as financial exploitation of natives and for the recognition of racial, ethnic, and gender differences among Mexican citizens.〔 Throughout their existence as a political force, the Zapatistas have published a series of declarations to announce the movement's objectives, in accordance with traditional peasant and indigenous revolts in 19th-century Mexico.〔 In 1996, the Zapatistas organized a series of peace talks with the Mexican federal government, focusing initially on culture and indigenous civil rights.〔 These negotiations led to the signing of the San Andrés Agreements, also known as the San Andrés Accords,〔 on February 16, 1996. But in August 2001, the Mexican government defied the terms of the San Andrés Agreements when the Mexican Congress enacted constitutional reforms that had a detrimental effect on indigenous rights.〔 In response to this defiance, in June, 2005 the Zapatistas released the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle (also known as ''La Sexta'' in Spanish), the most recent of the movement's declarations of objectives.〔 The declaration outlined several goals, and announced that the Zapatistas intend to remain both a political and military force in Mexico.〔 The declaration describes the need for a new political party, independent from the parties of the Mexican Left and all other preexisting political parties. The Sixth Declaration also encourages an international fight against neoliberalism.〔 To accomplish the Sixth Declaration's goal of forming a new political force, the Zapatistas invited hundreds of organizations, political activists, leaders, and average citizens to meet and discuss strategies for gaining the support of resistance groups around the country. The result of the debates and organizational progress made during these meetings was the initiative known as the Other Campaign.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Other Campaign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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