Emiliano Zapata Salazar, born on this day in 1879, was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.

Zapata was born in the rural village of Anenecuilco in Morelos State, where peasant communities were under increasing pressure from the small landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugar cane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz.

Early on, Zapata participated in political movements against Diaz and the landowning hacendados. When revolution broke out in 1910, he was positioned as a central leader of the peasant revolt in Morelos. Zapata was responsible for defeating and ousting various invading armies from Morelos on multiple occasions.

On April 10th, 1919, Zapata was assassinated, double-crossed by a member of the Mexican Army who had pretended to switch sides. When Zapata attempted to meet with the would-be defector, he was shot to death.

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    • SoloboiNanook [comrade/them]
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      i am also a gigantic combat sports fan, and its so fuckin depressing. the organization with the most "prestige" or whatever is run by a total fucking freak who regularly throws fighters under the bus, openly laughs about horrible shit pay, and bullies fighters into terrible contracts. Even worse, all the fighters are contractors, yet in the contract they cannot fight for anyone else. this is just an employee lol but legally they are not.

      If you really want to feel terrible about it, go look into his remarks about Cheyenne Buys recently. she comments about how she has given up everything to fight, had no money, and the 50k bonus she made will change her life. Dana says "This is a sport where when you win, its good. if you lose, its bad!" just the most tone deaf bullshit i have ever seen.

      Someday hes gonna fuck over the wrong person and i hope i see the result of that.

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        • SoloboiNanook [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          lol honestly it is actually kind of nice knowing that this mfer took so much HGH that it is inevitable that his heart fuckin explodes.

          kinda like how its funny how joe rogans liver is actively trying to escape his body