Ayala plan
The Ayala plan was the political program of Emiliano Zapata and his followers ( Zapatistas ) in connection with the Mexican Revolution .
The text was signed on November 25, 1911 in Ayoxustla in the state of Puebla and promulgated on November 28, 1911 in Ayala City , the municipality in which the birthplace of Zapatas was located. It was formulated with the help of the teacher Otilio Montaño Sánchez , who was also Zapata's mentor. The plan calls to arms to distribute the land to the peasants who actually own it and has only been wrested from the current owners. It culminates in the exclamation Libertad, Justicia y Ley! ( Freedom, Justice and Law! ), Which later on the version known and quoted today Tierra y Libertad! ( Land and Freedom! ) Has been shortened and changed.
The main points of the plan were:
- Francisco Madero resigns as president and free elections as soon as the country has calmed down.
- Appointment of Pascual Orozco as leader of the revolution and Emiliano Zapata as his representative.
- Distribution of the land to the farmers and ejidos (land in community ownership, similar to the local commons ).
- Emphasizing the rural character of the Mexican Revolution .
Pascual Orozco joined the Ayala plan in 1912.
On June 19, 1914, some formulations of the plan were revised.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Plan of Ayala . November 25, 1911. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
Web links
- Digitized image of the document including explanations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) in the World Digital Library
- Text of the plan in English after John Womack