The Marketing of Rebellion Quotes

“Conflict between these groups fueled the Mexican Revolution in 1910, and the country’s 1917 constitution included provisions to remedy the situation. Under Article 27, agricultural land was to be redistributed to the rural poor and held permanently as communal ejidos by local villages. But after the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas in the 1930s, reform efforts flagged. Periodically during the rest of the twentieth century, the government instituted redistribution schemes, but particularly in the southern states with weak central control, sharp inequalities persisted and most of the agrarian population remained destitute.”
― Bob, The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism

“a small number of wealthy landowners has dominated a large population of landless and small-holding peasants.”
― Bob, The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism