Untangling Mexico's Noodle: El Tallarin and the Revival of Zapatismo in Morelos, 1934-1938

摘要

Studies on the presidency of Lazaro Cardenas (1934-40) have tended to emphasise popular support for the Cardenista regime while underestimating the domestic opposition to the president. The story of Enrique Rodriguez ('El Tallarin'), a former Zapatista militant from the state of Morelos, reveals the breadth and complexity of the opposition to Cardenas. The rebellion led by Rodriguez from 1934 to 1938 forced Cardenas to renegotiate the terms of Zapatista loyalty to the federal government in order to secure peace in Morelos and represented a broad critique of the post-revolutionary state's advancement during the 1930s. Rodriguez stood as a defender of agrarian self-reliance, traditional chieftainship and pueblo religious liberty.