<Li> Women have the right to be free of violence from both relatives and strangers . </Li> <Li> Women will be able to occupy positions of leadership in the organization and hold military ranks in the revolutionary armed forces . </Li> <Li> Women will have all the rights and obligations elaborated in the Revolutionary Laws and regulations . </Li> <P> The Zapatistas' response to the introduction of NAFTA in 1994, it is argued, reflects the shift in perception taking place in societies that have experienced colonialism . The theory of "postcolonial gaze" studies what is described as the cultural and political impacts of colonization on formerly colonized societies and how these societies overcome centuries of discrimination and marginalization by colonialists and their descendents . In Mexico, the theory of the postcolonial gaze is being fostered predominantly in areas of large indigenous populations and marginalization, like Chiapas . Over the last 20 years, Chiapas is said to have emerged as a formidable force against the Mexican government, fighting against structural violence and social and economic marginalization brought on by globalization . The Zapatista rebellion not only raised many questions about the consequences of globalization and free trade; it also questioned the long - standing ideas created by the Spanish colonial system . Postcolonialism is the antithesis of imperialism because it attempts to explain how the prejudices and restrictions created by colonialism are being overcome . This is especially obvious in countries that have large social and economic inequalities, where colonial ideas are deeply entrenched in the minds of the colonials' descendents . </P>

The protest in chiapas known as the zapatista rebellion