This weekend marks 100 years since the start of the Mexican revolution led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. It's also the anniversary of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, which borrowed Zapata's name and began a rebellion in the state of Chiapas in 1994.

These indigenous peasants claimed they were fighting for equality and against capitalist exploitation. The Zapatistas were driven back into the jungle, but they still exist, in autonomous settlements that boycott the Mexican government.

Our Mexico correspondent Grant Fuller teamed up with reporter Myles Estey and received permission from Zapatista leaders to spend a day at a settlement.

This story was made possible with support from the Common Language Project.

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