1893 -- Emiliano Zapata's 13th birthday. Of the group that joined Zapata, best-known was Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama. A fiery orator, he was strongly influenced by anarchist Peter Kropotkin's creed of the good peasant. Among those who rallied to Zapata was Octave Jahn. http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/gallery/galleryindex.htm#Jahn http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/sinners/KropotkinPeter.htm AUGUST 8 EMILIANO ZAPATA "Tierra y Libertad!" Hero of two Mexican Revolutions 1879 -- Mexican revolutionary hero, anarchist Emiliano Zapata lives! John Steinbeck scripts the film version. "Zapata will continue to live as long as people believe that they have a right to their land & a right to govern themselves according to their deeply held beliefs & cultural values." I would rather die standing than live on my knees! Emiliano Zapata