Free Rebel Zapatista Municipalities

The Free Rebel Zapatista Municipalities (Spanish: Municipios Libres Rebeldes Zapatistas) commonly known as the Zapatista Municipalities are self-governing territories in the the far south of Mexico which are controlled by Zapatista support bases and majority Mayan communities. They were originally founded in 1994 after the Chiapas conflict, however were brutally crushed by the Mexico's Veracruzist government under Pablo Hidalgo de Veracruz in his attempts to destroy all opposition to his regime.

In 2015, following Sierra's resolution to go war with Mexico, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) joined the fight to topple the Mexican regime, supporting opposition forces in the 2015 invasion of Mexico. The municipalities reorganised themselves as self-governing entities and plan to push for independence from Mexico in light of the conflict.

The Rebel Municipalities consist of XX loosely associated self-governing communities which are governed through Good Government Councils, involving collective decision making. The territories claim adherence to self-organised socialism, workers self-management, autonomous Marxism, and anarchism. They are not governed by the EZLN, however are united and rally behind the EZLN's main activist and spokesperson, Subcomandate Javier in the current conflict.