The article discusses the relevance of the political hypothesis proposed by the Zapatista movement according to which autonomy is the only and the best way to fight capitalism. To discuss such a hypothesis, the author analyzes two periods of the reception of the Zapatista movement – the era of the Alterglobalization movement and the time of singular capitalist crisis, drawing upon ethnographic account of the encounters between the Zapatista delegation and local activists during Zapatista Journey for Life in Slovenia in year 2021.