Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Subcomandante Marcos Turns 60: The Life of Mexico's Zapatista Resistance Leader

For those in need of a history lesson or just a reminder of how long progressives have been opposing the global capitalist agenda represented by Neoliberal politics:
We Zapatistas say that neoliberal globalization is a war of conquest of the entire world, a world war, a war being waged by capitalism for global domination. That is why we are joining together to build a resistance struggle against neoliberalism and for humanity.    --Subcomandante Marcos, 1994
Subcomandante Marcos. (photo: Gregory Bull/AP)
"Subcomandante Marcos"
Often derided as irrelevant this movement has been globally influential and will be important moving forward.  It epitomizes authentic self rule and integrity and it deserves our support.  I provide here an old article from 20 years ago to underscore the indirect attack by our government on this movement-- Drug war and the Zapatistas
Subcomandante Marcos Turns 60: The Life of Mexico's Zapatista Resistance Leader:



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