Marcos: Fear of a Bad Example

In the coming days we are going to hear a ton of promises, lies, trying to give us hope that, yes, things are now going to get better if we change one government for another. Time and time again, every year, every three years, every six years, they sell us this lie. This is only going to change from the bottom and from the left.”

Subcommander Marcos, Palenque, Mexico.

James C. McKinley, Jr., “The Zapatistas Return: A Masked Marxist on the Stump,” New York Times, 1/06/06.