SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS is a spokesperson and strategist for the Zapatistas, an indigenous insurgency movement based in Mexico. He first joined the indigenous guerrilla group that would become the Zapatistas in the early 1980s. Marcos is author of several books translated into English, including Shadows of Tender Fury (Monthly Review Press) which featured early letters and communiques, and a children's book Story of the Colors (Cinco Puntos), which won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award.
“This is an extraordinary collection of writings, documenting one
of the most important grassroots rebellions of our time. It conveys
the mind and spirit of the Zapatista movement with eloquence and
astonishing immediacy.” –Howard Zinn
“This eccentric collection of writings, which includes everything
from the Zapatista's declaration of war to magic-realist stories
about a beetle named Durito, proves Marcos to be a passionate and
surprisingly self-deprecating writer.” –The New Yorker
“The Zapatistas are an extraordinary example of resistance by the
supposedly powerless against the powerful and they have endured for
25 years—and brought us what this book offers, a poetic, sometimes
lyrical, sometimes comic, often utterly fresh and insightful,
political language, grounded in the natural world, in weather,
seasons, plants, animals, growing, harvesting . . .” –Rebecca
Solnit
“… Language as strong as dignity and as subtle as love. To read
this collection is to discover that rare animal: an original
voice.” –Publishers Weekly
“A literary masterpiece that provides an invaluable lens into the
Zapatista cosmos and one of the most remarkable minds of our time.”
–San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Set against other radical manifestoes of the past … Our Word Is
Our Weapon exudes a political timelessness … The tempered words of
Subcomandante Marcos read like an instruction manual for future
rebellions.” –The Guardian (UK)
“Marcos is the voice for many voices. His words, fashioned from
humor and poetry, reveal the deep roots and abundant branches of
the Zapatista insurrection in Chiapas. It is an original language
for an original movement that is transforming Mexico and is helping
to change the world.” –Eduardo Galeano
“Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see
itself. Our Word Is Our Weapon reflects the deep soul
beauty and determined hearts of deliberately impoverished people as
they stand up to the most insatiable giant the world has ever seen.
Theirs is a stance of dignity, courage and self-respect. And that
is what they inspire in us, even as they suffer.” –Alice Walker
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