Zapatistas Quotes

“Once again, the civil society chanting "Todos somos Marcos" ("We are all Marcos") filled the capital's ZOcalo plaza, and support for the Mayan rebels ran so high that the Mexican congress was forced to pass legislation ordering Zedillo to open a dialogue with the Zapatistas.”
― John Ross, Zapatistas!: Making Another World Possible - Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

“NAFTA is a death sentence for the Indians,”
― John Ross, Zapatistas!: Making Another World Possible - Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

“Salinas proposed an overhaul of Article 27 to pave the way for U.S. agribusiness to buy up the Mexican countryside.”
― John Ross, Zapatistas!: Making Another World Possible - Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

“Major Ana Maria led the celebrated takeover of San Cristobal on January 1, 1994.”
― John Ross, Zapatistas!: Making Another World Possible - Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

“And in these accords, the bad government said it was going to respect the rights of the Indian peoples of Mexico and their cultures and that they would put it into a law in the constitution. But of course after we signed these accords, the bad government forgot all about them. Instead the government attacked the Indians to set back their struggle on December 22, 1997. That was the date the Zedillo ordered 45 men, women, old people, and children murdered in the town in Chiapas called Acteal.”
― John Ross, Zapatistas!: Making Another World Possible - Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006