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“But I'll tell you more about that later... or maybe I won't, because some wounds just don't heal even if you talk them out. On the contrary, the more you dress them up in words, the more they bleed.”

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Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos, whose real name is Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, is a Mexican revolutionary, writer, and activist. Born in June 1957, he is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Marcos is known for his unique tactics and strategies, as well as his unwavering commitment to social justice and equality. more

“Then the lion stares at it. It stares at its prey. Like this.' (Old Antonio frowns and fastens his black eyes on me.) 'The poor little animal that is going to die just looks. It looks at the lion, who is staring at him. The little animal no longer sees itself, it sees what the lion sees, it looks at the little animal image in the lion's stare, it sees that the lion sees it as small and weak. The little animal never thought before about whether it was small and weak. It was just an animal, neither big nor small, neither strong nor weak. But now it looks at what the lion is seeing, it looks at fear. And by looking at what the lion is seeing, the little animal convinces itself that it is small and weak. And, by looking at the fear that the lion sees, it feels afraid. And now the little animal does not look at anything. Its bones go numb, just like when water gets hold of us at night in the cold. And then the little animal just surrenders, it lets itself go and the lion gets it. That is how the lion kills. It kills by staring.”

Revolution Folktales Zapatistas

Author:Subcomandante Marcos

“The autonomous municipalities established by the Zapatistas represent in many respects only the latest chapter in a long history of revolutionary dual power. In this respect they offer a contemporary example from which certain general lessons can be extracted, much as lessons might be taken from the experiences of the workers councils that sprung up across Europe in the wake of the First World War, or during the Spanish Revolution, or the Shanghai Commune during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.”

Zapatistas Dual Power

Book:A New World In Our Hearts: 8 Years of Writings from the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation

Source: A New World In Our Hearts: 8 Years of Writings from the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation

“One of the many joys of Undercover is that other squads can never quite figure out when you’re on the job and when you're, say, on a genuine night out with the lads, so they tend to leave you alone, just in case.”

Undercover Cop

Book:Faithful Place

Source: Faithful Place

“Dodging a close call or tight spot felt like barely avoiding a horrible accident and winning the lottery all at the same time - and I felt surges of relief and exhilaration.”