Subcommandante Marcos - Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Zapatistas (Excerpts) lyrics

Rebellion is not exclusive to the Neo-Zapatistas. It is for all of humanity. And that's something to celebrate. Everywhere, every day and every hour. For rebellion is also a celebration... The criminals of the Mexican political cla** that have badly governed these lands will always remain to those who suffered their outrages, unpunished criminals. No matter how many scripted lines are are paid for in the media, or how much is spent on spectacles in the streets, in newspapers, on radio and television... What have they done so that working in media is of labor of pride that does not result in the loss of liberty or a life of honesty? Can they say that their work is more respected by rulers and those ruled now than 20 years ago? What have they done against imposed and tolerated censorship? Can they say that their readers-listeners-viewers are better informed now than 20 years ago? Can they say that they are more credible now than 20 years ago?... You don't get chills when perhaps, in the future Carlos Salinas de Gortari will be known as ‘the visionary' who understood that selling a nation was not only just a family business but an act of modern patriotism, and not the leader of a band of traitors?... This is Zapatista territory, it is Chiapas, it is Mexico, it Latin America, it is Earth. And it is December 2013, it is as cold now as 20 years ago and, as then, a flag shelters us today: one of rebellion.