Post by Papa C. on Oct 10, 2006 11:10:36 GMT
Hear Sub-commandate Marcos recite this poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxRDwA9SXbw&mode=related&search=
This is who we are
The Zapatista National Liberation Army
The voice that arms itself to be heard
The face that hides itself to be seen
The name that hides itself to be named
The red star that calls out to humanity and the world…
To be heard… to be seen… to be named
Tomorrow to be harvested in the past
Behind our black masks
Behind our armed voice
Behind our unnameable name
Behind us, who you see
Behind us, we are you
Behind we are the same sample of ordinary men and women
We are repeated in all races
Painted in all colours
Speak in all languages
And live in all places
The same forgotten men and women
The same excluded
The same under-rated
The same persecuted
We are you
Behind us, you are us
Behind our masks is the face of all excluded women
Of all the forgotten indigenous
Of all the persecuted homosexuals
Of all the despised youth
Of all the immigrants
Of all those imprisoned for their words and votes
Of all the humiliated workers
Of all those dead from neglect
Of all the simple and ordinary men and women
Who don’t count… who aren’t seen… we are… who are… nameless
- ELZN
