Subcomandante Marcos
Is it useful to say something? Do our cries stop even one bomb? Our words save the life of even one Palestinian?
Translated to English by the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
We believe it is useful. Perhaps we will be unable to stop one bomb, and our words will not turn into an armoured shield, to prevent that five point fifty-six millimetre caliber, or nine millimetre bullet with the letters IMI, Israel Military Industries, etched onto the base of the cartridge, hit the chest of a girl or a boy. Because perhaps our words can manage to join together with those of others in Mexico and the world. And maybe, first it will become murmur, then a loud voice and then a scream that they hear in Gaza. We don’t know, you don’t know, but for us, the Zapatistas of the EZLN, the important thing is that in the midst of destruction and death, you hear some words of encouragement. I cannot explain, but it turns out that yes, words are not enough to stop a bomb, yet they are like a crack opened in the black room of death, and a little light creeps in…”
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