He's been called the new Che Guevara, figurehead of the world's first postmodern social movement, dashing, articulate, and charasmatic - and all this from behind a ski mask. He rose to international prominance when his poorly armed indigenous army took control of several towns in bloody battles across the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Since then he has more resembled a writer, philosopher (which he is presumed to be by the Mexican gov't.), humorist, organizer, and elegant spokesperson for the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional - the Zapatistas. Now, Subcomandante Marcos (AKA Subdelegate Zero) has his own blog. The struggle continues...

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