Question about Marcos

[Latin American Socialist]

If any of you has info of marcos post here and is subcomandante marcos a communist?

[percept¡on]

Originally posted by El [email protected] 30 2004, 04:04 AM
If any of you has info of marcos post here and is subcomandante marcos a communist?
No, though according to Mexican government sources he was a member of a Marxist guerrilla movement in the 60's or 70's.

He is an anti-neoliberal social democrat.

[DaCuBaN]

umm

The only Marcos I know is the old argentinian leader - the one in my profile.

[Latin American Socialist]

if he was with a marxist group wouldn't that make him communist?

[SonofRage]

His movement always seemed very Anarchistic to me. Emilian Zapata, the man from which the Zapatistas get their name, certainly was influenced by the works of Peter Kropotkin and local Anarchists.

[Floyd.]

Zapata was fastidiously opposed to the idea of government land and was all for agrarianism and power to the people, to the oppressed and so on, however he clearly was not opposed to the idea of killing for the cause as history tells us. The zapatista's follow in his tradition except they are less violent and more resourceful with not just armed occupation but internet sabotage and showing what they are capable of. Marcos isn't a communist perse but he definetly has the right leanings to be one. Just read "Our word is our weapon" by him and you'll see. I would certainly not call him an anarchist however.

[Latin American Socialist]

oh, so :ph34r: isn't :hammer: ?

[Latin American Socialist]

I just read our word is our weapon and i read info about him in my CWP. I learned he is a anarchist and a commonwealthist.