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Digna Rabia:

Is it useful to say something? Do our cries stop even one bomb? Does our word save the life of even one Palestinian?

We think that yes, it is useful. Maybe we don't stop a bomb and our word won't turn into an armored shield so that that 5.56 mm or 9 mm caliber bullet with the letters "IMI" or "Israeli Military Industry" etched into the base of the cartridge won't hit the chest of a girl or boy, but perhaps our word can manage to join forces with others in Mexico and the world and perhaps first it's heard as a murmur, then out loud, and then a scream that they hear in Gaza.

We don't know about you, but we Zapatistas from the EZLN, we know how important it is, in the middle of destruction and death, to hear some words of encouragement.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
Mexico January 4, 2009
mywordismyweapon via xymphora > counterpunch
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Now we see and we feel not only the rebellious resistance that, as sister and comrade, stays at our side and encourages our steps.

Now there is something that before wasn’t there, or that we weren’t able to see before.

There is a creative rage.

A rage that paints all of the colors of the paths of below and to the left on the five continents…

EZLN announce First Global Festival of Dignified Rage
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Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
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EZLN Announces First Global Festival of Dignified Rage 23.Sep.08
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Galerías del Primer Festival de la Digna Rabia
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original text of Marcos speech, in Spanish