Sunday, October 29, 2006
For All Humanity
Our elders, our chiefs, say that the gods made the world, that they made the men and women of corn first. And they specifically put the heart of corn in them. But the corn ran out and some men and women didn’t get a heart. The color of the earth ran out, and they began to look for other colors. Then, the heart of corn touched people who are white, red or yellow. So there are people here who don’t have the dark color of indigenous people, but they have the heart of corn, so they are here with us.
And that was the message that we were giving to the rest of the world: that in this country and on this planet, one had to fight and be willing to die to be able to survive.
They, those who are up above, have already shown for hundreds of years, for centuries, that the only thing that they have done has been to destroy the earth. Now we have to take the land’s destiny and its defense into our hands. Don’t leave it one minute more in the hands of the rich. We have to do it, not just for our Indian peoples, but for all humanity.
--Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
And that was the message that we were giving to the rest of the world: that in this country and on this planet, one had to fight and be willing to die to be able to survive.
They, those who are up above, have already shown for hundreds of years, for centuries, that the only thing that they have done has been to destroy the earth. Now we have to take the land’s destiny and its defense into our hands. Don’t leave it one minute more in the hands of the rich. We have to do it, not just for our Indian peoples, but for all humanity.
--Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
