Subcomandante Marcos

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Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos is the self-described spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), but considered by many one of its main leaders, since he is so prominent a figure.

According to the most reliable accounts, Marcos' real name is Rafael Guillén, and he was a student in Tampico when he began his revolutionary activity. Like many of his generation he was radicalised by the events of 1968 and became a militant in a Maoist organisation. However, the encounter with the outlook of the indigenous peasants of Chiapas transformed the Zapatistas' ideology, and Marcos has embraced an approach to social revolution that has been described as post-modernist.

Much of his writings -- articles, poems, speeches and letters -- have been compiled into a book: Our Word is Our Weapon.