Every successful sales pitch at Land Forces, every business card exchanging hands at the official networking events, means more weapons in the hands of those who can always justify their use.
Loneliness has become a feature of modernity, a hallmark of late capitalism, woven into the technologies and built environments that form the architecture of our lives.
Their faces partially covered by iconic red paliacates or by balaclavas, the Zapatistas announced that they would show their faces when Mexico was finally ready to see them. This was a war, they said, against forgetting and for living.
The future of the revolution is uncertain. But one thing is for sure. The right-wing opposition, the craven supporters of the ruling class and their backers in Washington cannot be allowed to carry the day.
We are trying to see where this is going; which roads it opens and which it closes. The direction of the insurrection seems open and the future unclear: however it is essential that we are always on the side of the rebels.