“Five hundred and three years ago today, October 12, the word and the silence of Power begin to die. Five hundred and three years ago today, October 12, our word and our silence began to resist, to fight, to live. … Today we say we are indigenous, and we say it like giants.”
—Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 1995
—Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 1995

















