Contents 
 
Foreword by the Editorial Collective 
 
Introduction by Harry Cleaver   11 
 
The Southeast In Two Winds by Subcommander Marcos
	25 
and a Photo Essay by Joshua Schwartz 
 
1. The Revolt (December 31-January 1)   49 
El Despertador Mexicano, 49 
Declaration of War,  49 
Editorial, 51 
Revolutionary Laws, 52 
Testimonies of the First Day, 62 
 
2. The First Days (January 1-January 13)        71 
Early Reports, 71 
Report About Events, January 1, 1994, 71 
Interview with Major Mario, 75 
First Packet of Communique's, 76 
Introductory Letter, 76 
Concerning the Red Cross and the Press, 78 
Responses to Government Lies, 79 
A Letter to Rigoberta Menchu', 83 
On the PFCRN, Government Terrorism, and the 
Appointment of
	Camacho, 84 
Conditions for the Cease-Fire, 86 
On Requirements for the Commission for 
Mediation, 87 
On the Government Violation of the Cease-Fire, 89 
On US Aid to the Mexican Government, 89 
On the Capture, Condemnation, and Sentencing of 
Division General 
	Absalo'n Castellanos Domi'nguez, 90 
 
3. The Cease-Fire (January 14-January 31)       95 
Interviews with Officers and Militants, 95 
Interview with Major Mario, 95 
Elisa, Laura, Leonel and a Militia Member, 101 
Captain Irma, 103 
Second Communique' Packet, 106 
On Government Violations of the Cease-Fire, 106 
Letter Accepting Camacho Soli's as Commissioner for 
Peace and 
	Reconciliation, 107 
What Are They Going to Forgive Us For?, 108 
On Moving Toward a Dialogue, 109 
On the Importance of Diverse Voices, 110 
About the Main Demands and the Forms of 
Struggle, 111 
Conditions for Dialogue, 112 
Letter from Subcommander Marcos to the Press, 114 
On Misunderstandings About the EZLN and the Real      
	First Uprising, 117 
An Invitation to Members of the Press to Attend the 
Dialogue, 120 
 
4. Solidarity (February 1-February 4)   123 
Letters from the CCRI-CG to Various 
Organizations, 123 
A Letter of Introduction, 123 
To the Council of 500 Years of Indigenous 
Resistance, 124 
To the non-governmental organizations, 125 
To the State Council of Indigenous and Campesino 
Organizations, 126 
We Are Invincible. We Cannot, Do Not Deserve to 
Lose, 128 
Interview with the CCRI-CG, 131 
 
5. Broadening the Struggle (February 4-February 7)
	141 
Interview with Subcommander Marcos, 141 
 
6. Building Ties (February 8-February 11)       169 
Solidarity Letters, 169 
A Letter of Introduction, 169 
A Thank-You to the University Student Council of 
UNAM, 170 
To the Civic Front of Mapastepec, 172 
To the Municipal President of J. Sixto Verduzco, 
Michoaca'n, 172 
To the Supreme Council of Indian Peoples, 173 
To the National Plan de Ayala Coordinating 
Committee, 174 
To the Regional Liberation Association for Human, 
Economic, Social,and Political Rights, 174 
To the Children of Beatriz Herna'ndez Elementary 
School, 175 
On Addressing Communications to the Press, 176 
7. Before the Dialogue (February 12-February 17)185 
Communique's Concerning Conditions for the 
Dialogue, 185 
A Letter of Introduction, 185 
An Invitation to the Political Parties to Attend 
the Dialogue, 186 
To the Conac-LN, 187 
An Invitation to the PDM and the UNO to Attend the
	Dialogue, 189 
Regarding the Liberation of Absalo'n Castellanos 
Domi'nguez, 190 
From the Guadalupe Tepeyac Community, 191 
Communique's Before the Dialogue, 194 
On the Opening of the Dialogue, 194 
About the Evictions of Indigenous People, 195 
Interview with Marcos Before the Dialogue, 196 
 
8. The Dialogue (February 18-February 28)       213 
Report by Subcommander Marcos on the First Day, 215 
Report by Subcommander Marcos on the Second 
Day, 216 
Report by Subcommander Marcos on the Third Day, 217 
Press Conference with Subcommander Marcos on the 
Third Day, 219 
Report by Subcommander Marcos on the Fourth 
Day, 221 
Press Conference with Subcommander Marcos on the 
Fourth Day, 222 
Press Conference with Subcommander Marcos on the 
SixthDay, 223 
Interview with Major Ana Mari'a, 227 
Communique's Issued During the Dialogue, 234 
Letter from the CCRI-CG to the NGO's, 234 
Letter from Marcos to the PRD, 235 
Demanding the Resignation of Salinas, 236 
Demands Submitted During the Dialogue, 238 
 
9. Concluding the Dialogue (March 1-March 17)   245 
Communique's and Letters, 245 
A Thank-You to the NGO's, 245 
On the Outcome of the Dialogue, 246 
A Conversation with Subcommander Marcos After the 
Dialogue, 247 
Professionals in Hope, 253 
On Charging Conac-LN with Legal Matters, 255 
The Struggle Will Continue, 256 
Government Lies about the Outcome of the 
Dialogue, 258 
A Letter and Poetry from Marcos, 259 
10. Returning to the Communities (March 18-April 
19) 263 
The EZLN Denies that the Prisoners in Cerro Hueco 
are     Combatants, 263 
Interview with Marcos, 264 
Emiliano Zapata Will Not Die by Decree, 267 
There Will be no Peace Until There Is Justice, 269 
Vota'n Zapata Lives in Our Dead, 270 
Morelos Declaration, Tradition of Campesino 
Struggle, 272 
The Story of Durito and the Defeat of 
Neoliberalism, 273 
EZLN Promises Justice, 275 
 
11. The Consultations (April 20-May 31) 279 
The EZLN Orders a Partial Deactivation of the Red 
Alert in its Territories, 279 
We Are Surrounded, 280 
To the Workers of the Republic, 281 
Interview with the Clandestine Revolutionary
	Indigenous Committee, 283 
Interview with Subcommander Marcos, 289 
Communique' About the End of the Consultations, 309 
 
12. Rejecting the Government's Offer (June 1-June 
12) 317 
Early Results of the Consultations, 317 
On Groups Claiming Connection to the EZLN, 319 
First Communique' on the Results of the 
Consultation, 320 
Results of the Consultation, 321 
On the Zapatista Response to the Peace Accord 
Proposals, 323 
Second Declaration from the Lacandona Jungle, 329 
 
 
Timeline, 337 
 
Glossary, 340 
 
Organizational Contacts, 345 
 
Index, 348 
 
Colophon, 352

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