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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean) > Subcomandante Marcos
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Subcomandante Marcos  

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  • Subcomandante Marcos, allegedly born in 1957, is one of the key leaders of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN), the indigenous guerrilla movement from the state of Chiapas, Mexico. He calls himself Subcomandante (Sub-Commander) because he is under the orders of the indigenous collective leadership of the EZLN, which is accountable to Zapatista communities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Marcos, Subcomandante (1957?–)]

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