The title of this article represents exactly the political weakness of the Zapatistas in the current political situation in Mexico. What Mexico needs and wants is not a 'masked man', or a Mexican Che, but rather a pragmatic solution to concrete problems. And this is the imagery that Vicente Fox has built up with the help of the compliant Mexican press. Romanticism versus Pragmatism. After the ugliness of the PRI era, Mexican society as a whole will vote for giving Fox a chance. I fear that with this march, the Zapatistas marched themselves ahead to their 'triumph', and also ultimately, into their own blind alley. They took the carrot offered. This is a very dangerous moment for the Zapatista Movement. They may have been outflanked in the propaganda wars. If so, the stick will surely follow. Tony _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
