An Essay by Juan Santos: The Face of Fascism in a Global System Heading for Collapse
January 8th, 2008By Juan Santos This review was written by Juan Santos, a writer Naomi respects a lot. She encourages readers of The Shock Doctrine to check out his website, and in particular his series of writings called Apocalypse No! A Review of The Shock Doctrine: The Face of Fascism in a Global System Heading for Collapse by Juan Santos, The Fourth World, December 30, 2007 Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas is a poet, but he is not just any poet: he's a poet armed not only with words, but with bullets and not only with words and bullets, but with the heart of the Mayan people of Chiapas. He is a poet and a revolutionary who abandoned the ivory tower for the jungle for the Selva Lacandona - to live with, to fight with, and to die with los de 'bajo the people on the bottom, who lives are crushed beneath the weight of the pyramid of Empire. He has taken their part, their lot, their future as his own. Naomi Klein is a writer, one who sees with the eyes of her heart, one who backs the knowledge and vision of the heart with the most rigorous research -...