No doubt, to most Westerners who embrace Christianity, using the holy Blessed Virgin Mary as a symbol of defiance against the system is not only maddening but also blasphemous. However, to the long-oppressed of Mexico, religion is viewed from a completely different perspective. German theologian Jürgen Moltmann sums it up well:
reading the bible with the eyes of the poor is a different thing than reading it with the eyes of a man with a full belly. Below, a great article that will help all of us understand different aspects of oppressed people suffering under US imperialism.