El Sexto's Moral Axiom

BY: THE HILL


Last month, famed Cuban artist Danilo Maldonado, known as "El Sexto," was confronted by a group of unknown men, hooded and forcibly thrown into a white Russian Lada.

El Sexto, known for his critical graffiti art, was taken to Castro's state security headquarters (Villa Marista), where he was arbitrarily held and threatened for over a week before being released.

Anticipating his eventual arrest, El Sexto had left a note (see below), which read:

“To conquer me you need weapons, police, jails; to conquer you I only need spray paint and this paper.”

As the Ladies in White and other brave pro-democracy activists brave the Castro regime's repressive forces this Sunday, it's important to remember this moral axiom.