por Alex Nathanson alexnathanson@gmail.com
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On Saturday August 18, about 50 people gathered outside of the Mexican Consulate to protest Ulises Ruiz, the governor of Oaxaca. Ulises Ruiz is responsible for, among other things, murder, torture, and disappearances in Oaxaca. Ruiz, along with a number of other governors, was in New York to discuss immigration reform. On Sunday they will be in Texas. The event, sponsored by the Ulises Ruiz Welcoming Committee, was set up with less than 24 hours notice. At 3:30 protesters started gathering outside of the Mexican Consulate at 27 E. 39th Street and it soon became known that a number of the governors, possibly including Ruiz, were at a nearby restaurant. While in front of the Consulate at least two things, possibly tomatoes, were thrown. The protesters surrounded the restaurant chanting and waving placards. A few protesters were able to enter the restaurant and quickly got thrown out, but someone managed to flip over all the tables and chairs that belonged to the restaurant that were on the sidewalk. Restaurant employees started pushing protesters when they tried to get the service door closed and at one point someone, possibly the manager, charged at the protesters. The protesters were able to keep the governors in the restaurant until about six and forced them to cancel a five o’clock press conference. Around six the various governors and a few other people left the restaurant under a heavy police guard and got into two SUVs, one of which had diplomat license plates. The police commandeered two additional taxis for the remaining members of their party. It was never confirmed whether or not Ruiz was actually in the restaurant.

By Alex Nathanson alexnathanson@gmail.com

by la otra atx
A couple of people are going to Dallas [from Austin] and before the protest we are going to have a meeting on a Cosmic Cafe at 3pm the address is 2912 Oak Lawn, Dallas Tx. 75219 hope to see you there!!!
http://austin.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36201/index.php

vincent / 412/537.6716

WHAT: Confront Ulises Ruiz in NYC!
WHERE: Mexican Consulate, 27 E 39th St, btw Park & Madison
WHEN: 3:30pm, Saturday, August 18th
WHO: Anyone and everyone who stands in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca; Anyone and everyone who stands against a brutal dictator, police repression, disappearances and murder

WHY:
Ulises Ruiz, governor of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, has embarked with several other state-level Mexican officials on a tour of consulates in the United States. On Saturday, August 18th, Ruiz will be meeting at the Mexican consulate in Manhattan to discuss the issue of immigration–ironic, considering that Ruiz’s own policies have forced thousands of Oaxaqueños to flee their homes in fear for their livelihoods and lives.

As governor, Ulises Ruiz has brutally enforced the status quo of globalization in Oaxaca, defending the massive free trade plan known as Plan Puebla Panama and maintaining the corrupt rule of his party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, or PRI. In 2006, a teacher’s strike blossomed into a popular rebellion against Ruiz’s rule, taking control of the capitol city of Oaxaca–and was met with widespread repression. Balking at calls to step down, Ruiz escalated a campaign of police brutality, paramilitary violence, disappearances and extrajudicial murder in order to maintain his position as a strongman for the rich and powerful in southern Mexico. Among his victims was Brad Will, an independent journalist from New York City who had traveled to Oaxaca to document the Oaxacan peoples’ struggle for democracy.

Today the popular uprising in Oaxaca, embodied in the directly-democratic people’s assembly known as the Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), continues its struggle for autonomy in the face of formidable violence and oppression. This Saturday, when Ulises Ruiz appears in New York City, come out to confront his program of lies and brutality!

Expose a dictator who claims to represent those he oppresses, terrorizes and murders!

Unveil the sham of governments and economies built on violence, corruption and greed!

Stand in solidarity with APPO and direct democracy in Oaxaca!

OAXACA VIVE! LA LUCHA SIGUE!

Sincerely,
The Ulises Ruiz Welcoming Committee

source: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/08/89694.html

El objetivo de la reunión será discutir diversos temas de carácter migratorio y la posición del gobierno de México con relación a la decisión del Senado estadounidense de no seguir adelante con el proceso legislativo encaminado hacia una reforma migratoria integral.

Este grave error conlleva implicaciones sociales y económicas para ambas naciones, además de no solucionar los cruces indocumentados y las condiciones de riesgo e inseguridad en ambos lados de la frontera que se intentaba resolver con el debate.

El encuentro tendrá lugar el domingo 19 de agosto a las 4:00 pm en el “Hotel Ramada Inn”, ubicado en el 1575 de la calle Regal Row, Dallas, Texas, 75247, a espaldas de las oficinas de este Consulado General.

A los medios de prensa que deseen acudir al evento, se les solicita confirmar su asistencia al siguiente correo: erea@consulmexdallas.com

Al público en general, se le invita a registrarse en la siguiente dirección: aayuso@consulmexdallas.com. Cupo limitado

la fuente: http://www.sre.gob.mx/dallas

friends of brad will in texas will be there doing a non-violent protest outside from 4 to 5 pm