El Enemigo Común

November 8th, 2006 - danielsan writes: Seven audio files in Spanish in mp3 format, recorded at Canal 9 on October 17th, plus a short video showing the crowd at Plaza Santo Domingo, a few blocks from the central Zócalo, where teachers and APPO members and supporters now gather.

The story of the takeover of Canal 9, the state-run TV station taken over by a group of women on August 1st. They maintained a blockade of the station for almost three months, until the PFP arrived last week and removed them. We talked to two teachers (and one of their daughters) outside the station a couple weeks ago about the takeover and the situation for teachers in Oaxaca. It was an interesting conversation–of particular note is the file ‘Is APPO Feminist?’ Appartently ‘feminism’ is a bad word in México, just like it is in the states. While the teacher discussed the efforts of APPO members to support gender equality, she explicitly states that it is *not* a feminist movement because it doesn’t exclude men. I guess it all depends on how we’re socialized to define the word. We also discussed the role of the Catholic Church in the movement and heard from a teenage student about the lessons being learned in the streets.

Listen in Spanish, read translations in English. Thanks.

Audio on Santa Cruz IMC

Download a video clip (9.2 MB)

source and audio mp3s: http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/08/18327952.php