Comments on: People and Media Critical of Ulises Ruiz are Under Attack http://elenemigocomun.net/78 The Common Enemy y Oaxaqueñ@ Solidarity Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: atximc http://elenemigocomun.net/78#comment-26 atximc Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:39:39 +0000 http://elenemigocomun.net/78#comment-26 Oaxaca, Mexico: Free Speech in the "Dirty War" http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/402/1 Written by Kelly Komenda and Sara Yassky Tuesday, 22 August 2006 Since May 22, Oaxacan teachers have been occupying the main plaza in the city of Oaxaca. In the beginning of the occupation, the teachers' demands from the government were simple: fair wages to adjust for their cost of living and the guarantee of a better educational environment for their students, which to the teachers meant funding for books, supplies, uniforms and food. The state government of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz refused to negotiate with the teachers, so the teachers therefore refused to leave the plaza. But around 4 a.m. on June 14, Ruiz Ortiz sent approximately 1,000 state police officers to attack the sleeping teachers. The police tactics included beating, torturing, raping, disappearing, and even killing some of the fleeing protestors. The teachers' movement responded by transforming itself into a state-wide people's resistance against government repression, while people throughout the country have expressed their solidarity with the Oaxacan people. "We've learned and we're defending ourselves. We realized that…we need to raise our voices." READ THE FULL ARTICLE: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/402/1 Oaxaca, Mexico: Free Speech in the “Dirty War”
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Written by Kelly Komenda and Sara Yassky
Tuesday, 22 August 2006

Since May 22, Oaxacan teachers have been occupying the main plaza in the city of Oaxaca.

In the beginning of the occupation, the teachers’ demands from the government were simple: fair wages to adjust for their cost of living and the guarantee of a better educational environment for their students, which to the teachers meant funding for books, supplies, uniforms and food.

The state government of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz refused to negotiate with the teachers, so the teachers therefore refused to leave the plaza. But around 4 a.m. on June 14, Ruiz Ortiz sent approximately 1,000 state police officers to attack the sleeping teachers.

The police tactics included beating, torturing, raping, disappearing, and even killing some of the fleeing protestors. The teachers’ movement responded by transforming itself into a state-wide people’s resistance against government repression, while people throughout the country have expressed their solidarity with the Oaxacan people.

“We’ve learned and we’re defending ourselves. We realized that…we need to raise our voices.”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/402/1

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