May 14th, 2007 – danielsan writes: Oaxaca City’s Radio Universidad, retaken by students and APPO supporters on May Day, continues to broadcast at 1400 AM in the state capitol. The webstream also continues, allowing all of us to hear news direct from Oaxaca’s embattled people’s movement. “Tune In” to witness and support the resurgence of demands like justice, accountability, and recognition of human rights.

May 15th is National Teachers Day in Mexico (as well as Puerto Rico and Colombia). Historically, teachers in México have been especially active in social struggles and revolutionary movements. The teachers of Oaxaca are no exception–in fact they are most often at the forefront, as they have been recently.

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November 27th, 2006 – danielsan writes: Photos, audio, and a video from November 25th’s 7th MegaMarch and the street battle that followed.

The next morning, the evidence was on the streets: military boots made footprints in pools of blood outside of a University building near Santo Domingo.

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November 27th, 2006 – danielsan writes: Radio Universidad, 1400 AM and streaming on the internet, has announced once again that it is expecting an attack (as of 4:45 PM).

The 4:45 transmission said that Ministerial Police have a warrant to enter the campus and search the station backed up by the PFP. The signal was then blocked yet again by la canción that has been overriding the AM broadcast for more than three weeks. The song is audible in the webcast as well, in addition to the sound of low-flying helicopters.

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November 27th, 2006 – danielsan writes: A list of those taken off the streets Saturday night in the battle that followed the seventh Megamarch, taken from the daily ‘Noticias’ here in Oaxaca. Various bodies have issued widely differing statistics, with the largest number of detained coming from Ulises himself, who claimed 160 detentions. APPO and Radio Universidad, the state government, and the feds have all offered varied numbers. The list below is the list of those officially detained according to the state.

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November 20th, 2006 – danielsan writes: November 20th marks the anniversary of the 1910 Revolution in México, observed today in the streets of Oaxaca City and beyond.

The graffiti reads: ‘We don’t recognize the government’

The day began with a march from the Cuarteles outside of town (the army base and recruiting station) in commemoration of the Revolutionary anniversary, in response to a sexual assault on a local woman by the PFP (listen to audio below), and with the stated goal (according to the APPO website) of encircling the PFP in the Zócalo and taking back the Palacio del Gobierno (the capitol building, of sorts).

Almost as soon as the march arrived in the city center, marchers confronting the PFP lines were met with tear gas, and a street battle ensued lasting the entire afternoon. Countless canisters of gas were fired; the fancy pants hotel where URO and the PFP bosses like to stay came under attack when marchers below were hit by rocks thrown from the roof.

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