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Military training film showing psychological operations in “Hostland,” a mythical (probably Latin American) country, designed to aid the host government in gaining the support of the population. Producer: U.S. Army Pictorial Center
by Mal de Ojo TV Two years after the beginning of the popular uprising in Oaxaca, a climate of impunity and political violence continues for the social movement. National and international human rights organizations recognize the serious possibility for new conflicts in the region.
In particular, the repression began to get heavier after the events of June 20, 2008, when the organized people impeded Ulises Ruiz Ortiz’s presence in a public act convened by the municipal government of Zaachila. They are blaming our members for initiating violence, when this was provoked by the PRI party municipal President Noe Perez, and his father, Mr. Natalio Pérez, who pistol in hand, fired at people peacefully protesting to defend themselves against the imposition of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz’s presence in their lands. This aggression is documented in photos and videos.
On October 29th, two Days after the murder of NYC Indymedia Journalist Brad Will, the Mexican Federal Prevention Police (PFP) entered Oaxaca City, Oaxaca to “restore law and order”. It took the PFP an entire month to brutally repress the social movement of the Oaxacan People’s Popular Assembly (APPO). On Novemebr 25th, 2006 the PFP claimed its victory over the social movement. The mass media and the Oaxacan State government maintain that law and order has been restored in Oaxaca, and that the radical elements of the APPO have been dealt with. They claim that Oaxaca is back to normal, and in peace. “Paz Sin Justicia,” a 41 minute film by the Committee in Defense of the Rights of the People - CODEP, examines what this peace looks like today, and what it really means for Oaxaca to return to normal. Corruption, institutionalized repression, and economic slavery are the standard through which a weak government attempts to hold itself together. All the while the Oaxacan People’s Popular Assembly (APPO), along with Oaxacans in general, wait for the next moment to practice what they have already begun: self-determination, autonomy, popular power, and the dignity that comes with rising up from below. |
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Psychological Operations in Support of Internal Defense and Development Assistance Programs (1968)
We of the space called Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and Freedom (VOCAL) are writing to denounce the serious climate of harassment, criminalization, and persecution that the Ulises Ruiz Ortiz government and the local news media have directly unleashed against some of our members in recent weeks.
Plan Mexico, officially called the Merida Initiative, is a $1.4 billion U.S. aid package to Mexico in order to “fight drugs.” Mexico’s law enforcement is extremely corrupt; its members consume the drugs themselves and commit hundreds of human rights violations with impunity. This video shows a peaceful community in southern Mexico that was recently invaded and threatened by Mexican law enforcement, shortly after the U.S. House voted to approve Plan Mexico. Our tax dollars would be spent on these kinds of abuses. It’s important to urge the Senate to stop this initiative.
