November 29th, 2006 – Oaxaca is under siege. More than 140 people were arrested November 23rd through 25th and three were killed. The repression has reached new heights, with disappearances occurring daily. The Federal Police (PFP) are deploying special operation units to crush the popular uprising, and have issued statements declaring that they will do whatever it takes to put an end to the movement by December 1st, when the new government takes power.
APPO, the popular assembly of the peoples of Oaxaca, has issued a call for solidarity demonstrations on December 1st. International attention and pressure is desperately needed.
Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Friday, December 1st
Los Angeles: All day protest at Mexican Consulate (2401 W. Sixth St.)
Madison: 3:30pm Rally and march for Oaxaca on Library Mall (UW campus end of State St.)
Minneapolis: 5:00pm Demonstration at Channel 4 WCCO (Nicollet and 10th Ave.)
NYC: 12:00pm Rally at Mexican Consulate to UN (44th St. btw 1st and 2nd Ave.)
Portland: All day Flyer distribution
Sacramento: 11:00am Protest at Mexican Consulate (1010 8th St.)
San Diego: 6:00pm Silent Vigil for Oaxaca at Mexican Consulate (1549 India St)
San Jose: 12:00pm Protest at Mexican Consulate (540 North First St.)
DECEMBER 2nd
Denver: 12:00pm Protest at Mexican Consulate (5350 Leetsdale Dr. Ste. 100)
San Francisco: 2:00pm Lessons from Oaxaca at the Women’s Building (3543 18th St.)
DECEMBER 3rd
San Francisco: 5:30pm Benefit for the Int’l Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners & Green Scare Day of Action
DECEMBER 4th
Great Barrington, MA: 7:00pm Granito de Arena and Teach-in on Oaxaca
DECEMBER 6th
San Francisco: 8:00pm Oaxaca: Portrait of Rebellion
DECEMBER 7th
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: 8:00pm Granito de Arena and Teach-in on Oaxaca
Chicago: 7:00pm Oaxaca Resiste!!
DECEMBER 8th
Rochester: 6:00pm The People’s Struggle for a Liberated Oaxaca!
DECEMBER 15th
DC: 7:00pm Film Screening: Granito de Arena – A benefit for Oaxaca’s striking Teachers
San Diego: 7:00pm Oaxacan Solidarity Benefit
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Oaxaca solidarity:
URGENTE!!!!!
Companeros, esperamos que esten presentes manana viernes a las 12:00 del dia en frente del Consulado Mexicano por la calle primera en San Jose para denunciar la vil represion que estan enfrentando los companeros del APPO por parte de los sicarios PFP y demas.
TIERRA Y LIBERTAD! QUETZA
Monday, Dec. 4th
7 to 9 PM
Simon’s Rock College Lecture Center in Great Barrington, MA:
Screening of Granito de Arena followed by a teach-in on the current situation in Oaxaca as a fundraiser to benefit Unitierra and their website, oaxacalibre.org.
Thursday, Dec. 7th
8 to 10 PM
Bard College Olin 101 in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY:
Screening of Granito de Arena followed by a teach-in on the current situation in Oaxaca as a fundraiser to benefit Unitierra and their website, oaxacalibre.org.
I screened the film Granito de Arena for my university reading class this morning to give them some background on the history of the teachers’ strikes in particular, and the effects of globalization & corruption on education and on the grassroots communities in this state.
We have been following some of the events in Oaxaca as I teach on
the Texas Mexico border where many student are bi-national… and also
several are education majors heading for classrooms themselves. We almost did not get to see the film because of technical difficulties but finally got it working in black and white…I hope my small efforts help fill holes caused by mainstream media’s lack of coverage of/misrepresentation of issues such as this.
Saturday Dec. 2
12:00pm
In front of the Mexican Consulate in Denver, CO 5350 Leetsdale Dr. Ste. 100
¡OAXACA IN PEACE IF ULISES RESIGNS!
EMERENCY DEMONSTRATION AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE
IN DENVER – IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA!
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Facing Fierce Protest, Mexico’s Calderon Takes Power in Unprecedented Midnight Ceremony; Opposition Lawmakers Vow to Block Inauguration
democracynow.org
Protest against Calderon-Fox and Support to the Oaxacan People and Asking the Freedom of all Political
Prisoners in Mexico.Zapata Vive!La Lucha Sigue! Viva la APPO!
houston.indymedia.org
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Abajoelmuro
Gran mobilisacion en solidaridad con la lucha del pueblo oaxaqueño y la APPO (Berna, Suiza)
chiapas.indymedia.org
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Accion en solidaridad con el pueblo digno de Oaxaca en puentes de Montreal
chiapas.indymedia.org
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Photo’s of Oaxaca support banners Amsterdam
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2006/12/40994.shtml
Marcha contra Calderón en San Cristóbal de las Casas
chiapas.indymedia.org
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On the Ground, Mexico: A president sworn in and protests spill out (San Cristóbal)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/357543.html
The Coup d’Etat in Mexico
As a New Regime Prepares to Seize Control December 1, Promising a New Wave of Repression, the Antidote Is Being Born from Below
By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
November 29, 2006
http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2398.html
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For Lack of a Laptop, “a Country Called América” Is In Greater Danger Today
An Emergency Appeal After the Crash of the Hard Drive in the Narco Newsroom
By Bill Conroy
The Fund for Authentic Journalism
December 1, 2006
http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2404.html
Solidarity for the APPO in Berne, Switzerland
On Saturday, 2. december a rally in solidarity with the people’s uprising in Oaxaca was held in bern
About 800-1000 people showed their solidarity with the people in oaxaca. They demanded the immediate release of all prisoners, justice for the murdered, the immediate resignation of the detested governor Ulises Ruiz etc.
more at:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/80329.html