Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack
September 30, 2006 – Information provided below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the…
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
Category Repression
No Way to Go But Forward
The APPO Undertakes a Long Walk to Mexico By Nancy Davies Commentary from Oaxaca On Thursday, September 21, members of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO in its Spanish initials) set out on a walk, from the…
Oaxaqueños march to Mexico City
by Bill Weinberg Even as the administration of President Vicente Fox renewed its pledge to find a negotiated solution to the crisis in Oaxaca, some 4,000 protesters left the state capital Sept. 21 on a planned two-week cross-country march to…
Update on detained biologist Ramiro Aragon
Biologist Ramiro Aragon Perez was illegally apprehended on August 10, 2006, by the state police of Oaxaca, who, after keeping him hidden for 24 hours, transferred him to the municipal police of Ejutla de Crespo. He was brought before the…
Oaxaqueñ@ Resistance in the Face of Repression
On September 1st, Oaxaca’s 5th MegaMarcha started in the community of San Felipe and ended at the zócalo in the center of Oaxaca City. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets and marched to demand the immediate departure of…