Please Act Now for Oaxaca

October 2nd – Dear friends, An amazing struggle is now being threatened with obliteration. The people of Oaxaca are facing an imminent attack by the federal government which will result in senseless bloodshed. Please take five minutes to send an…

Military Overflights Heighten Tensions in Oaxaca

September 30th – The presence of military helicopters and a small airplane in Oaxaca City airspace fuels rumors of a coming crackdown against the popular movement calling for the ouster of the despised governor. Just before 5pm local time on…

San Francisco Forum on Oaxaca

In Oaxaca, Mexico, tensions remain high over concerns that the government is planning to use force to crush a populist uprising there. Over the weekend, military aircraft began flying over Oaxaca City and additional troops were deployed to nearby army…

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…

Update on the Teachers Situation in Oaxaca

Jill Freidberg writes: Here is a summary of what has happened in recent weeks in the ongoing struggle in Oaxaca. As of September 26th, 2006, the popular movement that is making history in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca enters…

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…

Teachers of Oaxaca March to Mexico City

September 21, 2006 – Over 8,000 teachers left the zocalo at the heart of Oaxaca city today in a march to Mexico City to draw attention to their cause. The teachers and other community organizations have occupied the center of…

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…