The “Low-Intensity War” Against Autonomy (Part Four and Last)

By: Daniel Arellano Chávez, Neri Martínez Hernández y Ricardo Trujillo González, Dec. 13, 2010 Translated by Erica Lagalisse, April 15, 2011 Oaxaca 2010: Military-Paramilitary Law In an October 2006 communiqué, the federal army acknowledged the existence of the following troops…

Remembering Tonee Mello

More than a week later the news still has not sunken in, and daily the urge to reject it is overwhelming: that my friend Tonee Mello is dead.

Memorial Gathering for Tonee Mello

Whenever someone dies violently, many people want to know why. What is known so far is that the murder was not political or a gay hate crime.

Copala: A Year of Impunity

April 27, 2011, marks one year since the armed ambush against the caravan carrying humanitarian aid to the men, women, and children of the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala, who had been under a siege imposed by the PRI…

Three Years After The Murder Of Felicitas and Teresa

Three Years After The Murder Of Felicitas and Teresa, Young Triqui Radio Broadcasters For “The Voice That Breaks The Silence” In The Autonomous Municiapality Of San Juan Copala ¡¡NO MORE IMPUNITY!! This April 7, 2011 marks three years since PRI-UBISORT…

COMPA Hunger Strike Demands

TO THE INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA The indigenous-campesino organizations that make up the Oaxacan Popular Magonist Anti-neoliberal Coordination (COMPA): CODEDI -XANICA (Committee for…