Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
September-December 2009 September 7, 2009 To the national and international civil society To the 218 civil society organizations of the Campaign for Freedom and Justice for Atenco We who make up the Committee for Freedom and Justice for Atenco, the…
Undersigned organizations take a unanimous stand We, the peoples, communities and organizations gathered together in the community of Tataltepec de Valdés, Juquila, Oaxaca, on September 5, 2009, who have come from different regions of the state of Oaxaca and from…
We did it!!! Thank you and congratulations to all who have helped us in our fundraising initiative to buy the lot neighboring C.A.C.I.T.A.! With the help from many compañeras y compañeros, part of our grand dream that we started only…
Friday, August 21, Mexico City. Songs, photos and messages of a demonstration outside the federal Supreme Court building catch the attention of some passers-by. One lady asks what the protest was about. “They just made sure justice was done in…
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 283 by Kate Doyle – kadoyle@gwu.edu Research Assistance: Susana Zavala and Emilene Martínez-Morales Washington, D.C., August 20, 2009 – As Mexicans debate last week’s Supreme Court ruling vacating the conviction of 20 men…
Translated by Scott Campbell Las Abejas [The Bees] Civil Society Organization Sacred Land of the Acteal Martyrs, Chiapas, Mexico August 9, 2009 To the Inter-American Human Rights Commission To all Social and Political Organizations To all Human Rights defenders To…
JUSTICE FOR OAXACA!! PUNISHMENT FOR THE KILLERS OF LORENZO SAMPABLO CERVANTES!! Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes was killed by Oaxaca state policemen and PRI party paramilitaries in the early morning hours of August 22, 2006, outside the commercial radio station “La Ley,”…
Actions in Oaxaca on August 15 and 22, three years after the death of Lorenzo Sampablo To the heroic people of Oaxaca To the peoples of the world To the news media Three years ago, during the massacre perpetrated against…
Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico July 31, 2009 TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Dear President Obama, Maria Libia Martinez Moreno and the Martinez Tejada family wish, by means of this letter, to communicate to you our concern regarding…