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
By Scott Campbell It’s been a busy and interesting week regarding developments in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the U.S. First, there was the report in the Mexican media on July 29 that an investigation by officials from the Royal Canadian Mounted…
August 3rd, 2009 The Will family today condemned the latest tactics of the Mexican prosecutor general’s office (PGR) in the investigation into the death of photojournalist Brad Will, who was shot while filming street protests in Oaxaca, Mexico in October,…
By Scott Campbell I didn’t translate this article because I think it’s good. Actually, it’s horrible. As you likely know, in October 2006, Indymedia journalist Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca while covering the uprising there. There is…
By School of the Americas Watch, SOAW.org November 20-22, 2009 – Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia Mass Mobilization to Shut Down the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)! The military coup by SOA graduates in Honduras has once again exposed…
June 23, 2009 To Fernando Gómez Mont Secretary of the Interior Mexico City It is publicly known that Oaxaca finds itself in an ungovernable situation since the imposition of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz as governor of the state; as no other…
52 days after his transfer to Nayarit, Jacobo Silva Nogales is being held practically incommunicado. Situation of Jacobo in Nayarit Since he was taken to the Cefereso (Federal Social Rehabilitation Center) # 4 NW in Tepic, Nayarit on May 24,…
by SOA Watch July 2nd, 2009 The School of the Americas graduate-led military overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Zelaya is in its fifth day and the resistance by the Honduran social movements continues to stand strong despite…
TO THE NEWS MEDIA TO INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Oaxaca is experiencing one of the most serious social, political, and economic crises of all times. As opposition grows in different regions of our state to the…
Originally published in Left Turn July/Aug 2009 By Simon Sedillo The facts are clear: indigenous communities in Mexico are being preyed upon by the US military with the help of Kansas University geographers. In 2005, the Department of Geography at…