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
Now is the time for action! “The Merida Initiative is characterized by a lack of a human rights perspective, a human security approach that mistakes the security of states for the security of human beings…It is time for the international…
Murdered Journalist Network Denounces Military Reward for Impunity The international network demanding accountability for the murder of US journalist Brad Will released secret documents detailing proposed military support for Mexican security forces implicated in murder, torture and continuing arbitrary detentions.…
On March 24th at 7pm at the Liberty Hall in Portland and March 25th at 9pm at the Apocalypse On Broadway in Eugene, there will be screenings of the new film “Brad, One More Night at the Barricades” (50 min).…
This multi-media workshop/presentation is intended to introduce the audience to neoliberalism through the eyes of a popular resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico. The workshop will include scene selections from three films: “El Enemigo Común” (2005), “El Machete” (2007) and “Paz Sin…
From the pdx-imc open publishing newswire: Join local groups this Wednesday, March 19, at 5:30 PM, to protest the former head of Latin American Coca Cola and ex-president of Mexico Vicente Fox’s lecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in…
INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN: TO THE NEWS MEDIA TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC The misgovernments of Calderon in Mexico and Ulises Ruiz in Oaxaca are bent on maintaining their mechanisms of systematic repression and permanent violations of human rights and constitutional guarantees. They’ve…
On October 29th, two Days after the murder of NYC Indymedia Journalist Brad Will, the Mexican Federal Prevention Police (PFP) entered Oaxaca City, Oaxaca to “restore law and order”. It took the PFP an entire month to brutally repress the…
Oaxaca, March 6, 2008. Comrades: It is with much joy and vitality that we bring you the news that yesterday, Wednesday, March 6, 2008, our comrade DAVID VENEGAS REYES “ALEBRIJE” PROVED HIS INNOCENCE AND BY SO DOING RECOVERED HIS PHYSICAL…
March 3rd, 2008 – Building Bridges writes: President Bush announced a $500 million/year security cooperation plan with Mexico, the Merida Initiative or Plan Mexico. This is increasingly being used to militarize the Mexican state to counter grassroots organizing and protesting.