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 Charles Davis WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (IPS) – A 1.4-billion-dollar U.S. aid package to Mexico and Central American states aimed at combating drug trafficking and organised crime could backfire, the chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said in…
[ Friends of Brad Will at Congressional hearing ] The House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting is met by protests. November 16th, 2007 – NYC Indymedia Congressional Reporter writes: At the November 14th U.S. Congressional hearing on the Merida Initiative…
No $ To Mexico Until Accountability on Human Rights! November 14, 2007 – Friends of Brad Will write: The Friends of Brad Will, a network of friends and associates of Brad Will, the U.S. journalist, have urged Foreign Affairs Committee…
Human and Labor Rights Must Be Protected before Mexican Government Given Blank Check to Allegedly Fight Drug War November 13th, 2007: PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–News from USW: The United Steelworkers union announced today that it opposes handing Mexico what amounts to a…
Planning to Stop ‘Plan Mexico’ November 8th, 2007 – Friends of Brad Will write: While Friends of Brad Will joined Brad’s family in D.C. to lobby for justice for his murder and for other people murdered in Oaxaca, Atenco and…
October 16th, 2007 – Daniel McGowan writes: On October 27, 2006, my friend, fellow activist, and independent journalist Brad Will was murdered by paramilitaries (as well as off duty police) while documenting protests and riots in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was…
October 30th, 2007 – CODEDI writes: With the imposition of Sergio García Cruz over the town of Santiago Xanica, our community has lived in a state of total ungovernability, withstanding injustices, lies, and manipulation. Only days before assuming the Presidency,…
Brandon Jourdan comments, “As a close friend of Brad Will and someone who has looked through Will’s full-resolution raw footage, I am very upset by the attorney general’s office report. The evidence is overwhelmingly against the close range theory. The…
November 2, 2007 – Virikota writes: On November 2, 2007, approximately 50 people gathered at the Cinco Señores intersection for a politico-cultural activity to remember the “All Saints Battle” of last year, when hundreds of Oaxacans organized to stop the…