A Little Bit of So Much Truth (Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad)

Thousands of schoolteachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, and students took over 14 radio stations and one TV station, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.

¡Fuera Ulises! A Graphic Account From Oaxaca

August 26th, 2007 – Ana Nimo writes: This book represents my interpretation of the events in Oaxaca from June thru November of 2006. It is influenced by my perspective as a visitor and an anti-authoritarian. I’m sure there are as…

The lights of Xanica

People in the Zapotec community of Santiago Xanica in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca continue to struggle for their right to choose their municipal president in an assembly by means of traditional practices and customs and to gain the freedom of the first political prisoners of the Ulises Ruiz regime in the face of threats, harassment, and arrest warrants on the eve of the municipal elections of August 26.

Protest of Mexican Governors’ Meeting in Dallas

Texans Converge in Dallas to Protest Repression in Oaxaca August 19th, 2007 – Nick / Houston IMC write: El Enemigo Común reported that La Jornada and the State of Guanajuato confirmed that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) and other governors from…

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Unwelcome in Nueva York

August 18th, 2007 – un miembro del comite de bienvenida writes: Everything went well today in NYC. At its peak, 100+ people. No arrests and a lot of noise. The delegates were spotted at a restaurant half a block away…

Chicago Protest Against Repression in Mexico

August 17th, 2007 – ChicagOtra writes: ChicagOtra and others protested the announced visit to Chicago of the governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz. Ruiz didn’t show up, but governors from several other Mexican states were feted at the Mexican Consulate. The…

Protest Ulises Ruiz Ortiz in Chicago, New York and Dallas!

August 17th, 2007: La Jornada and the State of Guanajuato confirmed that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) and other governors from Mexico are visiting Mexican Consulates in Chicago on August 17th, New York City on August 18th and Dallas on August…