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
We the undersigned Students, Staff and Faculty of UC Santa Cruz support the APPO (Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca) in their struggle of peaceful civil disobedience for social justice in Oaxaca. We demand that the Mexican Government stop it’s…
November 30th, 2006 – O, J, B, R, E and K write: This is the testimony (via phone) of a teacher from an outlying village on November 21, the day after she participated in a women’s march in Oaxaca City…
Mexico City, 29th November 2006 – myrtle writes: The signs of discontent are visible all over the city. Graffiti on public buildings, banners from monuments, camps in the main plazas. And the police are hanging out in gangs everywhere. Last…
Planton de Santo Domingo, Ciudad de Oaxaca: November 9th, 2006 – Amanda Aquino writes: Can you tell me about your detention? On November 2nd, the PFP (Federal Police) carried out an operative to do away with the barricade Cinco Señores,…
November 29th, 2006 – Oaxaca is under siege. More than 140 people were arrested November 23rd through 25th and three were killed. The repression has reached new heights, with disappearances occurring daily. The Federal Police (PFP) are deploying special operation…
Interview with Bertha Elena Muñoz, “La Doctora”, Principal broadcaster for Radio Universidad November 30th, 2006 – Listener writes: In honor of the memory of Radio Universidad, we re-publish this interview with “La Doctora” or Doctor Bertha. She came to be…
Eyewitness accounts and analysis about the struggle in Oaxaca and Mexico City. Speakers: Jessie Muldoon, member of OEA* and the ISO Miguel Robles, Comite Defensa del Voto* Alberto Rojas, United Front of Mexicans Abroad, spent last week in Mexico and…
Emergency demonstration at the Mexican Mission to the UN. Friday, 12pm. 44th street btw 1st and 2nd Ave. Oaxaca is under siege. More than 140 people were arrested this weekend and three were killed. The repression has reached new heights,…
The Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca November, 2006 – Gustavo Esteva writes: For almost two years, the people of Oaxaca have been in increasing turmoil. The immediate cause has been the corrupt and authoritarian administration of the states…