Attacks continue in Oaxaca: Radio Universidad may be next

November 27th, 2006 – danielsan writes: Radio Universidad, 1400 AM and streaming on the internet, has announced once again that it is expecting an attack (as of 4:45 PM). The 4:45 transmission said that Ministerial Police have a warrant to…

Taken Saturday Night: Names of the Imprisoned

November 27th, 2006 – danielsan writes: A list of those taken off the streets Saturday night in the battle that followed the seventh Megamarch, taken from the daily ‘Noticias’ here in Oaxaca. Various bodies have issued widely differing statistics, with…

30th day of the occupation of Oaxaca by federal forces

November 26th, 2006 by Asamblea popular de los pueblos de Oaxaca TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL Last night was a another bloody chapter in our city of Oaxaca since the arrival of the…

Battle Rages in Oaxaca Over the Weekend

Oaxaca, the city in resistance, erupts after PFP attacks marching demonstrators, arresting over a hundred, killing three. November 27, 2006 – Simon Fitzgerald writes: What was supposed to be a peaceful eight-mile march to the Oaxaca City Center from the…

Oaxaca: City of Resistance

November 26, 2006 APPO Communiqué Oaxaca: City of Resistance POPULAR ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA TO THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA TO THE PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND OF THE WORLD TO THE MEDIA The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of…

Emergency Rally in Portland to Stop the Repression in Oaxaca

The popular movement of Oaxaca has faced severe repression over the weekend and has put out a call for solidarity actions. Activists in Oregon are responding by organizing a rally at the Mexican Consulate at Noon on Monday, November 27.…

Land, Rain and Fire: Report From Oaxaca in Brooklyn

Friends of Brad Will and The Change You Want To See Gallery present a screening of the new video Land, Rain and Fire: Report From Oaxaca by Tami Gold and Gerardo Renique. A discussion of recent events in the Mexican…

14th Day in Oaxaca

November 26th, 2006 – Xochitl writes: We spent today at Radio Universidad. I was with some reporters, working to document the situation at Radio Universidad and the Cinco Senores barricade. Today there were small groups of people sitting and standing…

Lack of MSM reports on Oaxaca crisis

To whom it may concern, My high school Spanish isn’t good enough anymore to compose a letter in that language, so I hope you’ll excuse my English… Although I am an American, I have been following the scattered news reports…