Firsthand Accounts and Photos in San Francisco

reZz writes: I (Tristan) just returned from an amazing experience in Oaxaca, Mexico. Striking teachers and all other progressive groups have united in the APPO movement. It is one of the most directly democratic organizations of its size. They have…

VAPPOR Press Release and Manifiesto

The VAPPOR Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 24/7, since the invasion of Oaxaca by Mexican federal troops on October 29. The goals of the Camp have been put pressure on…

Oaxaca Solidarity Camp in San Diego

November 19th, 2006 – san diego indymedia volunteer writes: The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 24/7, for 21 days, since the invasion of Oaxaca by Mexican federal troops on October…

Oaxacan Solidarity Benefit in San Diego

Local artists and activists are collaborating in solidarity with the Oaxacan struggle. Join us for a night of creative intervention with art, music, film and food. There will be a silent art auction throughout the night, a screening of Granito…

Who Killed Brad Will? It is not a mystery.

We know who killed Brad Will. November 21st, 2006 – Priya writes: Using the available visual evidence, eyewitness testimony, initial coroners reports, and our own deductive reasoning, we know which forces committed the crime of murder against Brad Will. The…

OIDHO Proposals for the Constitutional Congress of the APPO

INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN OAXACA (OIDHO) Saturday, November 11, 2006. “And the old vulture lies in wait, high on his rock. He fixes his bloodshot eye on the advancing giant, still unaware of the causes of the insurrection.…

Press Release: APPO denouncing police and PRIista actions

OAXACA CITY, OAXACA. NOVEMBER 21, 2006. TO THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF OAXACA, MEXICO, AND THE WORLD Today, after 184 days of struggle against the tyrant and repressor Ulises Ruíz Ortiz, his paid assassins, paramilitaries…

Clashes With the Police, Barricades Re-erected in Oaxaca

November 20th, 2006 – Barucha Calamity Peller writes: About 5 thousand people marched to the zocalo. There, people got on top of trucks, barricaded the zocalo and began protesting the police. The police lunched teargas, after which began hours of…