November 8th, 2006 – danielsan<\/i> writes<\/b>: Seven audio files in Spanish in mp3 format, recorded at Canal 9 on October 17th, plus a short video showing the crowd at Plaza Santo Domingo, a few blocks from the central Z\u00f3calo, where teachers and APPO members and supporters now gather.<\/p>\n
The story of the takeover of Canal 9, the state-run TV station taken over by a group of women on August 1st. They maintained a blockade of the station for almost three months, until the PFP arrived last week and removed them. We talked to two teachers (and one of their daughters) outside the station a couple weeks ago about the takeover and the situation for teachers in Oaxaca. It was an interesting conversation–of particular note is the file ‘Is APPO Feminist?’ Apparently ‘feminism’ is a bad word in M\u00e9xico, just like it is in the states. While the teacher discussed the efforts of APPO members to support gender equality, she explicitly states that it is *not* a feminist movement because it doesn’t exclude men. I guess it all depends on how we’re socialized to define the word. We also discussed the role of the Catholic Church in the movement and heard from a teenage student about the lessons being learned in the streets.<\/p>\n
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Listen in Spanish, read translations in English. Thanks.<\/p>\n
Audio on Santa Cruz IMC<\/a><\/p>\n The takeover of Canal 9<\/strong> ( 11:49 )<\/p>\n\n