Mexico

Reporter kidnapped and tortured in Oaxaca

angrywhitekid — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:24:23 +0000

By Scott Campbell

Pedro Matias, a well-known reporter who writes for Noticias, a local daily paper, as well as the national weekly Proceso, was kidnapped, beaten, tortured and robbed on Saturday night in Oaxaca. Reporters Without Borders states that,

Mexico: Morelos teachers' strikers now seek "solution"

Alan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:56:21 +0000

The last week have seen motorway blockades, occupations, national demonstrations and police violence that the people of Morelos had not seen in a long while, but now moves are being made towards a statewide deal on the Alianza por la Calidad Educativa (ACE) bill, co-written by Elba Ester Gordillo - head of the Sindicato Nacional para los Trabajadores en la Educación (SNTE), the teac

"You don't mess with the government, idiots": Six killed at archealogical site occupation in Chiapas, Mexico

Alan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:26:46 +0000

The site at Chinkultic had been occupied by members of its surrounding villages since 7 September, following what villagers saw as its neglect by the INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) - the state institution charged with maintaining the country's thousands of ruins sites - and the concentration of profits from tourism in the municipality (one of the poorest in Mexico) ou

Mexico: Guerrero teachers occupy electoral institute in protest at educational reform bill

Alan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:40:59 +0000

Around 300 teachers started Sunday with the occupation and "liberation" of a motorway tollbooth near to Chilpancingo, giving free passage to motorists, a tactic also used in support of the 50 day long (and counting!) teachers' strike in the bordering state of Morelos, which is also in protest

Mexico: Morelos teachers' strike continues with national support

Alan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:10:00 +0000

As well as striking, the teachers - from Sección 19 of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores para la Educación (SNTE) - have established a plantón (permanent encampment) in the city of Cuernavaca and also have employed motorway blockades, the "liberation" of tollbooths and even marched 85km north to Mexico City in order to demand the reform's reversal.

Notes from Oaxaca

Rob Ray — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:21:02 +0000

The background:

In 2006 the Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least eighteen deaths and the temporary occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO).

To Lorenzo San Pablo Cervantes

Khawaga — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:18:24 +0000

“The true man goes to the roots.

To be radical is no more that this: he who goes to the roots.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself radical.

Nor that man who does not aid the security and speech of other men.”

José Marti

Compañero Lorenzo San Pablo:

Oaxaca: Overcoming the Fear. The long struggle for dignity

Khawaga — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:15:00 +0000

(This article was prepared for a special edition of the magazine “La Guillotina” dedicated to the topic “Re-thinking the Left in Mexico”)

“This is not a movement of leaders, but of bases”

The APPO two years on: Where now for Oaxaca's social movement?

angrywhitekid — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:23:49 +0000

This fall in Oaxaca marks a season of commemorations. Already marches for fallen APPO members Jose Jimenez Colmenares and Lorenzo San Pablo Cervantes have woven their ways through the streets of the city, pausing at the spots they were murdered in 2006, holding ceremonies at the Cathedral. Twenty-four more such processions await Oaxaca in the coming months.

The Sixth Declaration, the Zapatistas, nationalism and the state

Leam — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:40:22 +0000

Understanding exactly what is meant by the Sixth Declaration is a difficult task. While the Declaration opens with a reference to it being the ‘simple word’(1) of the EZLN there is a certain, perhaps deliberate, lack of theoretical clarity. This can, completely understandably, cause problems interpreting the document and the Zapatista position.