Oaxaca's Radio WarsSource: narcosphere.narconews.com
"Some people think that we are too young to be informed, but what they should know is that we are too young to die."
Taking Stock of the Oaxaca CommuneSource: rabble.ca
The Oaxaca Commune was an extraordinary experience of popular insurgency and democratic self-governance. Though its rise and fall was conditioned by the particularities of the Mexican political crisis of 2006, the forms of the struggle have a universalistic relevance.
'In Oaxaca, Because There's Culture, There's Resistance'Source: upsidedownworld.org
On the morning of July 16, 2007, the people of Oaxaca poured into the Zocalo, intent on reclaiming their annual cultural celebration known as the Guelagetza. By late morning, the "People's Guelagetza" had become a "megamarcha" with thousands taking to the streets.
Oaxaca "Silent March" Mourns Two Additional DeathsSource: CNET News.com
Once again the governor Ulises Ruiz plays it like he wants dialogue, and the bad guys, the APPO and the teachers, are attacking. To avoid further attacks by them, he says, the commercial Guelaguetza will be heavily guarded.
Uprising Rekindled in Oaxaca?Source: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Hundreds of delegates of social movements in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have once again occupied the central square of the state capital for the past week, threatening to take more radical actions if their demands are not addressed.
Mexico rights chief blames govt for Oaxaca abusesSource: Yahoo! News
The Mexican government was an accomplice in the killing of 20 people in last year's conflict in the tourist city of Oaxaca and permitted torture and illegal arrests, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.
Oaxacan Teachers Support the APPO and the Ninth MegamarchSource: CNET News.com
Excitement was running through the ground like electricity in anticipation of the Ninth Megamarch scheduled for Saturday, February 3, which was designed to show that the APPO is alive and to demand the departure of URO, as well as the release of political prisoners.
Teachers in Oaxaca Face Repression and ViolenceSource: zmag.org
Few things have changed in Oaxaca after the teachers' uprising last summer. As protests against working conditions continue, the Mexican government responds with brutality.
Mexico: Oaxaca Uprising ContinuesSource: indymedia.org.uk
the popular uprising continues in and around Oaxaca city, and so do the illegal detentions of leaders of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), which have increased in the last few days, forcing many people into hiding.
Resistance and Repression in OaxacaSource: -
A profound political crisis is shaking up Mexico. The rules that regulate the balance of power between elites have been violated. From above, there is no agreement or any possibility for one in the short term
Oaxaca Fights BackSource: Foreign Policy In Focus
In regional lore, Oaxacans have a reputation for being like the tlacuache. A recurring figure in Mexican mythology, the tlacuache plays dead when cornered. But woe to the enemy who thinks the battle is over.
Is there a revolutionary situation in Mexico?Source: en.internationalism.org
This article takes up the false claims made by leftists that there is a revolutionary situation developing in Mexico, such as illusion that the APPO in Oaxaca is an embryonic workers' state.
Oaxaca Teachers Agree to Continue Protest Until Gov. FallsSource: CNET News.com
In a city permeated by tension in the face of widespread rumors of immanent attacks by Institutional Revolutionary Party-aligned "shock troops" and corresponding intervention by federal police, the state teachers' union agreed to continue its struggle "in a massive and un …