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Oaxaca's Radio Wars
Source: 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 Commune
Source: 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 Deaths
Source: 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.

Organized Chaos in Oaxaca
Source: CNET News.com

The PFP Evicts Farmers to Construct Wind Park on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Mexico rights chief blames govt for Oaxaca abuses
Source: 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.

The APPO Comes Back Strong in Oaxaca
Source: CNET News.com

The popular assembly movement has regrouped and caught its breath. It's now in a new phase of the struggle for Oaxaca.

Oaxacan Teachers Support the APPO and the Ninth Megamarch
Source: 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 Violence
Source: 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 Continues
Source: 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 Oaxaca
Source: -

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 Back
Source: 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. Falls
Source: 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 …

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