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The city of Oaxaca has been stormed by the police. Photos here:http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20061029180930632
As you may have heard (no thanks to the mainstream media) one of the most monumental grassroots movements is going on in the capital city of the state of Oaxaca, city of Oaxaca led by striking teachers and supported by broad sectors and a people's assembly... all aimed a bringing down the repressive and corrupt regime of PRI governor Ulisis Ortiz Ruiz. (This paragraph courtesy of Martin Eder of Activist San Diego)
Emergency protests have been called in support of the striking schoolteachers in Oaxaca, and in memory of the New York City IndyMedia journalist killed while filming the government attack there.
NYC Indymedia journalist Brad Will, shot dead by paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico, Oct 27 http://publish.nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/77757.html
The situation is dire. Hundreds have been arrested and we don't know how many have been killed.
CALL TO ACTION to shut down Mexican consulates, that should be circulated
- and translated into Spanish, please! - everywhere:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/77827.html
On Monday morning, October 30th, Mexican consulates around the US will
attempt to open their doors, to continue business as usual. But they will
not succeed in doing so, because we will be there to stop them. At every
embassy, at every consulate, we will be there, to remember Brad, to
support the teacher's strike, to fight alongside Oaxacans in their
struggle for self-determination and autonomy from the corrupt Mexican
government. This call to action against consulates is in line with what
companer@s from the APPO have already called for earlier this week before
this shooting.
We already know of many groups who are planning for Monday, and every day
following if necessary. Please spread this call to action as wide as
possible. Spread the word: to activists, teachers, students, earth
firsters, latino social services centers, places where day laborers
gather, anti-racist action groups, food not bombs chapters, peace and justice
organizations, Zapatista solidarity groups, anarchist people of color
chapters, people you work with, your neighbors. Copy and paste this the
whole world wide, and do so quickly. And please translate a version of
this to Spanish as well, and spread it around!
A directory of all the locations of all the Mexican consulates in the US
and Canada can be found at:
http://www.mexonline.com/consulate.htm
For more updated news on the situation in Oaxaca in English, please check:
http://nyc.indymedia.org and http://narconews.com
For those who do not wish to participate in street protests, an "electronic blockade" is taking place right now, attempting to overload the computers of all the Mexican embassies and consulates in the U.S. and Canada. You just click the link below, let it load, choose your connection speed (the little "change" button next to the box on the lower left) and let it run in the background.
http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/oaxaca/Start.html
