Oaxaca Solidarity Film Night on Wednesday 9 May


at Camberwell Squatted Centre from 7:30 pm

190 Warham Street
London SE5
(off Camberwell New Road)

nearest tube: Oval
buses: 36. 436

 http://www.56a.org.uk/warham.html



Screening of ‘Oaxaca Vive’ and ‘Plan Puebla Panama’ (details below)

Plus possible speaker from Oaxaca Indymedia (tbc)


Check the calendar of events for the updates:

 http://www.56a.org.uk/warhamfilm.html



1) Oaxaca Vive (2007, 117 min)


A popular movement that gave birth to the APPO, Popular assembly of the
people of Oaxaca started in June 2006 when the teachers took the main square
of Oaxaca City demanding the government not only better salaries but also
better conditions of living for the poorest communities of the state of
Oaxaca. The government's repression of this protest caused the people of
Oaxaca to massively rise up creating a state of un-governability for about 6
months since June to November 2006.

Oaxaca Vive is a new compilation of independent media film
footage put together with interviews that looks back at the height of the
struggle and puts it into political context. The movement that succeeded on
creating an alternative way of governing for about 3 months was oppressed by
the official government with massive violence. People were persecuted and
imprisoned but Oaxacan's spirit continues to be high. They continue to have
big marches and the teachers recently had another strike.


 http://www.asambleapopulardeoaxaca.com/ (Spanish)
 http://www.narconews.com/ (English)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asamblea_Popular_de_los_Pueblos_de_Oaxaca



2) ‘The Plan Puebla Panama’ (57 min)


"We don´t want to be -- and we don´t have to be -- a North American colony."


On March 12, 2001 Mexican President Vicente Fox officially announced the launch of the Plan Puebla Panama (PPP), with the goal of bringing development to theso-called "backward south" of Mexico and to promote Mesoamerican regional integration. In the five years since then, public resources have been used to create, extend and modernize infrastructure for transportation and energy. These projects´ primary beneficiaries are enormous transational corporations governed by the logic of free plunder - otherwise known as free trade.

The Mexican and Central American governments, concerned about the growing mobilzation and community organizing against the Plan Puebla Panama, decided to make the project less visible. Since the beginning of 2003, governmental representatives were instructed to not make any public declarations nor share with the media the advances of the Plan Puebla Panama.

One of the principal objectives of the PPP is to consolidate the neoliberal vision of development in Mesoamerica. This includes:

* Privatization of land, water, and public resources and services
* Attracting foreign investement by creating, moderinizing and privatizing transportation infrastructure, industrial zones and energy markets.
* Promoting regional control of Mesoamerica by North American interests
* A shift from locally owned agriculture, industry and forestry to corporate-ownership.

Mesoamerica is a region with a great history of struggle and resistance. Our communities retain features of ancient cultures, which have permitted them to live in extremely difficult conditions. This historical connection also makes it possible for them to renew themselves, and to construct their own community-based proposals. More than anything else, Mesoamerica is a region with its own identity. For this reason, as the Mesoamerican peoples say at their demonstrations, "No queremos y no nos da la gana, ser una colonia norteamericana" -- "We don´t want to be -- and we don´t have to be -- a North American colony."


full article at:

 http://www.moviments.net/otherworkshop/drupal/?q=node/83