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Reports related to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico and associated solidarity actions around the world.
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14-04-2008 16:46 | Oaxaca Uprising | Ecology | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World
The murder of two radio activists in Oaxaca has brought the repression suffered by indigenous Mexicans into sharp focus. Oaxaca has the biggest percentage of indigenous people who speak many different languages and suffering serious discrimination including the theft of their natural resources.
One such example is the village of San Isidro Aloapam who have been fighting the destruction of their local forest by commercial loggers who are bending the law to justify their activity. Attempts by the villagers to protect the forest have been met with extreme violence leaving many villagers injured and imprisoned. The village is represented politically by indigenous action group CIPO-RFM who have organized a series of media and international solidarity events to highlight the struggle. CIPO-RFM activists Miguel Cruz Moreno and Pedro Bautista Rojas were recently interviewed by IMC UK about the struggle.
There will be a prisoner support benefit gig in London on Wednesday April 16th.
Related links: IMC UK coverage of Oaxaca election 2007: ‘1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | IMC UK coverage of CIPO-RFM 2004/5: Intro | Assemblies | Protest camp | Raid | Repression | CIPO/Zapatistas feature | CIPO Speaking tour
18-07-2007 22:00 | Oaxaca Uprising | Repression | Workers' Movements | World
Since Monday night, riots and violent police repression have been taking place in Oaxaca, Mexico. At least 65 people have been arrested, while one is dead and four heavily injured in hospital. A teacher, who had been arrested unharmed, was beaten into a coma by police [pic proof]. More info on www.indymedia.org
Pics 1 , 2 | alternative Guelaguetza pics 1 , 2 | Indy Scotland report | Narco News | Indymedia Oaxaca | Indymedia Chiapas | APPO
05-12-2006 20:01 | Oaxaca Uprising | Repression | Zapatista | World
"We are on the eve of either a great uprising or a civil war," the EZLN's Delegate Zero stated recently, referring to the current situation in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Whilst the 45,000km-long Other Campaign tour around "the forgotten corners of Mexico", which the Zapatistas started on 1 January, 2006, ends in Mexico City, the repression in Oaxaca is worsening by the day. And this is why the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is now calling for a global wave of active solidarity with the people of Oaxaca, to culminate with a "worldwide day of action" on 22 December to "say and to demonstrate that the people of Oaxaca are not alone" [Full communique | Words from Delegate Zero | APPO's response]. Closer to home, the Network of UK Zapatista Solidarity Groups called for a national week of solidarity actions from the 9 to the 17 of December, 2006.
Meanwhile, the popular uprising continues in and around Oaxaca city, and so do the illegal detentions of the so-called 'leaders' of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), which have increased in the last few days, forcing many people into hiding. APPO is a grassroots movement organising for popular democracy, and it is currently at the centre of the Mexican government's latest wave of repression, which has already resulted in mass illegal arrests of more than 500 people [Flavio Sosa's arrest | more | Interview] and the 'disappearance' of up to 100 people [APPO Communique | APPO activist interview | Eyewitness report].
At the same time, there is also a concerted effort by the Mexican government to try to silence any independent media that is reporting the truth on what is happening in Oaxaca. Following the murder of Indymedia videographer Bradley Will, who was shot dead by paramilitaries whilst documenting an APPO barricade on the 25th of October, the attacks against international and national independent media have continued. Two documentary filmmakers and a translator were illegally detained on 3 December while they were eating at a restaurant in Oaxacxa city centre.
Oscar Beard is an independent journalist from London currently travelling in the southern estates of Mexico. He has regularly contributed text, video and photo reports to the Indymedia newswire. See a list of his reports from Mexico.
More Info: IMC-UK Oaxaca Uprising Section | Narco News| IMC-Mexico (es) | IMC-Chiapas (es-en) | CML (es) | La Jornada (es)
02-11-2006 12:14 | Oaxaca Uprising | London | World
As the Federal Preventative Police (PFP) continue their advance on the city of Oaxaca in the hopes of dislodging the Oaxacan Peoples’ Popular Assembly (APPO), the determined residents are resisting the invasion with any means available to them [Pics: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5]. This is being marked with a demonstration outside the Mexican Embassy in London at 5pm today, to coincide with the Mexican Day of the Dead [Earlier demo report] . Afterwards, there is a video screening of Brad Will's final footage [bittorrents: Es | En | DVD ] and discussion at RampART at 8pm. Meanwhile, the planned solidarity film screening on Saturday is temporarily on hold, following the eviction of the Dalston Squat on Thursday [Pictures: 1 | 2 Video: 1].
There is also a mass demonstration against climate change taking place in London on Saturday, marching to Trafalgar Square.
Recent reports about Oaxaca in IMC-UK Newswire: Mexican embassy covered in symbolic blood | Reports from Oaxaca (and what to do) | Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 | Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 2) | News From Mexico | Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 3) | Latest from Mexico | Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 4) | Oaxaca: the people win an important battle against the police! | Reporters San Frontiers investigates Brads death | Investigators slip up in Brad Will case, while seven journalists hurt in Oaxaca | Oaxaca 3rd November | London Mexican embassy protest video - 30/10/06 | Oaxaca: the battle of the Day of the Dead | Oaxaca Worldwide | 1.3 million people march in Oaxaca | Letter in Support of the People of Oaxaca.
Links: Mexico IMC (Es) | CML Mexico (Es) | New York IMC | Radio APPO (Es) and transliteration (En) | UK Climate pages
30-10-2006 00:10 | Oaxaca Uprising | Indymedia | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Zapatista | World
"They might have the strength to impose their will, but we will never give them our consent". (Extract from the Radio APPO log)
Outrage spread around the world over the weekend following the killing of the documentary filmmaker and Indymedia video reporter Brad Will, from New York City at the hands of pro-government supporters who opened fire on unarmed protestors on the outskirts of Oaxaca, Mexico. Three others were also killed alongside him (making four dead in total); one member of Radio Universidad was injured.
On Sunday, more than 10,000 military swept the streets of Oaxaca. At their head were tanks with water cannons, laced with tear gas, followed by lines of 3,500 riot cops with batons. Behind them, a further 3,000 military police with automatic rifles. 5,000 army troops were waiting in the outskirts of the city while the paramilitaries continued attacking. Reports came in of snatch squads operating within the city centre, with police and military using helicopters and ambulances to grab protestors and injured people. Many arrests were reported, and at least two protestors were confirmed to have been killed in the clashes. See timeline of events. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.
This unprovoked aggression by the Mexican State against the pacific and unarmed people of Oaxaca is one of the largest in the recent history of México and Latin America. As a result, the Zapatista Army of National Lberation (EZLN) is calling for a day of action on November 1st and announces a nationwide strike on November 20th [Call]
Radio APPO (Live stream - Spanish) | English transliteration | NYC Indymedia Statement | Previous IMC-UK Feature
Global Indymedia | Indymedia Mexico (Spanish) | NYC Indymedia
A peaceful demonstration against the repression by the Mexican state (police and military) of the Oaxaca workers and the general population took place in front of the Mexican Embassy in London on Monday evening [Press release]. 60-70 or more gathered in front of the Embassy, with a screening of Brad Will's final footage projected onto the Embassy's facade - violently interrupted by the police, resulting in eight arrests [Update on arrests: Tuesday | Wednesday]. Reports: 1 | 2 | Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 and Video. On Wednesday night red paint was thrown on the walls, stairs and doors of the Mexican Embassy in London to symbolise the blood of the people of Oaxaca.
Discussion and screening of films related to Brad and the situation in Oaxaca are being organised for, Thursday 2nd (London, rampART) and Saturday 4th (London, E4E).
28-10-2006 10:26 | Oaxaca Uprising | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Indymedia | Repression | Zapatista | World
'William Bradley Roland, also known as Brad Will, 36, a documentary filmmaker and reporter for Indymedia New York in Mexico, Bolivia and Brazil, died today of a gunshot to the chest when pro-government attackers opened fire on a barricade in the neighborhood of Santa Lucia El Camino, on the outskirts of Oaxaca, Mexico. He died with his video camera in his hands.' (source: Narconews) Read NYC-Indymedia statement and a Call to all independent journalists to support the struggle in Oaxaca.
Call to Protest Outside Mexican Embassy in London, Monday 30th October 5pm
Brad had been in Oaxaca taking video and reporting on the state wide popular uprising and teacher strike that began in June with the violent attempted removal of the striking teachers from their encampment in the centre of Oaxaca City by federal police forces. 3 others were also killed alongside him (making 4 dead in total); 1 member of Radio Universidad was also injured: he was taken to the hospital in a volkswagen van as police would not let any ambulances come.
Since the beginning of the strike in June, teachers and other groups have formed the APPO - the Popular Assembly of the Oaxacan People - and have called for the removal of the governor of state Ulises Ruiz of the PRI. There is a long history of Mexico using government sponsored paramilitaries to repress social movements, including a massacre of hundreds of students in Mexico City in 1968. As reports of protesters surrounded by armed government forces and police continue to pour in, activists in cities around the world are planning protests at Mexican embassies and in cyberspace in outcry against the violent aggression against the people of Oaxaca.
Breaking News and Latest Updates: APPO Radio Live Broadcast (Sp> | Live Radio Transcript (Eng)
More updates: New York Indymedia (EN) | CMI Mexico (ES)
Links: Last Communique from NYC Indymedia Journalist Brad Will | NYC Indymedia | IMC Mexico | Narco News | CML | La Jornada | NEW FriendsofBradWill.org
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Attacks On Zapatista Communities of Comandante Abel and Unión Hidalgo.
15-09-2012 15:03
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13-09-2012 18:24
From Uruguay: Letter of Solidarity From Raul Zibechi
10-09-2012 17:44
From Truth to Action, Stopping the Repression
09-09-2012 07:04
Chiapas community threatened with attack
09-09-2012 06:59
International Call To Action:
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23-06-2012 16:45
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caravan to Copala - proceedings
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Repression And Resistance In Mexico Part 1 Oaxaca
16-08-2009 21:57
assassination of Oaxacan social movement leader
12-06-2009 14:52
APPO councillor abducted and tortured in Oaxaca
10-03-2009 14:21
New Oaxacan Social Centre Attacked by Cops, Fired On.
09-12-2008 18:08
APPO prisoner on hunger strike
29-11-2008 18:50
Oaxaca Is Not Alone: From Coast to Coast, We Demand an End to Repression
26-10-2008 08:46
Oaxacan Activists Arrested for the Murder of Brad Will
20-10-2008 17:22
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In memory of SAlly Grace activist raped and murdered in Oaxaca
04-10-2008 12:16
Solidarity and support for VOCAL and the Oaxacan social movement
17-07-2008 17:54
Christina an eyewitness to the repression.
12-04-2008 14:14
Press Conference by CIPO-RFM at the their Oaxaca headquarters.
12-04-2008 14:07
Entering the threatened Forest in Oaxaca.
12-04-2008 14:01
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Two indigenous radio announcers killed and four injured in ambush in Oaxaca
09-04-2008 14:43
Forum in support of Political Prisoners took place in Oaxaca
19-03-2008 19:37
Oaxacan prisoner David Venegas is released.
08-03-2008 19:37
Protest March against Kidnap of Activist in Oaxaca
09-12-2007 00:06
Megamarch and ceremony mark anniversary of Oaxaca mass arrests
28-11-2007 21:01
testimony of Nicéforo Urbieta
06-11-2007 02:42
New repression in Oaxaca
03-11-2007 18:36
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One Year Since Brad Will's Murder in Oaxaca, Mexico
28-10-2007 15:59
Oaxaca: PRI candidate house attacked, CIPO-RFM HQ facing repression
10-10-2007 16:19
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Encounter of the Indigenous Peoples of America
09-10-2007 16:19
Thousands march in Oaxaca to mark anniversary of 1968 student massacre
03-10-2007 21:29
Oaxaca Street Art
15-08-2007 00:11
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Oaxaca: Catalan Four Released Without Charge, No Reason For Incarceration
14-08-2007 17:39
A Letter From The Catalan Four: Still Detained In Oaxaca, threatened & beaten!
13-08-2007 20:58
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"Do not make political actions for us": Catalan Four
12-08-2007 21:48
Undercover Notes From Oaxaca: Cops, lies and videotape
11-08-2007 16:03
Four Internationals arrested and detained in Oaxaca for watching a video
07-08-2007 15:14
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Post election day in Oaxaca
06-08-2007 21:42
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More Repression In Oaxaca
21-07-2007 16:54
Oaxaca meeting 23 July, Parliament
18-07-2007 13:50
THURSDAY 24th-London Indymedia Oaxaca Speaker workshop and benefit - 7pm - late
22-05-2007 13:06
May Day in Oaxaca
02-05-2007 15:59
Students Re-Occupy Radio Universidad in Oaxaca City Today
01-05-2007 01:41
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Mayday Teachers March in Oaxaca, Government Workers break police barricades
30-04-2007 18:42
There is no tranquility in Oaxaca
29-03-2007 16:27
Brad Will's family visit Oaxaca
23-03-2007 14:19
US GM corn attacks Oaxaca........
15-03-2007 22:35
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Support The Demands Of The Women Of Oaxaca
14-03-2007 19:11
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The 10th APPO Megamarch Observes Women's Day
12-03-2007 20:47
Communiqué from the Good Government Council “Heart of the Rainbow of Hope”
04-03-2007 20:02
BEAWARE EVERYONE
18-02-2007 22:21
Murder and Other High Crimes in the Lacandón Jungle (Chiapas)
17-02-2007 10:51
Oaxacan Teachers Support the APPO and the Ninth Megamarch
09-02-2007 23:18
Freedom fight for justice, truth, and human rights:
03-02-2007 11:25
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Germany/Switzerland: protests against the visit of mexican president Calderón
27-01-2007 19:37
Oaxaca, Mexico - repression and resistance
21-01-2007 01:07
The story of a Oaxacan movement prisoner
30-12-2006 14:46
22/12/06: Solidarity for Oaxaca, Mexico - London, UK
28-12-2006 18:06
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FOR THE LOVE OF BRAD (In 2 Parts) Videos and One Poem
27-12-2006 20:44
"Oaxaca Libre!"
19-12-2006 22:39
Stomach disease, parasites and civil war - where have all the Federales gone?
12-12-2006 22:28
In Oaxaca, Questions Abound About 11/25 Fires By Sean Donahue
12-12-2006 15:57
Oaxaca solidarity call from the Zapatistas
11-12-2006 00:36
On the Ground: San Cristobal, Chiapas - Dirty Water on a Death Bed
09-12-2006 23:12
Stencil Graffiti from San Cristobal de Las Casas
09-12-2006 17:28
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06-12-2006 16:54
Brad Will's murderers freed for lack of evidence- Reporter San Frontiers
06-12-2006 13:01
UK Week Of Action For Oaxaca - 9th-17th December 06.
05-12-2006 20:30
Official notice of the APPO
05-12-2006 14:35
The APPO Lives
05-12-2006 10:45
From SC to D.F - the tension increases
05-12-2006 02:49
Zapatistas call (INT) day of action for Oaxaca
04-12-2006 23:35
Eye witness report of of APPO tactics and "non-violence"
04-12-2006 20:01
UPdate on the murder of Brad Will
04-12-2006 19:51
The Dirty War of Oaxaca
04-12-2006 10:41
Documentary Filmmakers Detained In Oaxaca
04-12-2006 02:19
On the Ground, Mexico: A president sworn in and protests spill out
01-12-2006 21:32
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The Coup d’Etat in Mexico
01-12-2006 00:57
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Another journalist disappears in mexico- Reporters without Borders
30-11-2006 22:22
PICS: revolutionary streetart in Oaxaca
29-11-2006 20:27
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Latest from Oaxaca and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
28-11-2006 22:00
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pics an d videos from the fights in OAXACA
27-11-2006 14:18
On the Ground: The govenor arrives and the women march - bad vibes in the bar
27-11-2006 01:57
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Oaxaca 25 Nov: heavy police attack
26-11-2006 13:58
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Oaxaca 25 Nov: rebellion and repression. short resume
26-11-2006 08:19
|Offensive of the Federal Preventative Police against the people of Oaxaca |
26-11-2006 07:57
Heavy Police Attack on Oaxaca
26-11-2006 04:06
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Oaxaca: Illegal Detentions and Torture
25-11-2006 18:47
Marcos: “We Are On the Eve of Either a Great Uprising or a Civil War”
25-11-2006 17:31
FLYER: Oaxaca Resources
25-11-2006 09:43
Collective statement of solidarity with the social struggle in Oaxaca, Mexico
24-11-2006 10:53
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22-11-2006 03:51
Oaxaca - day of action minute by minute in the rebelion
21-11-2006 18:34
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21-11-2006 15:39
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Photo's: Protest @ Mexican Embassy (20.11.06)
21-11-2006 00:45
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On the ground: Video report, road blockades in San Cristobal
20-11-2006 19:25
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On the ground: San Cristobal, Sunday 19 November
19-11-2006 18:36
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On The Ground: Mexico City, Friday 19 November
19-11-2006 18:25
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Demo outside Mexican embassy TOMORROW (Monday) and solidarity meeting
19-11-2006 13:49
Massacre in Chiapas:6 Women,3 Men, 2 Children, Assassinated in Lacandona Jungle
15-11-2006 00:54
Protest @ Mexican Embassy - 6pm - Mon 20th Nov - Solidarity with Oaxaca!
14-11-2006 18:39
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Revving up the dirty war in Oaxaca
13-11-2006 15:13
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08-11-2006 13:13
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Letter in Support of the People of Oaxaca
06-11-2006 20:48
1.3 million people march in Oaxaca
06-11-2006 19:47
Stop Moping - Towards Strategic Insurrection
06-11-2006 13:13
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Oaxaca Worldwide
05-11-2006 10:54
OAXACA: THE BATTLE OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD
05-11-2006 08:31
London Mexican embassy protest video - 30/10/06
04-11-2006 16:30
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Reporters San Frontieres organises 24-hour online demo against Internet censors
04-11-2006 12:10
Investigators slip up in Brad Will case, while seven journalists hurt in Oaxaca
03-11-2006 20:35
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 1)
03-11-2006 17:47
Press Release: Reporters San Frontiers investigates Brads death.
03-11-2006 15:01
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 4)
03-11-2006 08:54
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Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 3)
03-11-2006 00:09
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Photos: "Day of the Dead", Mexican Embassy, London. (02.11.06)
03-11-2006 00:07
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 2)
02-11-2006 22:17
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