Tuesday, November 21: According to APPO, yesterday's march and following street battle that began after police threw rocks, resulted in 15 detentions and 56 injuries, 3 of which are severe head injuries. Early morning on Tuesday, at 12:30, armed supporters of the PRI party ransacked and burned tents at the APPO encampment in Santa Domingo. During the day 2 people were detained at the Cinco Senores barricade while government forces were attempting to take it down, and it is reported that one of these two has a gunshot wound and was severely beaten. Today 10 APPO women began a hunger strike in Oaxaca City, as calls were put out for caravans to travel to Oaxaca from around Mexico for a day of action on November 25th, where the popular uprising will attempt to encircle the police stationed at the city center. APPO Press Release Denouncing Police and PRI | New York City Indymedia Statement about the Investigation of Brad Will Murder

On Monday, the PFP clashed with APPO supporters. At several confrontations, tear gas was used, and many were injured. Barricades went up around Santa Domingo, which is where the APPO encampment is located. After 4:30pm, a truce was declared and protesters began negotiating for the release of 5 people who had been detained. Minute-by-Minute Report | Photo Essay by Barucha Calamity Peller | Photos and Audio by Danielsan

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Following the call put out by the Zapatistas for a nationwide general strike in Mexico on November 20th, actions were held all over the world. In San Francisco activists called for a convergence and critical mass at 4pm. Approximately 150 protesters marched during rush hour traffic, blocking the entrances to the Oakland Bay Bridge. Two banners were hung at the entrance to the freeway. Mock body bags were piled in front of the consulate as red paint was splattered on to the doors. The doors to the Mexican Consulate were locked by demonstrators. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | En Español | Video 1 | 2 . In Santa Cruz, a rally and march took place at UCSC. Photos

Solidarity Events Around the Globe

Actions in Mexico and around the world fell on the same day where Obrador, the candidate who lost the summer elections to fraud, is to be inaugurated by his supporters. There have been recent criticisms that Obrador's party is attempting to co-opt the popular movement in Oaxaca, read Women, Political Parties, Barricades and Autonomy by Barucha Calamity Peller. Meanwhile the Oaxacan Attorney General has blamed APPO for the death of Indymedia journalist and anarchist Brad Will. Report, Audio and Photos by danielsan.

Recently reports have surfaced that the Federal Preventative Police have been sexually assualting women in Oaxaca. On Sunday, November 21st hundreds of women marched to confornt the PFP who have been stationed in the city square since November 2nd. March Against Sexual Assualts by the PFP by Barucha Calamity Peller.

Another Critique of APPO: This is What Recuperation Looks Like: the Rebellion in Oaxaca and the APPO

There will be international demonstrations in support on November 20th.

The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca had a weekend-long Congress from November 10th-12th, and marches were planned for every day this week. The support at the barricade in front of Radio Universidad has been thinning out and two fast food restaurants near the university were firebombed over the weekend. A Student and Youth Conference also vowed to protect the University. In Oaxaca City, graffiti that is covered up goes back up daily. Pictures of people putting up slogans in Oaxaca and Oaxaca at Any Cost (article and photos) by Barucha Calamity Peller | Report and photos from the APPO Congress by Tristan | Message from the Student and Youth Conference by Danielsan

Letter from Political Prisoners to the People of Oaxaca in Struggle | Names of Oaxaca's Disappeared | Oaxaca Fights Back

Bay Area supporters have announced that on the day after the next attack on Oaxaca, there will be protests at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco (532 Folsom St.) at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Nov. 10th–12th: APPO Constitutional Congress convenes in Oaxaca Oaxaca at Any Cost

Nov. 10th: The Names of Oaxaca's Disappeared

Nov. 8th: Shortly after midnight, Ministerial (State) Police reportedly shot live ammunition at people on the Carrillo Puerto barricade; no one was injured. At around 1 a.m., gun shots were reported near the Soriana barricade, and there were six arrests at the Carrillo Puerto barricade. Women's march photos by Barucha Calamity Peller | Student's march photos, Memorials to the fallen and More APPO photos by Tristan | The story of the takeover of Canal 9 state-run TV station

Nov. 7th: The APPO women's march in Oaxaca was attacked by the Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP), and a total of 16 protesters were arrested in Oaxaca throughout the day, including eight people kidnapped off the street by agents in a white van, according to reports on APPO Radio. Report and photos by Danielsan | Faces of Oaxaca by Ariel | More photos from the barricades by Barucha Calamity Peller

Nov. 6th: Radio Universidad (in Spanish) Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Nov. 5th: After a week of defending their barricades, more than a million people joined the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca's (APPO) 6th Mega March. This morning, paramilitary forces repeated their pattern of early morning gunfire at the barricades, wounding 22-year-old Marco Sanchez Mertinez; he is in grave condition. 12 buses and a caravan of cars arrived from Mexico City for the march. Photos and Audio Report by Barucha Calamity Peller and Written Report from Tristan. Photos from CMI Chiapas of Federal Police waiting for the march. Updates from Oaxaca on NYC IMC | Nov. 5th in Oaxaca by Tristan | Photos and Audio Report by Barucha Calamity Peller

Nov. 3rd: Radio Universidad, the movement's only remaining radio station was successfully defended on Nov. 2nd after fierce battles with the Federal Police. Photos: 1 | 2 | Video | Listen to Radio Universidad | The Battle for the University by Tristan | Minute to minute reports: Nov. 2nd | Nov. 3rd

Previous reports by Tristan: Oct. 30th | Danielsan and Ariel (since Oct. 12th): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

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