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maestra--edu en oax (audio/mpeg 4.1MB) Minerva & Gisela teach in schools on the outskirts of Oaxaca City. They speak of the movement in Oaxaca as a seed planted throughout México (there are now group...
Posted: Fri, Oct 20, 2006 9:02am PDT
reformatted interview (audio/mpeg 16.7MB) From the Barricades: Oaxacan Teachers Speak
http://elenemigocomun.net/2006/10/barricades-oaxacan-teachers-speak/
the audio file has also been resized by dec...
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 11:28am PDT
Interview with APPO Supporter Shot Friday Night (audio/mpeg 3.4MB) Interview with Antonio Joaquín Benítez, APPO supporter, who was shot friday night at a Oaxaca City barricade. (Bilingual / mp3 file). Entrevista con Antonio Joaquín Benítez, apoyante de la APPO, quien recibío una balada en las barricadas de la Ciudad de Oaxaca en la noche viernes....
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2006 2:05pm PDT
foro into y cancion (audio/mpeg 3.1MB) A large march arrived just as this speaker welcomed various members of the audience, having just marched from a distant district of Oaxaca. The band, Banda Perl...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
sx de foro (audio/mpeg 4.2MB) Laying out the plans for the forum, Sara Morales here explains that three structures will take place: working groups, open forums, & general plenaries....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
leticia (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) Leticia is the owner of a small cafe along the march route--she supported the march and hopes her primary customers, teachers and workers, will soon be able to ...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
lucas (audio/mpeg 2.7MB) Lucas Perez is a community organizer who spoke on the bullhorn for a good chunk of the march. Here he explains the case against Ulises Ruiz Ortiz....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
mensaje a oaxeños (audio/mpeg 544.1KB) This marcher and her child have a message for Oaxacans living in California....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
ingobernabilidad (audio/mpeg 755.6KB) This marcher, too, has a message for everyone north of the border who is keeping the Oaxacan struggle in mind....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
CHANTS (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Here is a short compilation of the chants from the CIPO-RFM march. They don`t quite translate, as you might guess, but here´s a simple equivelant of each chant ...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:55pm PDT
Sprouts: Protests in Oaxaca and California (audio/mpeg 26.5MB) Most major state and municipal government offices in the capital have been blockaded by public school teachers and members of the so-called Popular Assemebly of the People of Oaxaca -or APPO as it's known in Spanish, reports Shannon Young from Oaxaca....
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 7:38pm PDT
Radio Stations Handed Over in Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 168.8KB) Protesters in Oaxaca, Mexico have handed over the broadcast facilities of the Radio Organization of Oaxaca. The building houses the studios of three radio stations. It had been occupied by anti-government protesters since August 21st. Protesters continue to hold a separate AM station in Oaxaca City....
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 12:41am PDT
Update from Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 932.5KB) October 4, 2006 - In Oaxaca, civil society groups and members of non-governmental organizations have set up a peace camp in the esplanade a UNESCO World Heritage site in downtown Oaxaca City to call national and international attention to an impending military and police offensive. Meanwhile, striking school teachers and members of Oaxaca's popular movement have traveled once again to Mexico City to dialogue with the Secretary of the Interior. Vladimir Flores has the latest. (2 minutes)...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 2:28am PDT
Tensions High in Oaxaca as Fox Warns Force Might Be Used to Crush Uprising (audio/mpeg 3.0MB) In Oaxaca, Mexico, tensions remain high over concerns that the government is planning to use force to crush a populist uprising there. Over the weekend, military aircraft began flying over Oaxaca City and additional troops were deployed to nearby army posts. A headline in the Mexico City daily Milenio proclaimed, "Preparations for war in Oaxaca."
Over the past few months, tens of thousands of striking public school teachers have been joined by indigenous, youth and labor organizations to l...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 1:17pm PDT
Military Helicopters Leave Oaxaca City Residents Edgy (audio/mpeg 2.0MB) The political situation in Oaxaca, Mexico has gone from tense to worse with the start of military aircraft flights over the capital city this weekend. This morning, a previously unknown guerrilla group claimed responsibility for setting off improvised explosives at 3 different banks in Oaxaca City. Members of the popular movement in Oaxaca were quick to distance themselves from the explosions and warned that the bank attacks could provide the pretext for a major military operation. Shannon Yo...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 2:42am PDT
Interview with Shannon Young in Oaxaca City (audio/mpeg 11.4MB) On October 2nd, 2006, the 38th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre, I spoke with Shannon Young, Headlines Producer for Free Speech Radio News, who lives in Oaxaca City, Mexico. The 1968 student massacre at Tlatelolco in Mexico City sets a creepy undertone for the military provocations currently taking place in Oaxaca City which include low-flying marine helicopters. Shannon discusses MegaMarches, the march from Oaxaca City to Mexico City and the technicalities of getting Ulises Ruiz Ortiz ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 1:42am PDT
Burma's Secret War (video) (video/x-pn-realvideo 28.5MB) In Burma's Secret War, Dispatches exposes the new surge in violence inflicted on the Burmese people by their own regime supported by Unocal, Total and Britain...
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 3:54pm PDT
Just A Sec For Whiteboys In Afrika (uber crash dub) (audio/mpeg 6.6MB) "You see we live under a physical and mental occupation. People have internalised the situation and have become apathetic. They don't resist, they've given up even to think about that. The generation of our parents is full of fear and apathy. They are afraid for the Shabak and want to stay away from politics. We do not accept this. We want to shake things up" -- Tamar Nafar of DAM -- "Where There's the Ghetto, There's Hip Hop"...
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 6:10am PDT
Rape in Iraq (video/x-pn-realvideo 22.9MB) Democracy Now features testimony by the mother of a U.S. soldier who went AWOL when the military first refused to punish the male "soldiers" who harassed or raped her, then moved to send her back to Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 11:17pm PDT
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