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DESCRIPTION:Eyewitness Oaxaca\nGrassroots Rebellion in Mexico\n\nA report by\nPeggy 
 Law\nWitness for Peace Delegation to Oaxaca, December 2006\nFounding 
 Director, National Media Project\n\nA multimedia presentation on a human 
 rights trip to a region on the edge of revolution\n\nThe people of the 
 state of Oaxaca, Mexico have been in open rebellion for several months.  On 
 one side of the dispute is the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca 
 (APPO), which seeks the resignation of Oaxaca’s governor.  On the other 
 are the armed sympathizers of that governor, Ulises Ruiz, a member of the 
 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for more than 
 seventy years and which still controls Oaxaca.\n\nThe trouble started in 
 May, when a teachers’ union went on strike to demand better pay, benefits 
 and working conditions.  A few weeks later, Ruiz sent state police into the 
 central square to forcibly remove thousands of educators camping there.  
 That led to the creation of APPO, a loose coalition of leftist groups, 
 including many of the striking teachers, who made Ruiz’s immediate 
 resignation their chief demand.  By August, the city was under siege.  APPO 
 set up barricades around the city, set fire to passenger buses, siezed 
 government buildings, and took over several radio and TV stations.  Armed 
 gangs, said to be working at Ruiz’s behest, responded with beatings and 
 sometimes lethal gunfire.\n\nThe Witness for Peace delegation travelled to 
 Oaxaca to observe first-hand the explosive political situation, the human 
 rights crisis and the revolutionary people’s struggle.\n\n$5 to $10 
 suggested donation.  Sponsored by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/03/18343729.php
SUMMARY:"Eyewitness Oaxaca" - Peggy Law
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church \n305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto 
 \n(Wheelchair accessible)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/03/18343729.php
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