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PROTEST MEXICAN GOVT REPRESSION: ATENCO | |
Date | Friday May 05 |
Time | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Location Details | |
MEXICAN CONSULATE, 532 FOLSOM STREET (BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STREETS) (FOR BART RIDERS, EXIT MONTGOMERY STREET) MAP |
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Event Type | Protest |
Organizer/Author | Mexico Solidarity Network |
Join with simultaneous actions across North America to DEMAND:
Atenco under state of siege, Zapatistas declare red alert The municipality of Atenco, a self-declared autonomous community near Mexico City, is under a state of siege, occupied by 1000s of Federal Preventative Police who ransacked homes throughout the community. The conflict was sparked by police intervention on behalf of US-based multinational Wal-Mart, whose plans to build a megastore in nearby Texcoco are being vigorously resisted by native Nahua farmers and flower vendors. Latest information from Mexico City:
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