“The fundamental problem is capitalism…” - Florentino Martinez, Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca, (APPO)

The DAAA from Modesto write, "...Direct action, not party politics or voting, has been the method of change for those writing history in the streets of Oaxaca. Taking over media centers to spread news, destroying and occupying government property, taking to the streets and stopping business as usual. All of this is designed to disable the one thing that the elites care most about: profits.

"Struggles across the world have much to learn from the rebels in Oaxaca, who don’t wait for change, but go into the streets and create it for themselves. For them, a revolution is not an abstraction, but something that they have a stake in creating." Read more