November 25: The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca is on its seventh mega-march with the idea of encircling the federal police who have been stationed in the center square of Oaxaca City since November 2nd. The federal police has responded with massive amounts of teargas. Report from the start of the march.

December 1st is the looming date on the horizon, when fraudulently-elected Felipe Calderon is supposed to become president of Mexico, and Oaxaca's largely-deposed governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz would be eligible to appoint a new governor. With this in mind, the popular movement in Oaxaca is stepping up its organizing to maintain its autonomy.

The Cinco Señores Barricade, which was set up in front of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University, is the last remaining barricade in Oaxaca City. Portrait of The Last Barricade by Barucha Calamity Peller

SF Oaxaca Reportback: Thursday November 30 | Communique from Cinco Señores Barricade | Marcos: “We Are On the Eve of Either a Great Uprising or a Civil War”

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