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Seventy-five people gathered in front of the Mexican Consulate in Chicago Monday for a solidarity protest to oppose the state repression and violence being carried out against the people of 0axaca, followed by a memorial vigil for murdered New York City IMC journalist Brad Will. - Photos from the Chicago IMC newswire....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 8:18am PST
"The EZLN makes a call to the Other Campaign in México and to the north of the Río Grande so that this 1st of November of 2006 there are mobilizations wherever possible, and that streets, highways, tollbooths, bus stations, airports and all types of means of communications are closed entirely, partially or intermittently, be these closures real or symbolic."
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EZLN Call for November 1st Actions and Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/334
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Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 12:44am PST
"Testosterone poisoning" and "boys will be boys" are sayings that perpetuate the myth that men are "naturally violent." Men are rational beings and are responsible for their actions. Even if men were "naturally" prone to violence, they have free will and can choose whether or not to act out violent impulses. It takes a lifetime of trauma and abuse to make a man violent....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 8:13pm PST
A photo essay of Soldiers enjoying their day in the Zócalo...
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 5:47pm PST
Author of "Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible; 2000-2006" will be at Northtown Books in Arcata. Chance for community to dialogue about solidarity response to police military violence in Oaxaca, how we can all make that other world possible.....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 5:19pm PST
After another tense (Monday) night of barricades and threats, the people of Oaxaca City awoke this morning to find the PFP barricades somewhat loosened......
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 4:49pm PST
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:30pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 4:08pm PST
Come to a regional conference on socialism. Get involved in the fight against capitalistm. There will be workshops, speakers, discussion and more....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 11:05am PST
2501 S. Hill Street (25th and Hill)
Los Angeles, CA
(At Hermandad Mexicana Nacional)...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 11, 2006 10:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 11:03am PST
Open Reception Nov 3 2006 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Oakland City Hall 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza 2nd Floor Photo exhibit from Nov 3-17
Come view moving portraits of those affected and read their words. The reception will feature addresses by local Cuban Americans, leading activists on this issue and sponsors of the show.
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Ca 9th) is also invited to speak....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 7:36am PST
Domtar Inc. and Abitibi-Consolidated, two of the largest players in the Canadian forest industry, announced October 10 and 11 that they will be closing eight sawmills....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 7:26am PST
The longstanding dispute over the takeover of Spanish energy company Endesa exploded again last week, after the European Commission sent the Spanish government a formal notice over the latter’s refusal to lift the conditions it imposed on the €27 billion takeover bid by German energy giant EON. A successful bid by EON, the world’s largest privately owned energy provider, would turn the company into the world’s biggest utility and allow it access through Endesa into Spain, Italy, France and La...
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 7:25am PST
This is Brad Will's last communique from Oaxaca, read aloud by a comrade from the nyc indymedia center, Onto....
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 2:15am PST
"Just the beginning . . . "
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Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 12:34am PST
Please sign petition- pass on to friends...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 9:54pm PST
While the global media conglomerates call this a solution to the Oaxaca Problem, and claim that the government has reestablished order and taken control of the city center, today it is obvious that they are lying....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 4:16pm PST
My friend Brad was killed and I just got to Oaxaca...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 4:04pm PST
"We disavow the acts of vandalism that were made in the name of APPO" - César Maeto, spokesperson of the provisional coordination committee of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 3:35pm PST
DECLARACIÓN DE LA COPAI: SOLIDARIDAD CON OAXACA...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 1:30pm PST
1 de noviembre cierre de carreteras y caminos, Paro Nacional el 20 de noviembre...
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 1:26pm PST