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Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free part 2

In this clip, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno shares with us words of hope upon recently being release from prison. He was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongfully accused for the murder of Bradley Will, Indymedia journalist, who was documenting...

Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free

In this clip, a community member shares with us some words while waiting for the release of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Juan Manuel was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongly accused for the assassination of Bradley Will, Indymedia reporter...

Honoring the life of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes during Day of the Dead

La lucha sigue three years after the assassination of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes-husband and father of four-who was assassinated on August 22, 2006 by paramilitary troops under the orders of...

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News

Communiqué from VOCAL on the Armed Attack and Mobilization in Oaxaca City

We want to let you know that DAVID VENEGAS REYES is with us and is just fine, and that NOE BAUTISTA JIMENEZ is hospitalized at the IMSS, where his family and friends who are taking care of him have been harassed and intimidated. We have denounced the ongoing physical and moral attacks against our comrade.
By: 
VOCAL

April 30, 2010

Communiqué update:

On the armed attack on the Support and Solidarity Caravan to the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca

Arizona’s Harsh Crackdown on Immigrants May Be the Spark the Immigration Reform Movement Needs

Arizona becomes first state in the nation to consider it a crime for a person to be an undocumented immigrant.
By: 
New American Media / By Valeria Fernandez

 

Interview: Climate Justice Organizing in Mexico

This November, Mexico will play host to the follow up to the Copenhagen climate talks. Activists around the country are already preparing for the 16th Conference of Parties summit, which will take place in Cancun.
By: 
Dawn Paley at Upside Down World

This November, Mexico will play host to the follow up to the Copenhagen climate talks.

“Sowing Seeds, Flying Kites” – women's perspective from communities in Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca

Yuubani, the women’s area of UNOSJO (Unions of Organisations of the Sierra Juarez Oaxaca) have allowed us to present the article “Sowing Seeds, Flying Kites” which was written as a result of a women’s meeting that took place in Guelatao in August 2009. In this meeting they reflected on their lives as women and the numerous forms in which violence exists within their families and communities, including ‘usos y costumbres’ which exist as forms of governance within many indigenous communities across Mexico.
By: 
Yuubani Women’s Area, UNOSJO S.C.

Attacks against Zapatista communities intensify in Chiapas

Zapatista Comunities and their allies have faced several attacks organized by para-military groups who have support from the federal and state governments. Just a few days after a forced eviction attempt, community members in the Zapatista Support Base Community of Bolon Ajaw were ambushed by several groups of the OPDDIC para-military.  One man, a member of the OPDDIC, was killed in the shooting. Then on the 28 of February, there was a conflict in the Ejido de Mitzitón caused by members of the para-military "Army of God".  The violence continues to increase and make the situation more and more tense for communities in Chiapas.
By: 
Various

Zapatista Comunities and their allies have faced several attacks organized by para-military groups who have support from the federal and state governments.

Tension in the Triqui Region of Oaxaca.

Tension and violence has been mounting in the Triqui Region of Oaxaca. In past four months the at least 17 indigenous Triquis have been killed in the Region. In December participants in the UBISORT, a PRI-backed political\para-military group, took control of the offices of the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, which produced a series of violent clashes. On the 10th of March participants in the MULT-I re-took the Autonomous Municipality.
By: 
Jimmy Wells

Tension in the Triqui Region of Oaxaca.
 

Coca-Cola Moves into Mezcal

Coca-Cola Moves into Mezcal: Agro-Industry Absorbs Oaxaca Land and Water for Private Profit, Stainless Steel Vats Replace Artisanship
By: 
Nancy Davies | Narco News

Little Earl, who maintains a certain interest in our local drink, took a twenty-peso tour of the new mezcal distillery located on the road to Tlacolula de Matamoros, on the Cristobal Colón

Support in the Isthmus region for the Campaign for Justice in Oaxaca and Punishment for the assassins of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes

On the 6, 7, and 8 of March 2010, the Campaign for Justice in Oaxaca and Punishment for the Assassins of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes went to the Isthmus region and stopped San Blas Atempa, Juchitan de Zaragoza and Asuncion Ixtaltepec. The demand for justice was heard and supported by campesinos, women, youth, and community members from that region.
By: 
Anonymous

MATRIMONIOS SIMBOLICOS ENTRE PERSONAS DEL MISMO SEXO EN LA CIUDAD DE OAXACA: UN PASO ADELANTE

En un ambiente festivo, incluyente, de orgullo y de celebración, el día sábado 13 de marzo la Alameda de León fue testigo de un acontecimiento histórico: 13 parejas del mismo sexo contrajeron simbólicamente matrimonio.
By: 
Juan Antonio Canseco/Disidencia Queer

Mexico: Celebrating Indigenous Culture, Zapotec Autonomy and Uncontaminated Corn

Santa Gertrudis, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca - The 4th annual Zapotec Feria of the Cornfield - Globalization and the Natural Resources - was held in Santa Gertrudis, Sierra Juarez on February 7-8. Organized by the Union of Social Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca (UNOSJO), this year´s event was attended by representatives of UNOSJO´s 24 affiliated communities, participants from all over Mexico, along with a large international presence of activists from Uruguay to Wales, Turkey to the United States, as well as a 15-strong delegation of German Organic farmers.
By: 
Anonymous

Santa Gertrudis, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca - The 4th annual Zapotec Feria of the Cornfield - Globalization and the