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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

Adios, Lou Dobbs

After Wednesday's abrupt on-air resignation of veteran CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, many Latino advocacy and immigrant rights groups felt vindicated. They had long criticized the anchor’s coverage of illegal immigration as obsessive, prejudiced, and sometimes wildly inaccurate.
By: 
New America Media, Q&A with Roberto Lovato, Marcelo Ballvé,

Editor’s note: After Wednesday's abrupt on-air resignation of veteran CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, many Latino advocacy and immigrant rights groups felt vindicated.

Why does Oaxaca support the struggle of the Mexican Union of Electrical Workers?

CASOTA and thousands of Oaxacans stand up in solidarity with the Mexican Union of Electrical Workers who are fighting privatization forces from transnational corporations and the Mexican Government
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CASOTA

Letter from Felipe Álvarez-Political Prisoner from Atenco

Felipe Alvarez, member of the Peoples’ Front in Defense of the Land shares with us words of resistance to keep fighting
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Felipe Álvarez to La Jornada

Atenco political prisoner in solidarity with the people’s struggles

Letter from Felipe Álvarez to La Jornada

Monday, November 9, 2009

La lucha globaliza cada día: Justice and Dignity For Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes and Fong Lee

Paramilitary repression and police brutality continue unabated on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border after three years of the assassinations of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes in Oaxaca, Mexico and Fong Lee in Minneapolis, MN
By: 
Steven Renderos & Sylvia Gonzalez Castro

AI action: justice for Brad Will and Juan Manuel Martinez‏

Brad Will was killed in Oaxaca 3 years ago. Official investigations into his death have still not established any truth or justice for what happened. Meanwhile Juan Manuel Martinez has been jailed for over a year on the basis of flawed evidence and he appears to have been used as a scapegoat by the Mexican authorities.
By: 
Amnisty International

AI action: justice for Brad Will and Juan Manuel Martinez‏

Dear friends,

Indigenous Rights Speaker in Long Island

Ana Maria Garcia Arreola, an indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico will be speaking at five Long Island venues next week. This tour is organized by Witness for Peace and the Hagedorn Foundation, in partnership with the many local organizations that are hosting Ana Maria all over Long Island. Below is the tour schedule.
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Witness for peace

Ana Maria Garcia Arreola, an indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico will be speaking at five Long Island venues next week.

Enough is Enough Lou Dobbs!

Lou Dobbs uses his platform on CNN to spread myths and misinformation about Latinos and immigrants, even as his network is wooing Latino viewers. It’s time we said enough. Ya basta! Join us in calling on CNN to get rid of Dobbs!
By: 
Steven Renderos | Main Street Project

I’ve talked to a lot of people in my community that have never heard of Lou Dobbs in their lives. The truth is that he’s someone who with his words has affected many of us.

Por el derecho a decidir

On September 9, 2009 the State Congress of Oaxaca approved a reform in the State Constitution Article 12 to outlaw abortion, effectively violating the rights of women, their reproductive autonomy, and life in general. This reform was initiated last January by Patricia Woolrich, legislator of the Partido Accion Nacional (PAN or National Action Party), a conservative political party in Mexico with ties to the conservative Catholic hierarchy. Oaxaca is now the 16th state in Mexico that approved this reform.
By: 
Zihuatl-Mujeres de Palabra

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rights Group: Mexico Disregards Forensic Findings in Probe of US Reporter's Death

(Cambridge, Mass.) — Forensic experts with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reaffirm that the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) has disregarded the available scientific evidence from the 2006 shooting death of American journalist Brad Will. PHR's review of the available evidence undercuts Mexico's theory that the fatal shot was fired from the reporter's immediate vicinity. Therefore, PHR is concerned over the likelihood that the wrong person remains in jail, charged with murder, while the real killer remains at large.
By: 
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

http://www.physiciansforhumanrights.org/
 

Statement from the October 2 prisoners in Oaxaca

Dear comrades, today we ask for your solidarity because we are a part of the social movement in Oaxaca, we are participants in the barricades, in the mega-marches, and in other forms of protest against the government. We are youth with the goal of completely changing this system and because of that we feel driven to continue fighting for the freedom that the brave people have instilled in us, that the people have seen arise in the majority of us, the prisoners from October 2, 2009.
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POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM OCTOBER 2 LOCKED IN THE IXCOTEL JAIL

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

To the brave and conscious people:
To the democratic and combative teachers:
To the independent media:
To the Other Campaign: