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...
From the Editor
CASA July Newsletter
Greetings from the rainy south of Mexico!
July has been full of events for the CASAs in both Chiapas and Oaxaca.
From the CASA Collectives
Saludos Compañerxs,
From the CASA collectives in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico
From the Editors
Greetings from the CASA Collectives, This January we were excited to welcome four new members to the CASA Board of Directors.
From the Editors
¡Feliz año nuevo from the CASA Collectives!
The end of December in Oaxaca proved to be a little calmer than the month before, at least on the surface. The majority of the federal police left the town square, which had been turned into a military base since late October, presumably in order to make way for the poinsettia flowers and Christmas lights and to create a general atmosphere of the holiday season for the arriving tourists.
From the Editors
Compañer@s de las CASAS:
As the winter cold fronts arrive even as far as southern Mexico, the political climate, likewise, has felt a disquieting chill. Oaxaca, in particular, has seen an increase in repression against movement activists and sympathizers, including arrest warrants for all members of the APPO, warrants to search homes and offices, arbitrary detentions, tortures and disappearances.
From the Editors: November 2006
Compañer@s:
Is it November already? Apologies for the lag getting this month's newsletter out, but as many of our readers are aware, things have been increasingly tense in the past month throughout Mexico. Both CASA collectives have been actively involved in the developing events in Oaxaca, the Otra Campaña's caravan got back underway after being stationed in Atenco since this May, and there has been increased repression against some EZLN support bases located on lands recuperated in the late 1990's.
Looking forward
By Chris Thomas
Compañer@s:
Although the leaves aren't changing in Southern Mexico, change is nevertheless in the air with the CASA Collectives.
We miss and love Melissa, and are deeply grateful for the 2 and a half years that she spent down here coordinating the Chiapas project, but are nevertheless excited to be taking the house, as always, in new directions. Also underway is the new project in Oaxaca, Casa Chapulin, which our new coordinator Diana Denham is just now heading up. All of this, of course, is taking place during a particularly tense time in Mexico in the wake of this past July's electoral fiasco, and violent confrontations in San Salvador Atenco and Oaxaca City, which has been occupied by demonstrations since May 22nd of this year.
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