March to commemorate first anniversary of police occupation of Cuidad de Oaxaca passes without event
Nov 28 2007 19:52
Narconews wrote:
The peoples of Oaxaca marked the first-year anniversary of the fierce state and federal police repression of the Oaxaca social movement on November 26. There was not a cop in sight.
http://www.narconews.com/Issue48/article2912.html
Sounds like the movement's largely died down. They even released Flavio Sosa, who the mainstream media called the "ringleader". Focus is now on continued prisoner support (although the majority are now out) and the APPO's diminishing in relevance but claims it's over the ideological splits.
I'm actually off to the Oaxacan beach tonight and I think there's tentative discussion of us heading up to the Cuidad on the way back (as tourists not politicos). Some rather sketchy types I met went down for the above march expecting chaos and violence. I think they wound up disappointed.
Nov 28 2007 22:41
#2
Reread that, Alan, Flavio isn't out, his brother is.Oaxacalibre has this demand
Quote:
La APPO demanda la liberación de todos los presos políticos del estado: Víctor Hugo Martínez Toledo, Miguel Ángel García, Wilber Ramón Aquino Aragón, Jaciel Cruz Cruz, Flavio sosa Villavicencio, David Venegas Reyes, Adán Mejía López. Entre los que se encuentran también: los presos de Xanica, los presos de San Isidro Aloapan, de San Blas Atempa y los presos de Loxicha.
Typical of Leninists to claim a meeting wasn't happening and try to derail a march by announcing a seperate event. If they're abandoning APPO, good riddance i'd say.
Nov 28 2007 22:45
#3
Ah fuck, well Nancy Davies phrased it awkwardly and I'm used to reading shit in Spanish. 
More like this
- Looking Back on the Oaxaca Rebellion
- This is what recuperation looks like: the rebellion in Oaxaca and the APPO - Kellen Kass
- Mexico: teachers' strike spreads up the Pacific coast while Oaxaca cautiously holds firm
- APPO councilor and former political prisoner abducted and tortured in Oaxaca
- Sección 22 back on the case: Oaxaca's Zócalo reoccupied, motorway tolls "liberated" etc etc
how sad.
I've just rememebered to try and get back in touch with the comrades we supported recently over there, i'm sure for anarchists it will be as busy as ever. The guy in question worked in a very small community anyway i think.
have you had contact with the AMZ