The Dream of San Juan Copala - by Claudio Albertani On April 26, 2010, a convoy of some twenty militants and international observers was ambushed in Mexico. They were on their way to San Juan…
Oaxaca: Paramilitaries fire on solidarity caravan, two confirmed dead A solidarity caravan travelling to the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala in the Triqui Region of Oaxaca has been attacked by UBISORT paramilitaries. Two are confirmed dead, with at least 15 injured and three missing.
Recapturing the spirit of 2006; reflections on the second statewide APPO conference - Claudio Albertani A report on the February 2009 APPO conference in Mexico. The report illustrates the…
Rebels without a pause In May 2007, Freedom correspondent Nancy Davies reported from Oaxaca one year after the Mexican rebellion began, and found dissent alive and well…
Attempted murder of APPO activist In the latest of a string of intimidations and attacks, an attempt is made on the life of the libertarian activist and former APPO Councillor Ruben Valencia Nunez.
APPO prisoner on hunger strike Following harrassment and abuse of political prisoners in Oaxaca, a hunger strike has commenced for their liberation.
Notes from Oaxaca The following collection of articles on Oaxacan radical movements between January and September 2008 was translated from a number of different sources and posted to libcom's forums. They provide a number of useful insights into the situation in the volatile Mexican region.
The APPO two years on: Where now for Oaxaca's social movement? Two years later what is left now in Oaxaca? Has the APPO been reduced to a memorial mechanism to commemorate its fallen? Is it accurate, as URO keeps insisting with epileptic vigor, that, "nothing is happening" here? Or are we seeing a movement in chrysalis, reconsolidating only to reemerge just as vibrant, but even smarter, than before?
Anarchism and libertarian currents in the Oaxaca insurrectionary movement Article examining the influence of libertarian ideas in the recent uprisings in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mexico: teachers' strike spreads up the Pacific coast while Oaxaca cautiously holds firm The annual teachers' strike in Oaxaca has been bolstered by soldarity strikes of other sections of the Sindicato Nacional de los Trabajadores en la Educación (SNTE) stretching up and down the Mexican Pacific coastline, while in Oaxaca itself, occupations and blockades continue apace in support. Most analysts however have already doomed the strike to failure.
Oaxaca in revolt again: the Zócalo reoccupied, motorway tollbooths "liberated", roads blockaded A 21 day series of strikes and occupations by the radical Sección 22 in Oaxaca of the Mexican teachers' union Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores en la Educación kicked off in earnest on Tuesday. As of Thursday, the strike appears to be spreading - with popular support, solidarity and an increasing volume of activity.
Broken Barricades: The Oaxaca Rebellion in Victory, Defeat, and Beyond - Collective Reinventions An analysis of the 2006 Oaxaca rebellion and its contradictions. Its diversity encompassed workers, indigenous groups, Stalinists, anarchists and others. Its weapons and tactics included general assemblies, strikes, barricades, mirrors and fireworks.
