Behind the balaclavas of south-east Mexico - Ab Irato French group Ab Irato attempt to look beyond the Zapatista legend, at the historical origins and material reality of the Chiapas rebellion.
Mendez Guerra, Esteban 1896-1979 A short biography of Mexican anarchist Esteban Mendez Guerra who fought with Pancho Villa and was a close associate of the outstanding anarchist Librado Rivera
Popular justice: community policing in Guerrero, Mexico A year old article about an indigenous initiative in the Costa Chica, Guerrero, Mexico in which…
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…
Mexico: Former Nokia workers protest dismissals and actions of Manpower and Adecco agencies On Feb. 4, a group of former employees of the Finland-based Nokia company protested…
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.
Reporter kidnapped and tortured in Oaxaca In the increasingly tense climate of repression against the social movement which has been escalating these past couple of weeks, a journalist…
Mexico: Morelos teachers' strikers now seek "solution" After two violent and tense months, striking teachers in the Mexican state of Morelos have started negotiations with the state over an education reform bill being forced through parliament with the support of the teachers' union head.
"You don't mess with the government, idiots": Six killed at archealogical site occupation in Chiapas, Mexico Mexican police on Friday shot and killed six peasants during and after an operation to end the popular occupation of an archealogical tourist site near Miguel Hidalgo, Chiapas.
Mexico: Guerrero teachers occupy electoral institute in protest at educational reform bill Schoolteachers and teachers in training have occupied the electoral institute's state offices in Chilpancingo, Guerrero and are threatening to destroy the ballots of today's statewide municipal elections.