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Narconews: An Affront to the People of Oaxaca
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 5:09 pm | narconews.com
The struggle of the Oaxacan Peoples continues. Commentator Nancy Davies reports that on November 25 the Popular Assembly of the Peoples' of Oaxaca (APPO) staged their seventh megamarch demanding the removal of Governor Ulises Ruiz Oritiz, as well as ... More >>
Blockades Close Chiapas in Defense of Oaxaca
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 4:35 pm | narconews.com
Today thousands of indigenous civilians from Zapatista communities successfully stopped traffic on all major roads and highways in the highlands and jungle regions of Chiapas. More >>
U.S."Drug War" a Disaster in Northern Mexico
Friday, 17 November 2006, 2:23 pm | narconews.com
On the trail with the Zapatista Other Campaign, Dan Feder files a report from the lands of the Mexican North, plagued with negative side-effects of neoliberalism and the infamous U.S. "War on Drugs." For over two decades these policies have led to ... More >>
APPO Forms Permanent Gov. Escalates Resistance
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 8:23 pm | narconews.com
Despite the continued occupation by the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) in Oaxaca, today the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) performed it’s final action as it dissolved itself in order to organize a permanent structure of government. More >>
Narconews: Giordano - Massacre in Chiapas
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 7:46 pm | narconews.com
Reporting from Chiapas, Al Giordano documents another massacre against indigenous civilians: committed early Monday morning in the town of Viejo Velasco Suarez, near the ancient Maya ruins of Yaxchilan. More >>
Narconews: Underlying Social Problems in Oaxaca
Monday, 6 November 2006, 2:10 pm | narconews.com
James Daria reports on the underlying social problems in Oaxaca after the recent occupation by the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). Although, the city appears calm, James Daria shows a much different picture of Oaxaca; that of a deeply divided populace. ... More >>
A Call from the Zapatistas: Oaxaca Is Not Alone
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 2:38 pm | narconews.com
Brothers and sisters: It is now known publicly that yesterday, 29th of October 2006, Vicente Fox’s federal forces attacked the people of Oaxaca and its most legitimate representative, the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). More >>
Narconews: Brad Will (1970-2006) - Final Report
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 11:28 am | narconews.com
Authentic journalist Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca while reporting on the civil unrest in this southern Mexican state. Brad died while filming, camera in hand. In tribute to his death, Narco News has published the last moments captured on Brad’s ... More >>
Brad Will Indy. Reporter Assassinated in Oaxaca
Monday, 30 October 2006, 12:19 am | narconews.com
Today, pro-government forces attacked barricades manned by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). Brad Will, a documentary filmmaker and reporter for Indymedia in New York, Bolivia and Brazil, was shot and killed while reporting on ... More >>
Federal Police Authorized to Enter Oaxaca
Monday, 30 October 2006, 12:07 am | narconews.com
Nancy Davies continues reporting on the chaotic and violent situation in Oaxaca after yesterday's attack by state and local police leaving at least four dead. Davies writes: More >>
Oaxaca's Popular Assembly Challenges The Governor
Monday, 30 October 2006, 12:00 am | narconews.com
Nancy Davies comments on the intensifying situation in Oaxaca after members of the state teachers' union voted to end their strike and return to classes. Though the vote may signify divisions within the union, many teachers are vowing to continue ... More >>
Narconews: Oaxaca Teachers Refuse to Budge
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 11:00 am | narconews.com
Nancy Davies reports today in the Narcosphere on what was a long and confusing weekend for the popular movement that has all but taken power in Oaxaca. Last week ended with the Mexican Senate voting, along party lines, to continue recognizing hated ... More >>
Narconews: Other Campaign No to a Cell Phone Tower
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 12:29 am | narconews.com
"From cell phones to the power of natural gas," writes Ginna Villarreal today for The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign, "at what price come those comforts that some attain and others do not?" More >>
Narconews: Reports From Baja, Atenco & Oaxaca
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:01 pm | narconews.com
- Bricker: Zapatistas Will Defend the Cucapa and Kiliwa Peoples of Baja California - Berger: Atenco, Oaxaca and Zapatista Rebels Unite in Public for the First Time October 22, 2006 Please Distribute Widely More >>
Marcos Details The Next Stages Of Other Campaign
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 1:52 pm | narconews.com
After spending two days in Tijuana, Baja California, listening to various representatives of disenfranchised peoples, Subcomandante Marcos laid out the first details of an expanded Other Campaign. More >>
Marcos in Tijuana Speaks a Little English
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 1:18 pm | narconews.com
"Everybody talks about how many millions of Mexicans made it into the United States," writes Al Giordano. "Baja California, on the Mexican side of the border, is where millions who were kicked out or turned back ended up." More >>
Howard: Another World Without Borders Is Possible
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 12:47 am | narconews.com
The first annual Southwest Border Social Forum was held last week in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Amber Howard reports: More >>
Donahue: Conspiracy To Silence Francisco Ramírez?
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:05 am | narconews.com
The Narco New Bulletin has reported several times on Drummond Coal's activities in Colombia, including the recent article by Stephen Flanagan Jackson detailing the current Dutch lawsuit charging the company with money laundering and other wrongdoing. ... More >>
Market System Designed to Prosper from Misfortunes
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:27 pm | narconews.com
Correspondent Ginna Viarreal files a report today on the Other Campaign stop in Culiacán, Sinaloa. In the neighborhood of Vicente Lombardo, named for the founder of the Confederation of Mexican Labor, Subcomandante Marcos listened to local residents who carry on that ... More >>
Oaxaca Women Tap for Hope with Their Fingernails
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 11:40 am | narconews.com
Nancy Davies' new commentary from Oaxaca today reveals that, despite the continuing repression in that rebel state and the seemingly endless stalemate on a solution with the federal government, the people continue to find new reasons to have hope. ... More >>