Posts Tagged ‘mexico’
by John Gibler, June 7, Upping the Anti
This past Wednesday, June 4, a military convoy of about 200 Mexican soldiers and federal and municipal police attempted to enter Zapatista villages under the pretext of searching for marijuana plants; something patently absurd in communities that have maintained a self-imposed “dry law,” prohibiting all drugs and all [...]
LibCom, 22 May 2008
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 [...]
My Word is My Weapon, 27 April 2008
Police Previously Promised They Wouldn’t Raid the Chiapas Town
Police carried out an early morning operation today directed at adherents to the Zapatistas’ Other Campaign, detaining three men whose whereabouts remain unknown. The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (”Frayba”
is currently attempting to locate the three [...]