Archive for August, 2006
Oaxaca City SlideShow: Un Pueblo Unido Avanza Sin Partidos
Aug 31st
SlideShow of photos taken in Oaxaca City during the last week of August 2006 with compiled audio from the 2006 “El Enemigo Común” tour. (9:34 minutes / 15 MB)
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Oaxaca is Closed in Solidarity with APPO
Aug 29th
Oaxaca City is almost entirely closed today… I am the only tourist staying at my hostel today… even the Zocalo is eerily quiet… The radio transmissions for Radio La Ley were cut-off sometime during the (early morning hours). Radio La Ley, a corporate radio station owned by … Clear Channel, was recently taken over in solidarity with Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca (APPO). Approximately three radio stations are still in the hands of APPO and its supporters. A “MegaMarcha” will be held on September 1st. Read more and view photo
Supporters of AMLO Declare, “No al Pinche Fraude”
Aug 21st
On August 19th, 20th and 21st, I walked around various sections of the planton set up throughout Mexico City. Many working class people from all over Mexico have travelled to Mexico City to demand a full recount of the votes cast during the national election which took place on July 6th. Shouts of “voto por voto, casilla por casilla” (vote for vote, ballot box for ballot box) are heard everywhere as these people believe a recount will change the official results of the presidential election. Read more and view photos
Pirates Roll Through Santa Cruz
Aug 11th
About a dozen pirates hijacked bicycles and took to the streets of Santa Cruz on August 11th after throwing back some drinks at the brewery. The band of pirates stumbled upon a huge fleet of enemy ships docked at the harbor and immediately found themselves in a major rubber-band battle with a young lad. After escaping the harbor with our lives and a bit of loot, we threw our middle fingers up to an H2, captured Moby Dick and took over the park’s climbing toys. Many of us came up on booty, such as pre-Katrina Mardi Gras beads and pirate coins found during a treasure hunt. Read more and view photos
Creating Peace at Lockheed Martin in Bonny Doon on Nagasaki Day
Aug 9th
On August 9th, Nagasaki Day, 11 civilian weapons inspectors drove up Empire Grade Road and marched the last 1/2 mile to the gates of Lockheed Martin where the public road ends. The Santa Cruz Weapons Inspection Team (SCWIT) led the march marking the annihilation and devastation delivered to the people, animals and plants of Nagasaki, Japan, targeted on August 9th, 1945, by nuclear bombs far less powerful than the ones Lockheed Martin presently manufactures. The nonviolent action included the delivery of a letter from the people of Santa Cruz to Tom and Chip of Lockheed Martin suggesting they produce peaceful technologies instead of weapons like the Trident II (D5), Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) armed with nuclear warheads. Paper flowers with messages to Lockheed were attached to the fence, a “peace bush” was planted and anti-nuclear songs were sung outside the gates of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons contractor. Read more and view photos
