Posted in Audio, Globalization, Mexico on Oct 2nd, 2006
On October 2nd, 2006, the 38th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre, I spoke with Shannon Young, Headlines Producer for Free Speech Radio News, who lives in Oaxaca City, Mexico. The 1968 student massacre at Tlatelolco in Mexico City sets a creepy undertone for the military provocations currently taking place in Oaxaca City which include [...]
Posted in Globalization, No Borders, Solidarity & Outreach on Sep 15th, 2006
With only 24 hours of notice, people from all walks of life were invited to an emergency Reclaim The Streets protest in response to the recent mass-arrest of 107 immigrants in Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Hollister. On September 15th, a Reclaim The Streets protest marched from the post office down Pacific Ave and all around [...]
Posted in Education, Globalization, Mexico, Video on Sep 7th, 2006
SlideShow of photos taken on September 1st, 2006, during Oaxaca’s 5th MegaMarcha which started in the community of San Felipe and ended at the zócalo in the center of Oaxaca City. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets and marched to demand the immediate departure of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO), liberation for political prisoners, [...]
Posted in Arts & Creation, Globalization, Mexico, Video on Aug 31st, 2006
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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Posted in Globalization, Mexico, Solidarity & Outreach on Aug 29th, 2006
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 [...]
