WOMBLES - Mexico

Chiapas: What is really behind the attacks and evictions? Eco-tourism in the Lacandon

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:52:45 +0000

from gcsg, 23 February 2010: "In the attack that took place in the community of Bolon Ajaw, the Zapatista bases of support found themselves face to face with members of OPDDIC (among them was the late Adolfo Moreno Estrada). The trajectory of the bullet (that killed him) indicates that it entered Moreno Estrada through his back and exited through his chest. The position of the body leaves no room for doubt: Adolfo Estrada Moreno died due to friendly fire from an OPDDIC bullet..." more

Three years later, Brad Will is still dead: murdering journalists in Mexico

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:59:03 +0000

via mostly water, 1 November 2009: "Three years after he was gunned down by Oaxaca state security agents October 27th 2006 while filming a confrontation between activists and local police during the oft-violent campaign to oust tyrannical governor Ulisis Ruiz Ortiz (URO), a prominent member of the once-and-future ruling PRI party, U.S. photojournalist Brad Will is still dead... more

Newswires: Swine Flu

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:07:04 +0000

Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Avian, swine, influenza... more

Newswires: Zapatistas

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:39:02 +0000

Updated daily: Articles from external newswires on the Zapatista's struggle for dignity and autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico. Keywords: Zapatista, Chiapas, EZLN, Zapatismo more

Newswires: Oaxaca

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:33:32 +0000

Updated daily: Articles from external newswires on the struggles in Oaxaca in Mexico.
Keywords: Oaxaca, CIPO-RFM... more

Cafe Rebelde Zapatista: Solidarity with the Zapatistas

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:19:30 +0000

Updated 11 June 2009:: In order to challenge exploitation and poverty, the EZLN developed social and political projects: building, from the bottom up, a society where the people can enjoy autonomy, safeguarding their own idioms and culture, and organising their own access to education, health, and land, through forms of direct democracy. One of these projects is the creation of small co-operatives that produce the 'Cafe Rebelde Zapatistas'. more

Anarchist bombing wave hits Mexico

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:18:55 +0000

via interactivist, 6 October 2009: Some media-speak but some basic background to anarchist ideas and action Mexico... "by John Ross - MEXICO CITY (Oct 6th) - An unprecedented wave of anarchist bombings here and in provincial capitals has Mexican security forces on red alert. Beginning September 1st, bombs have gone off once or twice a week regularly as clockwork, taking out windows and ATMs at five banks, torching two auto showrooms and several U.S. fast-food franchises plus an upscale boutique in the chic Polanco district of this conflictive capital. In each case, the Anarchist "A" has been spray-painted on nearby walls along with slogans supporting animal liberation demands to stop prison construction, and calls for the demise of capitalism..." more

Oaxaca: International campaign for an end to the aggression against the prisoners

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:42:26 +0000

from various sources, 19 February 2009: "In light of the repression suffered by comrades Abraham Ramirez Vázquez, from Mexico, the comrades of the Magonista Zapatista Alliance request that we put pressure on the Mexican authorities, in our own countries as well as in Mexico, to stop the constant harassment undergone by our imprisoned comrades. We therefore propose that all this week pressure is put on the Mexican embassies in Spain and other countries..." more

New Oaxacan social centre attacked by cops, fired on

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:53:11 +0000

from email, 11 December 2008: "In the early morning of Monday, December 8, 2008, murderer Ulises Ruiz’s Oaxacan state government, through its Preventative and Municipal police, onboard various police pickup trucks and motorcycles, violently attacked those who live and work in the political and cultural space of the house located at 408 Crespo Street in the historic center of Oaxaca, “Oaxacan Autonomous Solidarity House of Self-Sustaining (Autogestive) Work” (Casa Autónoma Solidaria Oaxaqueña de Trabajo Autogestivo – CASOTA)..." more

Zapatista call for worldwide festival of dignified rage, December 2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:49:07 +0000

from slash, 25 November 2008: "To the adherents of the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign... In Mexico City, a national and international exposition will be installed where every struggle, every experience, every rage, will have a space where it can set up and show its struggle and its courage. This way we can all see, hear, and know each other..." more

Under-reported Struggles #19

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:16:45 +0000

posted 12 November 2008: "In this month’s Underreported Struggles: 400,000 Guatemalans Reject Development Model, Philippines Indigenous People Unite for the Land, Riot Police Target Algonquin Blockade, Chagos Islanders Denied the Right of Return, and 17 other stories that you probably haven’t heard about..." more

Bonfire night benefit gig @ The Grosvenor for prisoners in Oaxaca, 5th November 2008

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:51:03 +0000

from email, updated 1 November 2008: Gig @ The Grosvenor, Sidney Road, Stockwell, London SW9, from 9pm +++ Benefit for CIPO-RFM prisoners in Oxacaca +++ 3 awesome bands for just 3 quid, - The Suicidal Birds - Headjam - The Kut + Lotsa 'avin it riot porn visuals from REEL NEWS + All dub and ska tunes from DJ Captain Scarlet + Indoor fireworks to celebrate the anniversary of that bloke who came close to solving the Parliament problem. more

Chiapas massacre update

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:55:31 +0000

from email, 9 October 2008: State police summarily executed three peasants in front of a child - The Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) issued a press release on denouncing the October 4 2008 police operation in Chincultik that left six peasants dead, 17 wounded, and 36 detained. Of the wounded, ten were beaten and six were shot. Three men were gravely injured: one was transfered to a hospital in Mexico City, and the other to a hospital in the Chiapas capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez. more

Mexico: Declaration & Call to Action from Oaxaca

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:50:13 +0000

from ainfos, reposted 30 August 2008: It is in this context that the Procurador General de la Republica or PGR (Public Prosecutor) tries to charge the APPO with the murder of Bradley Roland Will, an independent journalist of Indymedia from the United States. As videos clearly show, he was murdered by a group of militiamen from Santa Lucia del Camino municipality. These facts were confirmed by international experts from the independent organization Doctors for Human Rights. more

Update: Zapatista prisoners on hunger strike in Tabasco

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:31:16 +0000

from narcosphere, 23 April 2008: As previously announced, on April 21 two Zapatista political prisoners, Ángel Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez and his father Francisco Pérez Vázquez, went on hunger strike in the Tacotalpa, Tabasco, prison where they're incarcerated. Originally announced as a fast that would last "for three days or as long as necessary," the prisoners sent a letter to Other Campaign adherents on April 22 confirming that they are on hunger strike for an "indefinite period of time." more