In this clip, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno shares with us words of hope upon recently being release from prison. He was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongfully accused for the murder of Bradley Will, Indymedia journalist, who was documenting...
on May 27th, '10
The Press Conference was attended by two officials from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Jorge Albino Ortiz y Adalberto Hernández Álvarez , and assistance from 17 different media, including both official and independent electronic media, as well as magazines and newspapers. The atmosphere was tense and expectant of the statements of the officials of San Juan Copala in regards to the assassination of their top leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ramirez, and the continuing actions of the Triqui organization.
on May 21st, '10
Dear CASA amig@s
We would like to start this month's newsletter with good news but our hearts remain hurt when on on April 27th a solidarity and support caravan was attacked by paramilitaries before arriving to San Juan Copala, an autonomous municipality 3 hours away from Oaxaca City.
During the attack against the Support and Solidarity Caravan, two compañeros were assassinated by paramilitary forces, Alberta "Bety" Cariño and Jyri Jaakkola. This month's newsletter is dedicated to Bety and Jyri and their work for social justice.
on May 21st, '10
“The indigenous, autonomous community of San Juan Copala has been in a desperate situation for a while now,” writes a Minneapolis activist working in Oaxaca. “They have been surviving persistent paramilitary attacks and are close to death as the paramilitaries have cut them off from food and water supplies. The solidarity caravan had intended to support them and try to bring attention to the attacks, but the government is so hell-bent on destroying this community that there was no hesitation to send paramilitaries to murder the participants. These were assassinations, not random shootings.”
on May 21st, '10
The Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala emphatically denounces the MURDER of our top leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ramírez (44 years old) and his wife Cleriberta Castro (35 years old). The deplorable deed took place in the Yosoyuxi community, which is part of the Autonomous Municipality. According to witnesses’ statements, an unmarked three-ton truck that was apparently delivering merchandise stopped outside the store where the slain comrades live. An armed commando got out of the truck and executed the victims. This commando was made up of four NON-Triqui individuals. The Autonomous Municipality holds the Movement for Triqui Unification and Struggle (MULT) responsible for the crime.
on May 16th, '10
On April 8-11, a diversity of social groups in Oaxaca concerned about the alkdjfa organized "Encuentro for an Automous Life" to highlight the increasing need to identify tools to organize around sustainability and autonomy in Oaxaca.
on May 15th, '10
May 17th marks International Day against Homophobia. Over many parts of the world, LGBT communities organize and create events to bring awareness against homophobia. Here in Oaxaca, many LGBT organizations/groups are organizing various events throughout the entire month. These events range from documentary screenings from the late American activist Harvey Milk, public art exhibitions from local Oaxaquen@ queers, workshops on how to stand against homophobia and others forms of discrimination, and of course… a fierce King and Queen Drag show. Shir
on May 13th, '10
Comrades of the media, we have called you together at the request of the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala. As the bearers of the voice of our people, we want all the people of Mexico to hear directly from us what happened on the 27th of last month and what continues to happen in our community.
on May 10th, '10
(IPS) - As he drops his last purification tablet into a pail of swirling, murky water, Sergio, 26, stares out toward the desert. Recently deported from Arizona, where he has a young child and where he has lived for the majority of his life, he explains, "I have to return, it's my home."
on May 5th, '10
oday, May 3rd 2010, on the fourth anniversary of the repression, murders, arrests, rapes, torture, and house raids committed by the military police in Atenco, Movement for Justice in El Barrio reaffirms our commitment to the struggle for justice for the dignified people of San Salvador Atenco, Mexico.
on May 4th, '10
To all of you who, with your warmth, solidarity, presence, denouncements, you tell us and dictate the path that we have to and need to follow. To those whose hearts have suffered the pain of having a loved one taken from you, we want to tell you that the words don’t exist to be able to express to you the rage that we feel, the impotence, the anguish, and the desperation of not being able to be with the person who was the compañera, the mother of two children, the leader, the friend, the sister, THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE when hate, brutality, and anger took her life because of the struggle that we undertook for fourteen years. To all of you and in the name of my children, thank you.
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