14 DE JUNIO NO SE OLVIDA

“El amanecer de una ciudad… El despertar de un pueblo”

COMUNA RADIAL OAXACA

Transmisión en vivo por Internet:
www.giss.tv:8000/lacomuna.ogg
www.giss.tv:8000/lacomuna.mp3

FM en Oaxaca:
94.1 Radio Zaachila
92.1 Radio Plantón
104.5 Radio Disturbio

Transmisión de 4:00am a 10:00pm
Teléfono en cabina (Radio Planton): 5169776

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Proyección del video:
COMPROMISO CUMPLIDO
Es un documental que denuncia las violaciones a los derechos humanos, cometidas por el gobierno de Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, durante las movilizaciones sociales que estremecieron Oaxaca en 2006, y que dieron como resultado más de 25 asesinatos registrados por el movimiento popular.
Al documentar 6 de estos casos, Compromiso Cumplido descubre una estrategia de terrorismo de estado que se ha implementado en Oaxaca y la impunidad en que permanecen sus autores.

Producido por: Mal de Ojo TV y El Comité de Liberación 25 de Noviembre.

8:00pm en la Alameda de León

One of the papers said there´s going to be a large meeting (I assume of teachers) in the Zocalo at 2pm, and a documentary projected in the Cathedral at 8pm.

Radio Planton will be up at 7am, and Noticias today had a list of the symbolic barricades.

Does anyone know whether the march is supposed to begin at 9 or 10? Or what time they´re expected to reach the Zocalo?

Note that all of our regular 7pm slots at the store were booked — so we decided to host this late night following an event that I know Brad would have come to. See below.

Monday, April 23rd @ 9:30PM – $5 Suggested @ Bluestockings
Screening: “Brad: We’ll Keep On Fighting”
Come join us late for a screening of “Brad Will: We’ll Keep On Fighting”

Monday, April 23rd @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Clayton Patterson “Resistance”
Patterson’s “Resistance: A Radical Political History of the Lower East
Side” documents the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists and immigrants=
that populated and politicized one of America=E2=80=99s strangest and
most beloved neighborhoods. Join us for regaling first-person tales of the batt=
les, triumphs, failures, and lives of this neighborhood.

Family members, consisting of Brad’s parents and his brother and sister, will visit Mexico City and Oaxaca City. They will meet with human rights and other non-governmental organizations, Mexican officials, the United States Embassy, eyewitnesses, and the media. Press conferences will be held in each city.

Brad Will was shot and killed in Santa Lucia del Camino on October 27, 2006. Brad had been covering the then 4-month long conflict between the state government and a coalition of organizations and unions pulled together in the Oaxaca People’s Popular Assembly (APPO) to protest Governor Ulises Ruiz’s use of excessive force against the Section 22 of the National Union of Education Workers on June 14, 2006.

Beginning in August, armed para-police units linked to both local and state police forces began opening fire on protesters. By October 27, para-police units had killed at least 10 protesters. During this time federal and state prosecutors did not open investigations into these crimes. On October 27, members of the Santa Lucia del Camino police and local government officials were photographed shooting at APPO protesters where Brad was shot. The national press published these photographs. However, state and federal prosecutors have declined to investigate possible government involvement in Brad’s murder, instead pursuing a speculative theory that members of APPO murdered Brad.

Family members are traveling to Mexico to demand a new rigorous and impartial investigation of Brad’s murder. “The cycle of impunity related to crimes against journalists and human rights violations in Mexico must end,” said Craig Will, Brad’s older brother. “It is our hope that this upcoming visit will increase the spotlight on the inadequacies of the Mexican judicial system and
encourage responsible leadership on the part of the state and federal governments to pursue real justice.”

Media interested in attending either press event should contact the Will family’s coadyuvante, Miguel Angel de los Santos at mdelossantos@laneta.apc.org or 52-967-678-8440.

Family Contact:

www.bradwill.org

willcomm@aol.com

Media Events:

The Mexico City press conference will be held a media non-profit, CENCOS, at 10am on Friday, March 23:

Medellin 33, col. Roma
CP 06700, México, D.F., México
Tel: 55 33 64 75 / 76 Fax: 52 08 20 62 cencos@prodigy.net.mx

The Oaxaca City press conference will be held at a graphic arts non-profit, IAGO, on Thursday, March 22 at 2pm:

INSTITUTO DE ARTES GRÁFICAS DE OAXACA
Macedonio Alcalá 507, Centro, Oaxaca C. P. 68000

Tel. (9) 516 20 45 fax (9) 516 69 80

The Friends of Brad Will attended the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Oversight Hearing Overview of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America on March 1st to press for the appropriate investigation of the murder of US journalist Brad Will in Oaxaca, Mexico in October of 2006. The Friends of Brad Will is a national network working with the Will family for justice and accountability in his murder, and for an end to the impunity of human rights
violations in Oaxaca, Mexico.

March 2nd, 2007

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/87705136@N00/

Contact: Robert Jereski mutualaid at earthlink dot net
www.friendsofbradwill.org

Advocates with FoBW met with all of the members of the influential Sub-Committee that guides American policy in Central and Latin America, and spoke directly to the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, Thomas A. Shannon, Jr..

The Sub Committee was a wide ranging question and answer session with a great deal of focus on US policy and financial leverage to end the impunity of human rights abuses throughout the region.

Congress Member Gregory Meeks, (Dem, Brooklyn) indicated the presence of Friends of Brad Will from New York City in the capacity crowd and used his limited time to ask the Assistant Secretary directly about the status of the investigation into the murder of Brad Will. Mr. Shannon indicated that he had just spoken with representatives from FoBW and unfortunatley did not
have current information, but committed to getting back to the Congress Member and the Sub Committee as well as FoBW.

This was an important watershed in the ongoing effort to hold accountable the responsible parties for the murder of US journalist and activist Brad Will, and to draw further attention to the ongoing situation in Oaxaca, Mexico that Mr. Will was reprting on.

Friends of Brad Will advocate, Robert Jereski stated, “We are encouraged by our reception on Capital Hill and the great interest in the Brad Will case, following the recent visit by the Will family here. It is imperative that we build on this momentum and continue to contact our Representatives in Washington DC, Congress members and Senators alike, from both sides of the
aisle.”

Another Friends of Brad Will advocate from New York City, Harry Bubbins noted, “Justice is sometimes not swift. Now we have a unique opening to shine the spotlight from Washington DC to Oaxaca, Mexico, which is what Brad was interested in.” Bubbins encouraged the national network to stay focused on Brad’s case and to reach out to their Washington DC elected officials.

Friends of Brad Will also met with human rights activists from a variety of organizations all involved in pressing for justice in the Oaxaca, Mexcio region.

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Background Weblink: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19564

As Reporters without Borders has noted, two officials who had been arrested in relation to the murder were released, despite witness accounts and other evidence that they fired in Will’s direction.

“The findings of the autopsies carried out on Will were rigged by the authorities in order to blame his murder on activists … whose protests Will was covering,” Reporters Without Borders said.

In lieu of a meeting where we sit around in a circle, we will be having a non-meeting where we eat, see the movie “Indypendent” (by Amy Wolf, and about the Indy) and talk about Indymedia and radical journalism.

This would be a perfect meeting for new or nearly new volunteers to come to, and to bring their friends to, if interested.

THE INDY

(Also, read the new issue, www.indypendent.org)

Please join us tomorrow, Saturday -

WHAT:
ACTION MTG FOR DEC 22 and ART/PROP MAKING IN SUPPORT OF OAXACA

WHEN:
2:00-3:00pm Dec 22 Action Meeting
3:00-7:00pm Art/Prop Making (see needs below)

WHERE:
The Change You Want To See Gallery and Convergence Stage
84 Havemeyer St at Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg
(Directions at http://www.hopstop.com)
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org
917-202-5479 or 646-221-7845

WHO:
Anyone! But it’d be great to have some folks with experience with stencil
making, prop making, etc to be on hand to help folks without experience.

We’ll be making visuals that can be used in the Dec 22 actions and the
ongoing vigils at the U.N.

NEEDS:
If you can get any of the following, please bring

cardboard (1, 2 and 3 ply – the bigger the better, and ideally with as
few creases as possible – refridgerator boxes are the best)

tape (duct, masking, packing.. anything with durability and strength)

box cutters and scissors

markers and sharpies (the larger the better and in multiple colours)

string and rope

fabric (by the roll ideally – there are many places in the city (canal st.
for example) where rolls of fabric can be purchased at a reasonable price

paint (spray paint, house paint, artist paint – primary colors + black and
white are best but everything helps)

glue ( white glue, glue stick, hot glue)

staplers w/ staples

paper (large sheets and by the roll)

mylar (the best possible material for making stencils can be purchase at
art supply stores)

wood (1 inch x 2 inch x 8 foot pieces come in bundles of 12 can be
purchased at any wood supply store

cardboard tubes (often times these can be found in dumpsters outside of
clothing manufactures)

screws (1 inch, 1.5 inch 2 inch, 2.5 inch coarse threaded drywall screws)

Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
1680 Lexington Avenue
(corner of 106th Street)
(esquina de la Calle 106)

$5 -$10
Suggested Donation (no one turned away)
Coperacion Voluntaria (ninguno rechazado)

more info check out:

www.elenemigocomun.net

All proceeds go to sending media resources and medical supplies to some of Oaxaca’s most remote indigenous communities, in order to contribute to their ability to document their own histories of collective organizing and resistance.

Todas las donaciones van para mandar equipo de medios y medicinas para algunas de las comunidades mas remotas de oaxaca, para poder contribuir a su abilidad de documentar sus propias historias de resistencia y organizacion colectiva.

$5 -$10
Suggested Donation (no one turned away)
Coperacion Voluntaria (ninguno rechazado)

Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
1680 Lexington Avenue
(corner of 106th Street)
(esquina de la Calle 106)
New York, NY 10029
(212) 831-4333

Oaxaca Solidarity Benefit / Solidaridad con Oaxaca
Sunday 12.17.06 2pm – 12am

more info check out:
www.elenemigocomun.net

All proceeds go to sending media resources and medical supplies to some of Oaxaca’s most remote indigenous communities, in order to contribute to their ability to document their own histories of collective organizing and resistance.

Todas las donaciones van para mandar equipo de medios y medicinas para algunas de las comunidades mas remotas de oaxaca, para poder contribuir a su abilidad de documentar sus propias historias de resistencia y organizacion colectiva.

Tuesday, November 28th, 7:30pm
The Change You Want To See Gallery
84 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
L to Bedford, G to Metropolitan, J/M/Z to Marcy
917-202-5479 or 646-221-7845

LAND, RAIN AND FIRE
Report from Oaxaca
30 minutes

As the people’s movements in Latin America take center stage — LAND, RAIN and FIRE is a must-see!

What began as a teachers’ strike on May 22, 2006 for better wages and more resources for students has erupted into a massive movement for profound social change in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. LAND, RAIN and FIRE tells the story of the police attack on the morning of June 14th when more than fifty thousand teachers were camped out with their children. Dozens were
hospitalized. But the attack backfired as public anger transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency, demanding the resignation of the Governor and the creation of a new constitution.

Hundreds of unions, indigenous and women’s organizations, neighborhood groups, students and professional associations came together and created APPO – The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca and a massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state government to a standstill.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Tami Gold launched her carer in the Newsreel Film Collective of the anti-Vietnam War movement at the age of 20, and has since produced and directed over 20 films about controversial or often ignored subjects. Her work has appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film
Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, the American Film Institute’s International Film Festival, and the Whitney Museum among other venues.

Her most recent film, EVERY MOTHERS SON, won an award at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was shown on POVon PBS. The film also received an Emmy Nomination in 2005.

In 2001, Tami produced, directed (with Kelly Anderson) MAKING A KILLING, a documentary about the tobacco giant Philip Morris and their efforts to build their customer base by targeting children throughout the world. This documentary was presented at the Slamdance Film Festival and the
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Outstanding Documentaries of the Year Film Series. In 1999, Tami produced and directed ANOTHER BROTHER, about an African American Vietnam veteran, which premiered at the Urban World Film Festival, won a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival, a CINE Golden Eagle Award, a Gold World Medal at the New York Festivals International Competition, 1st Place at The Athens International Film & Video Festival and had a national PBS broadcast in 1999 and 2002.

In 1997, she produced and directed OUT AT WORK: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN ON THE JOB (with Kelly Anderson) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won many awards internationally and had televised in France, Italy, Poland, and Germany. She then remade the film for an HBO special – OUT AT WORK: AMERICA UNDERCOVER which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award and
was selected Most Outstanding Documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards 2000. Some of her other works include SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED, PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE, FROM BEDSIDE TO BARGAINING TABLE, LOOKING FOR LOVE: TEENAGE MOTHERS and JUGGLING GENDER which premiered at the New York Film Festival’s video showcase.

She is the recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the American Film Institute (NEA), and she received the Excellence in the Arts award from the Manhattan Borough President. She is a Professor of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College (City University of New York).

http://www.andersongoldfilms.com

Gerardo Renique is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the City College of the City University of New York. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional Agraria, Lima, Peru where he obtained a B.S. in agronomy. He received a M.A. and a Ph.D in history from Columbia University in 1983 and 1990 respectively.

Professor Rénique’s research has focused on the modern and contemporary history of Peru and Mexico. His book Peru Time of Fear (Latin America Bureau: London, 1992) [co-authored] examines the political and social history of the Andean country from the 1960s to the 1990s. His current research on Peru examines the nature of Fujimori’s state formation and the political and cultural dynamics of the popular and antisystemic movements and political organizations that fueled the resistance and mobilization responsible for its recent fall. The main ideas and hypothesis guiding this research are presented in the recently published Popular Movements, the Legacy of the Left, and the Fall of Fujimori in Socialism and Democracy, # 28 (vol. 14, n.2, Fall/Winter, 2000).

His other of research concentrates of the Mexican border state of Sonora. Professor Rénique’s unpublished dissertation examines Sonora’s economic and social history between the 1850s and the advent of the 1910 revolution. At the moment he is completing a manuscript, provisionally titled Race, Region and Nation. Sonora’s Anti-Chinese Movement in the Formation of México’s Nation-State, on the relatively unknown anti-Chinese movement that during the 1920s and 1930s spread from the state of Sonora into the rest of the country. This book focuses on the relationship between this movement to the racial understandings and nationalist projects of the Sonoran revolutionary fraction that laid the foundations of México’s national state, governing party, cultural institutions and nationalist ideology during the 1920s and 1930s. Parts of this manuscript have been recently published as Anti-Chinese Racism, Nationalism and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 14, 89-137, 2001; and as “Race, Region and Nation. Sonora’s Anti-Chinese Racism and México’s Post-Revolutionary Nationalism,” in Nancy Applebaum, Anne MacPherson, and Karin Alexandra (eds.) Race and Nation in Modern Latin America (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming).