-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [DopeXResistance-L.A.] Fw: Mexican teachers suffer deadly repression. Solidarity Needed. Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:01:27 -0700 From: John A Imani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: John A Imani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "LAAMN" <[email protected]>
----- Original Message ----- From: John A Imani <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; natalia cuevas <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Vicki Ruiz <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Julia Figueira-McDonough <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Richard Orser <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Don White <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:00 PM Subject: Fw: Mexican teachers suffer deadly repression. Solidarity Needed. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill Irene Freidberg <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: Mexican teachers suffer deadly repression. Solidarity Needed. Dear Friends, Over the last two weeks, many of you signed on to a letter in solidarity with the public schoolteachers in Oaxaca, who have been on strike since May 22nd. This morning, June 14th, at dawn, several thousand police entered the center of downtown Oaxaca and attacked the teachers, who have been camped in the streets since their strike began. Also, the teachers' union headquarters were attacked, and the teachers' radio station, Radio Planton, was destroyed; the radio staff beaten and arrested. As of noon today (June 14th) five teachers are confirmed dead. The unconfirmed report is that, among those five, two of the dead are children, and two of the dead are women teachers. Many more teachers have been injured and/or arrested. The reports are that, despite the brutal police attack, the teachers have "re-taken" the center of downtown Oaxaca, and that hundreds of parents, kids, and students are making their way to the center of town to support the teachers. Thus far, the repression has been carried out by state police, without any involvement by the federal police. But there are rumors that federal police are already on their way. So both the governor of Oaxaca, as well as President Vicente Fox, need to hear from us. The last time I wrote to you, I was asking you to sign your name on a letter. This time, I am asking you to take your solidarity to the streets. Obviously, the governor of Oaxaca doesn't read his mail. I am asking you to mobilize in whatever way you see fitS(If you can, gather outside of the Mexican consulate wherever you live. Get other teachers, parents, and students, to join you. If you can't get out there, then call your local embassy or consulate and tell them what you think. Demand that the local Mexican consul deliver your message to the Governor of the state of Oaxaca. Tell them that people in the United States are paying attention. That the situation should be resolved through dialogue not repression, and that the State of Oaxaca should respect and meet the teacher's just demands. Tell them that all threats to send in the federal police will only result in more deaths. If you need some background on this situation, and for ongoing updates, go to www.corrugate.org and click on Granito de Arena. If you are able to carry out actions, please 1) document them with photos and/or video, and 2) please email me to let me know. Thanks so much, and please forward this along to your lists... Jill Freidberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206-851-6785 202 728-1600 (Mexican Embassy in Washington DC) 212 217 6476. Press Office, Mexican Consulate in NYC. Online Directory of Mexican Consulates: http://www.mexonline.com/consulate.htm -- "I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. 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