Lee - Thank you for the input. As I have commented before on this list, one
of my post-grad profs said that he preferred the controlled press of Kenya
to the illusion of a free press in America. At least he always knew what
was really happening by reading the headlines - but never the stories. He
knew the government [as something of an insider] and the people [raised in a
rural area] and how they each would react. Impossible to get any report
that is not reflecting one side or the other.
Enough of rant.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD EM 275K
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Calling our man in Mexico ...
The account of the violence in Atenco is, to the best of my knowledge,
incomplete and innacurate. I have been following this issue, as I am
interested in the Zapatista movement.
What happened is that flower sellers were peddling their wares in the
outdoor market, and a large number of police showed up to evict them. This
is believed to be in large part because Walmart wants to build a superstore
there. The flower sellers resisted, and it was Mexican police with guns and
tear gas against peasant farmers with rocks and machetes; by the end of the
day there was at least one peasant farmer killed and 400 detained or in some
cases dissapeared. The citizens in the area joined in on the side of the
flower sellers, obstructing the police, barricading roads, etc, and it may
be at this point that police were beaten.
For what its worth, NAFTA and the spread of global industry is hitting
Mexico hard; it is common for industries to move in and tap into the water
sources which the local farmers depend on, effectively destroying the
agrarian economy. The destruction of the agrarian economy and consequent
displacement of the farmers is a major factor compelling the wave of
immigration north of the border.
President Fox is a buffoon and a sock puppet for US financial interests. He
is widely detested. Obrador offers hope of reform, but Marcos has been
conducting what he calls the other campaign, which is not about electoral
politics at all, but rather traveling throughout the rural areas, calling
together the people threatened by the invasion of multinational
corporations, etc and discussing what they can do directly to protect
themselves, their land, their water, their way of life.
Lee
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 11:17, Craig McCluskey wrote:
One of the list subscribers has mentioned that he lives in Mexico.
This evening, I ran across
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEXICO_VOTE_OF_FEAR?SITE=APSECT
ION=
HOMETEMPLATE=DEFAULTCTIME=2006-05-17-06-12-44
which paints a pretty bleak picture of things down there.
Is this an accurate picture?
Thanks,
Craig
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