protesta

Protest/ Protesta
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location:Mexican Consulate
Street: 204 South Ashland Avenue
City/Town:Chicago, IL

On Tuesday, April 27th, a caravan headed to San Juan Copala was attacked by gunmen identified as members of UBISORT, an organization with affiliations with the PRI (Independent Revolutionary Party) political party and the Oaxacan government. At least two are reported dead, Beatriz Carino, director of CACTUS and an indigenous community radio organizer, and Jyri Antero Jaakkola, an observer from Finland.

The caravan was organized to provide basic necessities, such as water and food, and to accompany teachers from the Section 22 teacher’s union who were denied from entering the community for over 5 months. Participants of the caravan included: representatives from the Assembly of Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), Center for Community Support Working Together (CACTUS), members of Independent Triqui Movement of Unity and Struggle (MULT-I), Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and Liberty (VOCAL), Mexican reporters, and international observers from Belgium, Finland, Italy, and Germany.

We are gathering before the immigrant rights march on May 1st to mourn the loss of two amazing activists, and to hold the Mexican government accountable for this and hundreds of other attacks against communities and movements in Mexico.

!Ni Perdon Ni Olvido!

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