By Many Authors - December 23, 2008

The National Union of Mineworkers, Steelworkers, Steelmakers and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSSRM) is being subjected to fierce repression by the fraudulent government of Felipe Calderon and by the Grupo México, the mining monopoly that seeks to destroy the union.

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By LAURA CARLSEN - December 12/14, 2008

In the first two years of the Felipe Calderon administration, Mexico has become a focal point in the violation of the human rights of immigrants even as it criticizes the treatment of Mexican migrants in the United States. The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Jorge Bustamante states the problem in no uncertain terms: "We are responsible for violations of the rights of Central Americans passing through Mexico, the same or worse as those of Mexicans in the United States."

By JOHN ROSS - Counterpunch Weekend Edition

At first Lucia Morett couldn't make out where she was and what had woken her up in the pitch-black jungle dark. Then the Mexican graduate student remembered. She reached for her schoolmate Veronica Velazquez's hand but Vero was not there. She would never be there again.

By Diego Cevallos - Sunday, December 14, 2008

Kidnappings in the south of Mexico are nothing new, but the latest cases seem to follow a different pattern, Paulo Martínez, spokesman for the non-governmental organisation Sin Fronteras (Without Borders), a human rights watchdog for immigrants arriving in this country...According to Martínez, women kidnapped in the south have reported being tortured and raped. Their captors usually demand ransom from relatives of the victims living in the United States.

By JOSEPH NEVINS and TIMOTHY DUNN - November 14/16, 2008

It is unclear when the U.S. government first began constructing barriers along the boundary, but through most of the 20th century, they were few and far between, located in urbanized areas and often in a state of disrepair and easily breachable. The absence for more than a century of strong physical barriers along the boundary reflects how immigration and boundary enforcement were largely nonissues until relatively recently.

"As economies crumble around the globe, states are becoming increasingly repressive, especially against those who are its political opponents and resisters. This isn't a regional observation, but a global one. That tendency is seen in the prosecution and unjust sentencing of men and women from Atenco, Mexico."

By JOHN ROSS - November 6, 2008

Brad Will's murder on October 27th 2006 greenlighted then-Mexican president Vicente Fox to send thousands of military-trained Federal police (PFP) into Oaxaca to brutally quell the rebellion. Hundreds of APPO supporters were jailed and tortured during the crackdown. Fox's decision to send in the PFP was commended by U.S. ambassador Tony Garza, who on the night of Brad's murder, accused the APPO of inciting the violence.

By John Gibler - October 22, 2008

On October 27, 2006, Brad Will stood on Juarez Avenue in the municipality of Santa Lucia del Camino, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was filming a violent clash between armed, civilian-clad municipal police and officials and members of the Oaxaca Peoples' Popular Assembly, or APPO...Brad stood amongst the APPO protesters and other journalists... [and] was shot and fell to the ground, his camera still running and having recorded the sound of the shot that hit him...Brad died on the way to the hospital...Two years later, on October 16, 2008, the Mexican federal government arrested two members of the APPO, and charged Juan Manuel Martinez as the gunman and Octavio Perez with helping to cover up Brad's murder.

by Dan La Botz - October 8, 2008

The government is moving cautiously to deal with the unfolding crisis, but the opposition political parties and labor unions have begun to call upon the government to prepare a plan to protect the interests of Mexico's working people. Mexico's independent labor union alliances have mobilized for years against neoliberalism and in defense of social property. Now they will face a greater challenge.

Our hearts are full of sadness and rage because our sister Sali was brutally raped and murdered 20 minutes from San Jose del Pacifico and up to this moment the Oaxacan Attorney General's Office, as is its custom, is not doing anything regarding the fact that there exist witnesses who have information to identify those responsible.

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COMUNICADO DEL COMITÉ CLANDESTINO REVOLUCIONARIO INDÍGENA-COMANDANCIA GENERAL DEL EJÉRCITO ZAPATISTA DE LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL.
COMISIÓN SEXTA-COMISIÓN INTERGALÁCTICA DEL EZLN.
MÉXICO.
15 Y 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2008.
A L@S ADHERENTES A LA SEXTA DECLARACIÓN Y LA OTRA CAMPAÑA:
A L@S ADHERENTES A LA ZEZTA INTERNAZIONAL:
AL PUEBLO DE MÉXICO:
A LOS PUEBLOS DEL MUNDO:
COMPAÑERAS Y COMPAÑEROS

From the Edge of the Blade tells the story about the 2006 popular uprising in Oaxaca, as put by some of the teachers, activists, workers, students, human rights workers, [as well as the] tortured and imprisoned.

By SCOTT CAMPBELL - September 10, 2008

[There are]...[t]hose who have chosen to use the political and social clout of the APPO to engage with the current political system and try to get what they can from it and those who reject any relationship with the system that in 2006 was killing and disappearing their comrades...[T]he power-hungry members of APPO continue their dance with their former oppressors, now colleagues, while those seeking to stay true to the original premise of the APPO propose to construct something new. It is this phase of consolidation, deliberation, and reconstruction that many believe hold the promise for a successful social movement.