Last year, after 2,000 police were sent in to break up the strike by local governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz of the right wing PRI party, the teachers were joined in their protest by the newly-formed Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), an organization of unions, non-governmental groups, cooperatives, social organizations, and parents.
Events continued to escalate and in late October Brad Will, an American journalist who was filming the protests, was shot and killed, along with two residents-- Professor Emilio Alonso Fabián and Esteban López Zurita-- by local police.
Shortly thereafter, then-president Vicente Fox sent in thousands of federal police to crush the popular uprising.
In New York on Tuesday, Vicente Fox made an appearance at a Barnes & Noble bookstore to promote his new book, "Revolution of Hope". Frustrated with the spoon-fed questions Fox was receiving, audience members spoke up and asked him, among other things, why there was no federal investigation into the murder of Brad Will. The scene intensified and those attempting to question Fox were ultimately forced to leave or ejected by security.
Tonight, the Brecht Forum is hosting a presentation on "the latest trends and developments of Oaxaca's popular movement that have managed to weather successfully one of the most violent repressions in recent Mexican history."
Details:
The Brecht Forum
7:30 p.m.
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets)
New York, NY 10014
Tel: 212-242-4201
Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers
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