ROCLA Monthly Meeting: Crisis in Oaxaca

Rochester Committee on Latin America's February Monthly Meeting to Focus on Crisis in Oaxaca

Roundtable participants: Sera Brown, Ted Forsyth, Owen Thompson, and Richard Vallejo.

When: Wednesday, February 7th, 7PM
Where: Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh St., across from City Hall parking lot (which is free after 5pm)

ROCLA, with Rochester Indymedia, will present a panel discussion on the present situation in the Mexican state of Oaxaca and a film screening of New York City Indymedia journalist Brad Will's last footage before he was murdered by paramilitary forces on the outskirts of Oaxaca City. Program Description: Owen Thompson will provide a history of struggle over land and indigenous rights in Mexico, placing the current situation in Oaxaca in a historical context. Ted Forsyth follows with a time-line of events through the struggle in Oaxaca since May of 2006. After the screening of Brad Will's last footage Sera Brown will address the women's movement and their resistance to oppression in Oaxaca. Wrapping things up, Richard Vallejo will give a brief history of Oaxaca as it entered the globalized world, connecting the current struggle in Oaxaca with struggles in other areas around the world. The presentation will be followed by discussion of the next steps we should consider taking.