Through personal testimonies, this 28 minute documentary examines the origin and transformation of the Teachers strike into into a popular Pacific Democratic insurgency in Oaxaca, Mexico.
On May 22, 2006, Teachers in Oaxaca went on strike in protest low funding and to additionally call for the resignation of governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. 3000 police were sent to break up the occupation in the early morning of June 14, 2006; A street battle ensued which lasted for several hours, resulting in hundreds of injuries but no fatalities. Ortiz declared that he would not resign.
In response to this attack on the unarmed people of Oaxaca, social groups, unions, the Teachers, Parents, and among others, several representatives from around Oaxaca convened, creating the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) — declaring themselves to be the true governing body of Oaxaca.
Since June, there have been numerous attacks on the People of a Oaxaca.. Thousands have been injured in multiple state-initiated confrontations and atleast 18 people have been killed. The struggle in Oaxaca continues.
- Watch on Google
- Read a summary of the Results from November’s Constitutive Congress which led the way for a Popular Democratic Government
- Go to the Oaxaca Action Study Group
