[IMC-Video] Videos about Oaxaca on Free Speech TV

[Michael Eisenmenger]

Free Speech TV Rapid Response Programs
Videos on Oaxaca ­ 58 minutes
Airdates on FreeSpeech TV:
1/8 Monday @ 1pm; 1/9 Tuesday @ 11am; 1/10 Wednesday @ 2am, 11am, 17pm; 1/11
Thursday @ 7am, 8pm, 10pm; 1/13 Saturday @ 12pm
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Land, Rain and Fire, Tami Gold, TVPG
Through personal testimonials this video examines the origins of social
discontent in Oaxaca and documents its transformation into a pacific
democratic insurgency. What began as a teachers¹ strike on May 22, 2006 for
better wages and more resources for students has erupted into a massive
movement for profound social change in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. LAND,
RAIN AND FIRE tells the story of the police attack on the morning of June
14th when more than fifty thousand teachers were camped out with their
children. Dozens were hospitalized. But the attack backfired as public anger
transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency,
demanding the resignation of the Governor and the creation of a new
constitution. Hundreds of unions, indigenous and women¹s organizations,
neighborhood groups, students and professional associations came together
and created APPO - The Popular Assembly of the People¹s of Oaxaca and a
massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state
government to a standstill.

Mal de Ojo,
MAL DE OJO TV surfaced in Oaxaca City after June 14,  2006 as a
coalition of independent, indigenous and community media workers,
including Indymedia-Oaxaca and Ojo de Agua Comunicación, dedicated to
covering the rising social movement and its repression in Oaxaca. The
organization has been targeted by the Oaxacan police and many
communicators are currently being sought out with arrest warrants in
their names. MAL DE OJO TV has been the sole source of coverage for
most of the major events involving police repression in the city, but
they have also been covering the building of a popular movement,
documenting assemblies, peaceful marches, press conferences and
proclamations.

1. In the Bicentennial of Juárez: this is what happened in Oaxaca,
8'07 min., Mal de Ojo TV, November, 2006. In Spanish with English
subtitles. Overview of the main demands and summaries of arrests and deaths
that
have resulted from the civic movement in Oaxaca City, including
footage of confrontations with police, from the moment governor Ulises
Ruiz sends in State Police to oust the teacher's peaceful sit-in on
Oaxaca on June14, 2006, to November 2, 2006 when Federal Preventive
Police enter the city. NOTE: numbers have gone up since this piece was
edited.

2. Victoria de Todos los Santos/The Victory of All Saint's Day,
11'48 min., Mal de Ojo TV, November, 2006. In Spanish with English
subtitles. Federal Preventive Police are confronted by the people of
Oaxaca as they attempt to contain the civil movement. Video edited
Nov. 2nd, 2006, a day after the events.

3. In Memorian: tribute to Brad Will.
8'54 min., October/November, 2006.  In Spanish with English subtitles.
A short tribute to the life of reporter Brad Will. The people of
Oaxaca remember Brad and demand justice. Dedicated to his family and
showing the altar, mural, signs and prayers offered to his memory on
All Saint's Day, Nov 1, 2006, nine days after his death.

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