Oaxaca Struggle Continues In Wake Of Several Civilian Deaths

[Omaha Steve]

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Oaxaca Struggle Continues In Wake Of Several Civilian Deaths - 11/08/06

The five-month long struggle of teachers and their supporters in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, finally broke into the U.S. media when an American independent journalist was shot and killed on October 27 by snipers apparently connected to government forces.

By Jesse Russell

The annual teachers' strike for higher pay and other quality of life issues took a violent turn early in the summer governor of the state, Ulises Ruiz, ordered troops in to retake the central square Then thousands of other Oaxacans joined the barricades and formed a self-governing group In the past few months, several civilians have been killed by paramilitary or military forces.

At a rally outside the Mexican consulate in New York City on October 30 Alex Vitale, an officer in the union representing 20,000 faculty and staff professionals at the City University of New York explained how his union developed solidarity with the striking teachers of Oaxaca.

: Standing in support of the teachers who have yet to have their full set of grievances addressed and also because the condition of the school system there is a disaster. Oaxaca is the second poorest state in Mexico and the school system reflects that disparity of wealth. The teachers had an agenda that was more then just calling for wage increases, it was calling for a broader reinvestment in the education system and an end to the government corruption there. Those problems have still not been addressed.

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