Forum On Oaxaca, Atenco, and "the Other"

I just heard about this event (below).

Also, for anyone interested, a 47-minute documentary about Atenco ("ROMPER EL CERCO") produced very recently by canalseisdejulio and Promedios/CMP and other independent media collectives in Mexico, is now available.

I haven't seen it yet, but i've ordered a copy from http://www.mexicosolidarity.org
and as soon as it gets here, i'll be able to lend it or make copies...

Incidentally, i found it interesting that the event is sponsored by a church group; i've just started reading the autobiography of Daniel Berrigan, a pacifist catholic priest who was imprisoned for his activism. It was a graduation present from my dad's friend Garry.


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"Repression in Atenco, Mexico
and
Why the Other Campaign?"

A PUBLIC FORUM
Saturday June 24th

6:00 p.m. Unitarian Church
949 49th. West Ave. (near the corner of 49th & Oak)

Free! Everyone is welcome!


We hope you can join us for this event, where we will have at least 4 very special guests from Mexico, including:
Gabriel Sainos (Totonaca healer who participates in the Other Campaign), Heriberto Salas (of the People's Front in Defense of the Land of Atenco), and a teacher from Oaxaca who will discuss recent and ongoing police repression in that state.
We will also have guests who are participating in the Six Nations and Sun Peaks struggles, as well as a traditional Coast Salish welcome.


The Forum will discuss:
- The Other Campaign in the context of the national social movement and the Mexican federal elections
- People's Front in Defense of the Land and the repression in Atenco
- The role of the independent media in the case of Atenco
- The defense of the land and connections with the Indigenous movement in Canada.


Sponsored by:
The Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church
Organized by:
The Other Campaign Vancouver and Organizations in Solidarity with Atenco
Email: atenco_vancouver@yahoo.ca