Saludos a los Compañer@s de CASA

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It takes more than two hours to get everyone through the narrow doors of Tierradentro Cafe, and so we stand outside waiting, crushed together with other Spaniards, Italians, Mexicans, Norweigans, Cana

By Scout Finch

The dates March 23 – 25 have been circled on my calendar for weeks. They mark the days that the family of Brad Will will be in Oaxaca. My days are full, there is a lot to do, but mentally I am preparing for their fast approaching visit. I never met the Indymedia journalist, I arrived in Oaxaca just days after he was killed, but his death and his family’s visit affect my life in many ways. Of the five witnesses that will be testifying in front of the Federal Attorney General on behalf of the family some are my friends, and another, the only family I have here in Oaxaca. All five of these witnesses are aware of the danger they face in testifying; the events of this past year in Oaxaca have left little doubt as to the danger one faces when speaking out against the State Government. Each witness has been subjected to harassment and intimidation by various government agents; one witness was forced into hiding and their houses are under constant surveillance… yet they are all willing to take the risk now, and they do it in honour and in memory of Brad.

By Riccardo and Diana

Wind power has been praised internationally as a possible solution to the world's energy problems. Renewable so long as the wind blows and purportedly a cleaner, less damaging source of energy, wind power has companies jumping on the bandwagon to invest in such "green technology".

However, just as in any matter where money and power are concerned, careful attention must be paid to the power relations involved.

By ARK

Radio replaces telephone and newspaper in Oaxacan indigenous villages.

Alfredo Landa walks into a small room, the walls of which have been covered with egg cartons.

Landa sits in front of the microphone and chooses the same song he starts every morning with. At seven o’clock, the community radio of San Juan Guichicovi plays the Mexican national song in local Mixe indigenous language. Mixe is one of the many indigenous languages spoken in the state of Oaxaca.

By: Alejandro Reyes

Since early this year the authorities of the zapatista communities in resistance have been denouncing increasingly serious aggressions and threats by the paramilitary organization Opddic ("Organization for the Defense of Indigenous and Peasant Rights"). Land invasions, threats of violence, shots to the air, destruction of corn fields and property, theft of crops, beatings, detentions, and kidnappings have become an everyday source of terror that affects hundreds of indigenous families in Chiapas. Even worse: according to the autonomous authorities, all of this is done with the support and complicity of the state and federal governments, the police, and the armed forces.

The EZLN, by means of their Sixth Commission, announces to the compañeras and compañeros adherents to the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign, to the Zezta International and to the people of Mexico and the world the following: