Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine
The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.
Violence has escalated in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Several protesters were killed last Friday, including Brad Will, an independent journalist affiliated with New York Indymedia. Mexican president Vincente Fox has sent federal police forces into Oaxaca.
The following report is from the Inter Press Service News Agency:
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For the full IPS report, click here. For a report from the Guardian, click here. (Thanks to Portside for these links.)
David Bacon's article in the September/October issue of Dollars & Sense, Oaxaca's Dangerous Teachers, gives background information on the current crisis, and the key role of cross-border organizing in the Oaxacans' resistance to the governor's corrupt and repressive regime.
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