Oaxaca in revolt again: the Zócalo reoccupied, motorway tollbooths "liberated", roads blockaded | libcom.org

Oaxaca as an example of new media

Many of us question the utility and truth of the new over the old media. Here is an interesting sequence that demonstrates the strength of the new media over the old.

I had received a video documentary "Uprising in Oaxaca" from a subscription to Adelante! - a Latin American documentary feed from MIRO. It was about a suppressed teacher's rebellion in Mexico. To learn more of this interesting story, a Google search led to articles and blogs on the Oaxacan teachers revolt. It became quickly apparent that the events of the documentary in 2006 were a special event in a 30 year annual teachers strike, and that just a few weeks ago, it had resurfaced.

This internet "newspaper" follows the story with blog-like immediacy of qualified voices in dialogue rather than long-after-the-fact editor moderated letters. How informative that citizens and visitors in Oaxaca inform our view here.

The site is not quite any of but a little of each of news site, blog, history site around the themes of solidarity and public protest and shows how ordinary folks are participating in this new worldwide information culture.

"The libcom group is a small collective of libertarian communists based in and around London ... Our name, libcom, is an abbreviation of "libertarian communism" - and its goals of liberty and community - the political current we identify with. However our primary focus is always on how best to act in the here and now to better our circumstances and protect the planet."

Dawg's Blawg: Harper's apology to Canada's aboriginal peoples

Dawg's Blawg Here's an acerbic critic worth checking into. He puts caution to Harper's excellent apology by pointing out some of the blatant hurtful present policies.

last lecture - Google Video

Randy Pausch Came across this guy last night. He's dying of pancreatic cancer and only has a few months left, but boy is he upbeat! Very inspirational. Put a video for his kids (just babies now) for when they grow up, and as a "Last Lecture" at Carnegie Mellon where he's a computer prof. Worth listening too. Then looked up his website and found a real treasure. Turns out what he wanted to be remembered for is his Time Management lecture, so I tracked that down. Very excellent. It's 86 minutes. Here's the link:
Time Management Two very good lectures.