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."
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