Propping up fallen trees isn’t the only activity on the Alameda… 
Today, Sección 22 del Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (the teachers’ union) is beginning an occupation of Oaxaca’s zócalo, Alameda, and several side streets.
According to a report in the Latin American Herald Tribune, Teachers Call for Strike in Southern Mexican State, the teachers are not demanding wage increases, instead focusing on social issues, including “better uniform allowances for students, computers in all of the state’s elementary schools and electricity in all schools.” Privatization is also an issue.
This annual activity by the teachers’ union is extremely contentious. Adding bold-face to the lines above will be my only comment on the subject.
However, the teachers aren’t the only people converging on the zócalo today…
The displaced Triqui, who were driven out of their village of San Juan Copala after several years of political violence, have decided to return home, leading a march/caravan from Oaxaca to Mexico City and finally back to San Juan Copala.
For more information, see the blog posting by Angry White Kid, The displaced decide to return to our community: Caravan of the Color of Blood and for background on their struggle for autonomy, see Repression, Impunity and Resistance in Oaxaca: One Year After the Copala Caravan Ambush.
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View From Casita Colibrí 
I was born in Oaxaca, but left at a pretty young age, when my parents moved away, I’m now thinking of moving back when done with schooling, so I’m trying to read as more about it but there is so much i still don
t understand, which is why I love your blog, I get to see glimpses of the city. What other blogs on oaxaca you recommend? I already follow oaxaca cultural navigator. Thank you! and always look forward to your posts
Thanks for the kind words. You have beautiful blog… and, of course, love the wallpaper of colibrís. Your illustration?
As for blogs, my friend Chris lives outside the city in San Sebastian Etla and has a great one: Oaxaca-The Year After. Another gringo friend has a blog, Jaguar Speaks, you might find interesting, especially the “On the road” postings.
Oaxaca is a creative, lively, contradictory, and enchanting place. Keep in touch and come on down!
Thank you for the recommendations , so excited to read more on oaxacan :D!!! and yes I did that little humming bird, it is one of my favorite birds 🙂
and yes I will be visiting in september-december before school starts so I’ll get to tourist it before i ‘m settled 🙂
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