Archive for December 20th, 2006

20
Dec

Day of Internet Solidarity with Oaxaca

By vegankid 0 Comments
Categories: latin america and take action

(from bfp)

As many of you may know, there is a call for solidarity with the people of Oaxaca on December 22. From Subcomandante Marcos:

December 2 of 2006

To the people of Mexico:
To the people of the world:

Brothers and Sisters:

The attack that our brothers, the people of Oaxaca suffered and suffer cannot be ignored by those who fight for freedom, justice and democracy in all corners of the planet.

This is why, the EZLN calls on all honest people, in Mexico and the world, to initiate, starting now, continual actions of solidarity and support to the Oaxacan people, with the following demands:

For the living reappearance of the disappeared, for the freedom of the detained, for the exit of Ulises Ruiz and the federal forces from Oaxaca, for the punishment of those guilty of torture, rape and murder. (en español)

We call to those in this international campaign to tell, in all forms and in all places possible, what has occurred and what is occurring in Oaxaca, everyone in their way, time and place.

We call for these actions to come together in a worldwide mobilization for Oaxaca on December 22, 2006.

The people of Oaxaca are not alone. We have to say so and demonstrate it, to them and to everyone.
Democracy!
Freedom!
Justice!

By the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee - General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

Insurgent Subcommander Marcos.
Mexico, December of 2006

So I’ve been thinking–what could those of us working mainly through the internet do to show solidarity with the people of Oaxaca–the people who are just like us: poor, working class, teachers, mothers, daughters, artists, union members, students, fathers, sons, feminists, social justice activists, spiritual, and under attack by the government.

What can we do?

I will be blogging in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca that day–and I invite you to do so as well. If you don’t know much about what is happening in Oaxaca, look around a bit, read my archives, read through Narco News or your indymedia news source, and blog about how Oaxaca is connected to your world. Write about what struck you deeply and why, write about what you never knew, or just let your readers know where to send emails of protest to. If you participated in a day of solidarity in the real world, write that up! If you found a way to connect the imprisonment of citizens in Mexico to the imprisonment of citizens in the U.S.–write about it.

In some way, all of us have experienced the violence that Mexico is perpertrating against the people of Oaxaca, whether it be the sexual abuse of female prisoners, extreme poverty of school children, the disappearances of loved ones, random murders of neighbors, extreme neighborhood police presence, anti-Union targetting–we’ve just experienced it at the hands of the U.S. government.

Spread the word–let your readers know that what is happening in Oaxaca is connected to what is happening here in the u.s. And let the people of Oaxaca know that the world is watching, and the world cares.

December 22.
En Lucha–

appo

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20
Dec

wheatpasting made easy

By vegankid 1 Comment
Categories: diy

i was recently reading over at bfp’s place about some folks going out and doing some guerrilla art for the dec 22nd day of solidarity. i’m a big fan of guerilla art (particularly street theater) and i remember the days when people would talk about guerrilla art and i’d have no idea what they were talking about. well, the short definition is that guerrilla art is any form of self-expression that isn’t quite legal (it usually has a political connotation, but it doesn’t have to - yes yes, all art is political). it can be anything from elaborate street theater to stenciling on sidewalks to wheatpasting and more.

one of the fastest, cheapest, and least risky forms of guerrilla art is wheatpasting. its easy. you print out some posters, make some wheatpaste, and put the two on a wall. wheatpaste is used because it is very cheap and nearly impossible to pull the poster off once it dries. my preferred method is to put a little under the poster and then to completely cover the poster. creates a crusty force field. so, how do you make wheatpaste?

Prepare 1 cup (2.4 dl) of very hot water. Make a thin mixture of 3 tablespoons (45 ml) of white flour and cold water (just enough to wet all the flour and make it liquid enough to pour). Pour the cold mixture slowly into the hot water while stirring constantly. Bring to a boil. When it thickens, allow to cool. Smear on like any other glue. For slightly better strength, add 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of sugar after the glue is thickened. After using a portion, reheat the remaining in a covered jar or container to sterilize it for storage or keep refrigerated. If wheat flour is not available, other flours will work. (from solarcooking.org; there are a lot of different recipes out there)

there you go. i just wanted to make sure folks knew what i and others were talking about when we mentioned wheatpasting and guerrilla art.

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