November 1st, over 200 protesters converged on RedSquare at Georgetown University to protest Chris Simcox, the founder of the armed wing of the Minutemen Project. For over 2 hours, protesters chanted and rallied against racism and in support of immigration.

At the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC, folks from, DC, Richmond, Baltimore, Mary Washington College, and elsewhere came out to demand the withdrawal of Federal forces from Oaxaca and an immediate concession to all demands of the APPO (Oaxacan People's Assembly:the most legitimate representative of the Oaxacan people). Our presence was made known to those inside the embassy with much loud chanting in Spanish and English.

DC IWW sez "Oaxaca Libre!" at Mexican Embassy Video
Protestors beseige Mexican Embassy and Audio
Deaths and state violence in Oaxaca remembered and protested in Washington

What began as an article about the murders of Oaxacan protesters and a New York journalist changed as La Jornada is reporting that the invasion of Oaxaca by Mexican Federal Preventative Police (PFP) is happening RIGHT NOW.

At 3:53 Oaxaca time, La Jornada reported that PFP elements have reached the Historic Center of Oaxaca City, while all day Oaxacans have been reporting confrontations with police and "gangs loyal to (Vicente Fox)." At 4:10, Radio Universidad was asking for people in Central Oaxaca to report whether the town center was occupied by Federal Police.

Protest at Mexican Embassy, 5pm!

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10/29: Board of Trustees terminate Jane Fernandes! || www.elisawrites.com || Demands

On Saturday, Oct 28, protestors filled the streets around both entrances of the 18th st and Colombia Rd McDonalds. This was part of the national tour in solidarity with the Coalition of Immolalee Workers.

"We know that they killed at least one person. This person that they killed was from the alternative media that are here with us. He didn’t work for the big television news companies and didn’t receive pay. He is like the people who came here with us on the bus, who are carrying the voices of the people from below so that they would be known. Because we already know that the television news companies and newspapers only concern themselves with governmental affairs. And this person was a compañero of the Other Campaign. He also traveled various parts of the country with us, and he was with us when we were in Yucatán, taking photos and video of what was happening there. And they shot him and he died. It appears that there is another person dead. The government doesn’t want to take responsibility for what happened. Now they tell us that all of the people of Oaxaca are mobilizing. They aren’t afraid. They are mobilizing to take to the streets and protest this injustice. We are issuing a call to all of the Other Campaign at the national level and to compañeros and compañeras in other countries to unite and to demand justice for this dead compañero. We are making this call especially to all of the alternative media, and free media here in Mexico and in all the world." — Zapatista Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos

Confirmed by La Jornada, Radio APPO, and various news sources that Bradley Will, NYC Indymedia journalist, was shot dead today by government forces in Mexico.

Protest at Mexican Embassy, Mon. Oct. 30!
Oaxaca Burning: Federal Police Invade Oaxaca City, Attack Marchers

[Ed:] 10/23 3:45pm: Activists removed and arrested. 2 Climate activists were occupying the roof of NOAA entrance w/ banner, (at 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD) for release of govt report on global warming. More

Standoff with Police Occurs at NOAA Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD

The following is an Open Letter to the American people from the brother of Pat Tillman, a former U.S. Army Ranger and NFL Arizona Cardinal. Kevin Tillman was also a U.S. Army Ranger and served in Iraq then Afghanistan with his brother.

Yesterday, students, faculty, alumni and supporters of the Galludet Uprising gathered on campus at 8AM and marched about an hour later on Capitol Hill.

A critique of the white left media reform movement