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NEWS AND ANALYSIS AUGUST 1-7, 2011
posted August 8 2011 by tony

1 - NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN - HTTP://ENLACEZAPATISTA.EZLN.ORG.MX/
2 - SICILIA BREAKS OFF, THEN RESUMES GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS
3 - TOP PROSECUTORS RESIGN EN MASSE
4 - FEDERAL SECURITY AID RETURNS TO CIUDAD JUAREZ
5 - DRUG DEALER CLAIMS TIES TO DEA
6 - SIXTEEN COUNTRIES OPPOSE ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW IN ALABAMA
7 - US INCREASES ROLE IN MEXICO’S “WAR ON DRUGS”
8 - SENATE APPROVES NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR
9 - NRA CHALLENGES GUN REPORTING REGULATIONS

1 - NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN - HTTP://ENLACEZAPATISTA.EZLN.ORG.MX/
•The Junta de Buen Gobierno in La Realidad denounces attempts by political parties and the ejido Monte Redondo to displace Zapatista support bases from their lands in the autonomous municipality Tierra y Libertad.
•Political prisoners from San Sebastian Bachajon who were recently released from prison are suffering harassment and threats.

NEWS AND ANALYSIS JULY 25-31, 2011
posted August 4 2011 by tony

1 - OBAMA PLAYS POLITICS WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM
2 - POVERTY INCREASES UNDER CALDERON
3 - GOVERNMENT REDUCES SECURITY AID TO CIUDAD JUAREZ

1 - OBAMA PLAYS POLITICS WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM
President Barack Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza on Monday, promising to keep fighting for immigration reform while blaming Republicans for lack of progress. Apparently in search of votes for his 2012 campaign, Obama contradicted the political advice of his former Chief of Staff and current Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, who worked hard on enhanced border control issues but avoided pro-immigrant measures like the plague. "We have a system that separates families and punishes innocent young people for their parents' actions by denying them the chance to earn an education," lamented Obama. It's too bad the President hasn't done anything to rectify this deplorable situation. Obama won 2/3 of the Latino vote in 2008, and hopes that this fast-growing sector of the electorate will help him to victory in 2012.

Mexico News and Analysis: July 18-24, 2011
posted July 25 2011 by stuart

1 - PRISON LABOR AND PRIVATE DONATIONS TO BUILD BORDER WALL IN ARIZONA
2 - WTO SUPPORTS MEXICAN TUNA COMPLAINT
3 - THREE HUNDRED PGR OFFICERS CHARGED OR FIRED
4 - LA FAMILIA REORGANIZES AS KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
5 - CHIAPAS POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED
6 - GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

PRISON LABOR AND PRIVATE DONATIONS TO BUILD BORDER WALL IN ARIZONA
An Arizona law that took effect July 20 allows state authorities to build their own border wall using donations from private citizens and prison labor. Officials must also obtain permission from private landowners to allow construction on their land. Donations can be made through a web site, and officials hope to raise US$50 million. Steve Smith, the Republican state senator who sponsored the law, is appealing to donors across the US with racist comments like “those people don’t just stay in Arizona; they infiltrate the rest of the country.”

Mexico News and Analysis: July 4-17, 2011
posted July 17 2011 by stuart

1 - NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN
2 - GORDILLO SCANDAL BROADENS
3 - NEW GUN REGULATIONS ALONG BORDER
4 - OIL PRODUCTION DECREASES
5 - FALLING HOUSEHOLD INCOME
6 - FAST AND FURIOUS BECOMING COMPLICATED AND CONFUSED
7 - MEXICAN TRUCKERS WILL CARRY GOODS IN U.S.

NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/
The Junta of Good Government in La Garrucha condemns the federal government’s increasing counter-insurgency campaign, especially the private titling of recuperated lands that tends to pit campesinos against campesinos.

The Junta of Good Government in Oventic condemns threats and aggressions by political parties against Zapatistas in San Marcos Aviles.

News and Analysis: June 27 - July 3
posted July 4 2011 by stuart

1 - NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN (http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/)

2 - PRI LIKELY TO SWEEP GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

3 - FAST AND FURIOUS GENERATES REPORT ON U.S. GUN LAWS

4 - GORDILLO FISHING FOR POLITICAL OFFERS

5 - IMMIGRATION CHIEF ADMITS WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS


-The Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center denounces death threats, harassment and an imminent risk of forced displacement in the Zapatista community San Marcos Aviles.
-The Junta of Good Government in Morelia denounces forced displacement and violent actions by ORCAO (Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo) directed against Zapatista communities.

Noticias de Juárez- Pronunciamiento sobre el movimiento por la paz con justicia y dignidad
posted June 30 2011 by stuart

A las y los firmantes del Pacto Nacional Ciudadano por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad en Cd. Juárez
A las y los mexicanos, A la comunidad internacional, A la solidaridad de los Medios Populares y Comunitarios

El pasado 10 de junio de 2011, en el monumento a Benito Juárez, en Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, se firmó el Pacto Nacional Ciudadano por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad, contenido que emergió de quienes en esperanza y confianza, se unieron a una Caravana que posibilitaba ir más allá del abrazo y el consuelo del dolor compartido, porque invitaba a decir la palabra negada y acallada en la exigencia de una justicia ausente.

Mexico News and Analysis: June 20-26
posted June 28 2011 by stuart

1 - CALDERON AND SICILIA MEET
2 - BORDER PATROL AGENT KILLS IMMIGRANT
3 - "FAST AND FURIOUS" BECOMING "DODGE RESPONSIBILITY"
4 - MEXICAN MILITARY ASSUMES MORE POLICE FUNCTIONS
5 - HACKERS PUBLISH DOCUMENTS FROM ARIZONA POLICE

Javier Sicilia, the poet/journalist who inspires a growing national movement against corruption and violence, and Felipe Calderon, the spurious President who initiated a "war on drugs" in 2006 as his signature policy, met on Thursday in a televised encounter at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Sicilia, always the gentleman, awkwardly embraced Calderon at the end of a contentious three-hour exchange on militarization, social policy, political corruption and ineffective governance. Unfortunately, the embrace was a photo op, carried on the front pages of many Mexican newspapers.

Noticias de Juarez - Crónica de la Caravana
posted June 20 2011 by tony

LA CARAVANA DEL CONSUELO EN CIUDAD JUÁREZ,
¿INICIO EN MEXICO DE UN GRAN MOVIMIENTO SOCIAL PARA PONER FIN A LA VIOLENCIA?

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Hoy Ciudad Juárez no se percibe de la misma forma. Desde los días 4 y 5 de junio se vislumbró una esperanza para nuestra situación de verdadera crisis en lo social, económico, político, y de violencia. Estos días habrán de quedar en la historia de la ciudad y de otras ciudades del país. ¿El motivo?, una gran movilización originada por el arranque de la “Caravana con Justicia y Dignidad” encabezada por el poeta Javier Sicilia, el día 4 en la ciudad de Cuernavaca, Morelos.<--break->

Y mientras la Caravana avanza, en Ciudad Juárez se llevan a efecto las actividades preparatorias para el recibimiento de la misma. Parte de la preparación fue la repartición de aproximadamente 20 mil volantes por parte de las y los organizadores de diversas organizaciones de la sociedad civil con el fin de invitar a la ciudadanía a sumarse al recibimiento de la caravana y firmar el “Pacto por la Paz” .<--break->

Mexico News and Analysis: June 6-12
posted June 13 2011 by stuart

1 - NEWS FROM THE OTHER CAMPAIGN (http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/)
2 - U.S. ASSAULT RIFLES INCREASINGLY AVAILABLE IN MEXICO
3 - FORMER CHIAPAS GOVERNOR ARRESTED FOR MISUSE OF FUNDS
4 - PRISON HUNGER STRIKE IN CHIAPAS ENDS
5 - CARAVAN FOR PEACE ARRIVES IN CIUDAD JUAREZ
6 - ALABAMA INITIATES ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW

Solidarity Action with the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity!
posted June 10 2011 by tony

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The over 40,000 victims of Felipe Calderon’s war have to be remembered and not forgotten by impunity and injustice. We don´t want terror and fear to be tools of the government tosilence the people. We see Pres. Calderon’s war as a profit-making deal with US security and arms corporations to assassinate the Mexican people via the Merida Initiative.

That is why we join the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity that began in Cuernavaca June 4th and will end today, June 10th in Ciudad Juarez, where a National Social Pact will be signed by social organizations and families of the victims of this atrocious war.

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Together they demand:

1. Truth and justice for the assassinations committed.
2. An end to the War on Drugs and the use of citizen-run security initiatives.
3. An end to corruption and impunity.
4. An end to profit-making from crime.
5. Attention be paid to the dire situation of youth in order to begin reconstructing the social fabric of society.
6. Participatory democracy, better representative democracy, and democratization of the media.