Saludos a los Compañer@s de CASA

In the midst of the elaborate preparations for Holy Week taking place all over Mexico, March has also brought a number of other interesting events relevant to the social movements taking place in Oaxaca and Chiapas. 

Brad Will Remembered

[img_assist|nid=454|title=Brad Will|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=98]On March 23rd, the family of Brad Will —the independent journalist assassinated last October— arrived in Oaxaca. Scout Finch follows the events of the week (in the aptly named) Brad Will's Family Comes to Oaxaca Demanding Justice.

Protests Against PPP

On March 29, Felipe Calderón inaugurated the second phase of a vast construction of windmills on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, a part of Plan Puebla Panamá, which has resulted in the protest of campesinos whose lands have been taken.  CASA Chapulín attended the first organizational assembly of the "Front of the Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and in Resistance against Plan Puebla Panama (PPP)", which Riccardo and Diana write about in When the Wind Blows, the Cradle Will Rock.

Community Radio

CASA Chapulín has also been involved in translating for community radio workshops taught by Stephen Dunifer of TUPA - Transmitters Uniting the Peoples of the Americas.  Read more about the importance of community radio in Oaxaca in ARK's article Community radios Fighting the New Conquest of the Americas.

La Otra

[flickr-photo:id=431589464,size=m]In Chiapas, the second stage of the 'Otra Campaña' began with a public event in TierrAdentro Café with speeches by Marcos and several comandantes and comandantas, among the 14 commanders, men and women, who will be traveling throughout Mexico to accompany this second phase of the Other Campagn.  In spite of renewed aggressions against zapatista communities (read more from Alejandro Reyes and the SF-based Radio Zapatista), particularly on lands recuperated after the 1994 uprising, by paramilitary groups such as the OPDDIC and others. 

Contribute Art... and Recipes

otrArte: CASA's online space for rebellious art.

Check out the new section of our website, otrArte, featuring political art and collage work from people throughout Mexico and the world. Contact us if you have interest in adding your own work.  Similarly, our revived recipe section of the website is open for contributions, and features this month's recipe Fight the Power Bars.


Love and Solidarity,

The CASA Collectives
Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico