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camper | 31.10.2006 22:47

The solidarity encampment in support of the people of Oaxaca continues at the Mexican consulate on cedar and india street in little italy! Last night numerous people there and were woken up at 5am by a tv news crew interviewing them.

There has been a call put out to create a dia de los muertos altar in front of the consulate. If you can bring anything for this altar or help get it started, please head down to the consulate today!

Ongoing solidarity planton / encampment at the Mexican consulate!
Mexican Consulate
1549 India Street Little Italy

From the global indymedia site, http://www.indymedia.org:

Several protests in memory of Brad Will and in support of the people of Oaxaca will take place in different cities all over the world in the next 72 hours. On Monday, October 30th, protests were held in at least 14 cities in the United States of America . There were 11 people arrested in New York. In europe, protests were held in London and Barcelona where protesters took control over the Mexican Consulate. There will be several events in Brazil in cities like: Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, São Paulo e Fortaleza.

More info about the encampment and photos here:
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120087.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120245.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120226.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120196.shtml

Audio here:
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120243.shtml

A Call from the Zapatistas: Oaxaca Is Not Alone
Shut-Down of Roads, Highways and the Media on November 1; General Strike Called for
November 20
http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2262.html

Updates here:
http://narconews.com
http://vientos.info/cml

Oaxaca October 27th

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At least 11 People Arrested at NYC Consulate

01.11.2006 04:02

At least 11 People Arrested at Mexican Consulate Including Indymedia Photographer Erin Siegal

10/30 | Arrested Photographer Says, "I had some beautiful photos."

By John Tarleton

A crowd of about 200-250 people gathered outside the Mexican Consulate this morning to protest state-sponsored repression in Oaxaca including the recent murder of NYC Indymedia Jounalist Brad Will by paramilitaries.

Brad Will is the second known IMC journalist to be assassinated. In 2004, an IMC Ecuador activist was killed under circumstances widely believed to be political.

Keywords: Analysis, Local, Activism,
A crowd of about 200-250 people gathered outside the Mexican Consulate this morning to protest state-sponsored repression in Oaxaca including the recent murder of NYC Indymedia Jounalist Brad Will by paramilitaries. At least 11 people have been arrested. Erin Siegal of the NYC Indymedia photo team has also been arrested despite having full press credentials and her camera was taken away by the police.

"They ripped my Indymedia press pass off and then they chased me an ripped off my New York City press pass five minutes later," Siegal said from her cell phone in the back of the police wagon. "The police were brutal and nasty earlier. I had some beautiful photos."

Siegal said that other arrestees included Madeline Nelson, Savitri, Chloe, Tim Doody, Eric M., Joan Roney, Tim Keating, Kevin Skvorak and Brandon Jourdan. Other reports said that Dyan Neary was arrested as well. Skvorak, Neary and Jourdan all previously worked with Will on the NYC Indymedia video team.

According to Siegal, Keating locked himself to the gate at the front entrance to the Consulate while Chloe and Roney blocked another nearby entrance. Doody strapped himself to the top of a lamppost outside the Consulate and hung for over an hour a large poster-banner of Brad Will that read, "One More Night at the Barricades" before he was arrested. Just before he was hauled down, Doody led the crowd in a boisterous call-and-response chant of "Brad Will!"..."Presente!".

A number of Consulate workers watched the protest unfold from the windows of the building.

Note: We just received a call from Raleigh, North Carolina where a dozen people are occupying the Mexican Consulate in solidarity with Brad and the people of Oaxaca.

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