The Rouge Forum web page is updated at www.rougeforum.org. Note in particular the ongoing work of Robert Fisk.
We are working on a Spring Rouge Forum in beautiful downtown Detroit, and RF members will be at NCSS and AERA this year.
Here are two recent portrayals of the struggles going on in Oaxaca now.
This is from the NYTimes/Reuters Mexico Teachers Grab Oaxaca Radio Stations, Shot At
And, this is from the BBC Mexico teachers extend protests
Here’s a note from Lois Meyer at UNM regarding the situation in Oaxaca and how to support the teachers there.
From: “Lois M Meyer”
For those who might wishto contribute to the support of the Oaxacan teachers,
here’s the contribution form. Many thanks!
Lois
Oaxaca Teachers and Popular Movement Contribution
Name__________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Email________________________
Telephones_______________________________
There are THREE OPTIONS described here for contributing to the Oaxacan teachers and popular movement. In the first option, you mail a check yourself to Food Not Bombs here in the U.S. The other two options involve sending your money by check to me. The options are explained below:
#1: Food Not Bombs
has been called by the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) to organize people’s kitchens and provide meals for the teachers and other strikers and for the community. Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer movement and has little to no overhead so your donation will go directly to the work of the popular kitchens. Checks should be made out to Food Not Bombs, and the Memo line should read “Comer para Oaxaca”, which means Food for Oaxaca.
Send your donation to:
Food Not Bombs
P.O. Box 424
Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA
Contact person: Keith McHenry, Cofounder of the Food Not
Bombs movement
(1-800-884-1136)
Food Not Bombs is not a charity and does not have nonprofit tax exempt status. If you are interested in a tax deduction for contributions over $1000 please call them at 1-800-884-1136 or email them at
donations@foodnotbombs.net.
Please mark with an X which of the following two options you prefer. For these options, your check should be made out to Lois Meyer, and the Memo line should read either CMPIO or Oaxacan speaking tour. Please send your check to:
Lois Meyer
343 Nara Visa Ct. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107.
Email: loismeyer@msn.com
Please enclose with your check a copy of this form with your option choice and information recorded.
_______ #2: Coalition of Indigenous Teachers and Promoters of Oaxaca (Coalición de Maestros y Promotores Indígenas de Oaxaca): The Coalition, or CMPIO, is made up of over 1000 indigenous teachers who serve rural Oaxacan communities. CMPIO has just celebrated its 30th anniversary of struggle alongside its communities to jointly construct quality, community-based bilingual education programs in rural schools, as well as to defend and demand other basic rights and services. CMPIO is a vital and respected component of the Sección XXII Oaxacan teachers union and provides leadership on many levels to the union and to the strike. Money donated to CMPIO will be used to defray the huge costs to the teachers of sustaining this lengthy and dangerous strike.
_______ #3: Speaking tour of Sección XXII or CMPIO representatives in the U.S.: In an effort to combat the media silence in the U.S. and to learn about and from the Oaxacan teacherscourageous struggle, we are trying to arrange a speaking tour in the U.S. by representatives of either Sección XXII and/or the CMPIO. Your contributions would help defray transportation costs to bring the teachers to the U.S. and to permit their travel to various places in the country where they will speak. Any funds remaining at the end of the tour the teachers will take with them to Oaxaca. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE TOUR ITSELF, ESPECIALLY ARRANGING FOR THE TEACHERS TO SPEAK LOCALLY IN YOUR AREA, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
¡Muchísimas gracias! Many, many thanks!
¡Ese apoyo sí se ve! Your help is appreciated!
Lois M. Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Language, Literacy & Sociocultural Studies
College of Education
Hokona 267
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505/277-7244
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