Sunday, July 08, 2007
Oaxaca Wanderings III
July 2007
July 2006
July 2007
July 2006
On the outside, Oaxaca looks like it is back to "normal", but the the fallout and residue from last year's struggle has not settled. While the zocalo no longer has protest paraphenalia nor encroaching emcampments of people, the streets are a buzz with political banter and look like a painted patchwork quilt from the washed over grafitti.
The school year has been extended three weeks, to this Friday, but it certainly will not make up for the three months last fall, when classes were suspended. There is a threat from the APPO that more protests will take place on July 16, the first day of vacation, but no one knows. The city is divided as ever, with those supporting the movement and others wanting it to end. The state representative elections will be held on August 5, so July will be filled with interesting politics.
Speaking of politics, what happened in the U.S. last week with the Supreme Court ruling on race and school admissions as well as the immigrant reform legislation in Congress? Que pasa?
