[StJacques]

I want to refer everyone to two threads I put up yesterday which explain what is going on. Yesterday the leftist Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) seized complete control of Oaxaca City and its environs, blockading all the main roads and, perhaps most significantly, closed and seized local businesses. Violence erupted in the municipality of Santa Lucia del Camino as local policmen tried to push APPO out of one of their barricades in the city, and an American cameraman with IndyMedia, who have provided a lot of publicity and support for APPO, was killed. I have a photo essay thread with scenes of some of the violence.

For anyone and everyone keeping track of the deteriorating situation in Oaxaca I want to especially recommend the blogger's site http://www.markinmexico.blogspot.com. As I have said before, whoever Mark is his reporting has been a treasure. You may also want to keep track of the information posted at the Oaxaca Watch page at adirondackbasecamp.com, which has some good variety in its information.

[StJacques]

A Mexican Left Watch ping for you all.

Anyone wishing to be added to the ping list may contact me via Freepmail or post within this thread.

[GSlob]

Well, mechanical flails [rotating around a horizontal axis drum with heavy chain flails attached] and modified water cannons connected to sewage tanks are very effective in riot control. Especially the sh*tthrower, for the rioters publicly p*ssed and defecated upon instantly lose credibility, both for themselves and for their cause.

[Alia]

MSM is trying to paint this as a "murder" by Police of the IndyMedia Journalist. Oh yes, of course, they have access to the facts that police were specifically ordered to stay out of that fracas. "We" can't have the people of the world know that the residents and citizens of Oaxaca are fighting AGAINST the APPO, can we, now.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Leftist playbook. Cause civil unrest and violence. Destabilize society. Use the confusion to step in and establish a communist paradise.
Looks like they are having some success.
The left and the jihadists are both trying to overthrow peaceful civilizations. Both have to be stopped. Both are being encouraged and actively helped by the left.