Oacaca Mexico Teachers Strike, Privatizing Mexico

Democracy Now ^ | June 23, 2016 | rovenstinez

[rovenstinez]

In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, a deadly police crackdown against teachers has left nine people dead and more than 100 wounded. On Sunday, police descended on teachers in the community of Nochixtlán, where they had set up blockades to protest against neoliberal education reform and the arrests of two teachers’ union leaders last week on what protesters say are trumped-up charges. "As soon as they arrived, they began to attack. And we were few, very few," said a Oaxacan teacher. "Then we started running. But they began to attack right away, instantly. At no time did they give warning to clear the area." We go to Oaxaca to speak with Gustavo Esteva, founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca and author of many books, including "New Forms of Revolution."

[rovenstinez]

Few people ever actually GO to Oaxaca, and step INSIDE school buildings, especially legislative members of Mexico. Most all school buildings have as CENTRAL portrait on the wall a large portrait of CHE GUEVARA. All over Mexico, CUBAN volunteers, who supposedly are helping the level of education, but in REALITY are community organizers have their little political meetings to promote the doctrines of Vladimir Lenin. At the center of this struggle is if the Government can reign in and set precedents, or will the MOB, and the Union continue to have their say, and SELECT their succesors, SELLING their job to a child. Now MOST people in Mexico it appears stand BEHIND the teachers, and now doctors as well as parading in the streets in opposition to privatizing medicine. The mammoth structures of medical facilities in Mexico have for the most part been government run. Plus...there is unrest and opposition for breaking up the Mexican Oil Monopoly PEMEX. Venezuela style problems don;t seem far away, and this will cause a lot of havoc. A good problem for Donald Trump to solve who is NOT popular in the news. THAT is my post today from Jalisco, Mexico...On site...

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Uh oh...here it comes. Americans are so naive.

[silverleaf]

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Can we even imagine the stability that would return to America were Mexico not a failed state?
There , I said a non- PC thing

[KSCITYBOY]

This has been going on for weeks - I have a leftist relative who was stuck in Mexico. She had driven (I know). The teachers has shut down the road and were out of hand. Some truck drivers helped her. She was hoping the government would come in a do something. Normally she would side with the left-wing teachers but in this case they were making her exit from Mexico difficult. I guess the government finally stepped in. I don't buy the “teachers” claims of innocence.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wife and I visited Oaxaca about 15 years ago. It seemed very old flavor Spanish in the design of the buildings and our hotel.

[Tax-chick]

Normally she would side with the left-wing teachers but in this case they were making her exit from Mexico difficult.

See, that's the ticket! We just have to make leftism more inconvenient for leftists. Wait until the U.S. has general strikes over every little thing, like Italy or France. Fun times!

[MGG]

Mexico has schools? The why do most of them not have Secondary school educations?

[Tax-chick]

In many countries, secondary school is expensive. Additionally, the children of the poor usually need to begin working in their early teenage years. It wasn’t that long ago in the United States that many young people started work after 8th grade.

[SunkenCiv]

...We go to Oaxaca to speak with Gustavo Esteva, founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca and author of many books, including "New Forms of Revolution."

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In many countries, secondary school is expensive.

And there are a limited number of slots available.

[Tax-chick]

It's a shame that resources are squandered on Marxist ideology, instead of leer, escribir, y calcular. Just like in the U.S.