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Reporter's Notebook: George Salzman

Oaxaca Study-Action Group meets tomorrow. Time for action?

Oaxaca, Tuesday, 2 May 2006

Friends,

      The Oaxaca Study-Action Group OSAG may be able to participate in a useful way in freeing the political prisoners. This small group of activist-oriented oaxaqueños — principally gringos from the U.S. and Canada, but with several indigenous oaxaqueñs, has held three public events since we began early this year, mainly informational, at two of which academics told of their work with communities working for autonomy, one in Zapatista base support communities in Chiapas and the other in communities in Oaxaca. In both events attendees were interested and contributed some money.

      If there is anyone in the area who might speak with more knowledge than Nancy and I have at the moment at tomorrow's OSAG meeting, we might then be able to organize a public event subsequently. The OSAG meetings are usually held at 5:30 Wednesdays. We meet, courtesy of the Oaxaca Lending Library, at Pino Suarez 519, which is in Colonia Centro, close to Llano Park. It is, however, not a Library-sponsored group.

      No advance notice is needed to attend and participate in an OSAG meeting. All Oaxaqueños are welcome. You can of course telephone Nancy and me beforehand, at (951)-514-8242, or send e-mail.

George Salzman <george.salzman@umb.edu>
Nancy's e-mail is <nmsdavies@yahoo.com>

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