One Year After The Swine Flu "Crisis" in Mexico, "Amor En Tiempos de Influenza" is Now Playing Online
Posted by Gregory Berger - May 8, 2010 at 11:31 pmOne year ago this week, Mexico City was in lockdown. Swine Flu hysteria paralyzed the nation. I am proud to say that I broke that siege by strolling through the center of the Mexican capital with a live piglet walking behind me on a leash. For doing so, I was nearly arrested, along with my collaborators, by panicked police officers who spent several minutes literally debating whether or not "comedy" was a crime.
My "stroll" with a pig was part of the production of "Amor en Tiempos de Influenza" (Love In Times of Influenza) a satirical documentary about the real "pigs" behind the flu crisis that premieres online this week to commemorate the one year anniversary of the scare.
You can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ymvt16yUg
Or at www.gringoyo.com
MANIFIESTO DE XOXOCOTLA
Posted by Gregory Berger - October 14, 2008 at 6:51 pmMANIFIESTO DE XOXOCOTLA
C. DR. MARCO ADAME CASTILLO
GOBERNADOR CONSTITUCIONAL DEL ESTADO
CUERNAVACA, MORELOS
PRESENTE
Ante la brutal represión que sufrimos pro parte de usted y de sus corporaciones policíacas los días 8 y 9 de octubre del presente año en la comunidad indígena de Xoxocotla, Morelos, hechos que usted conoce y coordino junto con el gobierno federal y con su partido el PAN, con el afán de cumplir su voluntad e imponer un programa educativo que por nombre le pusieron ALIANZA EDUCATIVA, programa que rechazamos rotundamente porque nunca fuimos consultado como comunidad y que a los maestros tampoco lo hicieron. Violentando de esta manera los derechos del pueblo en conocer y participar en la elaboración del plan de desarrollo de los programas que se aplican en las comunidades indígenas, en donde usted se ha negado categóricamente a dialogar con las comunidades indígenas y con los maestros respectivamente; este programa que usted ha querido imponer apoyado por el presidente de la República Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, la Sra.Elba Esther Gordillo y la Sra.
Short Video Documents The Aftermath of the Military Attack on Xoxocotla
Posted by Gregory Berger - October 13, 2008 at 1:27 amThis is a short video report on the attack on Xoxocotla, in Spanish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjVNKGMSqII
Forty Years After The Tlatelolco Massacre, The Mexican Army Attacks Civilians In The Indigenous Town of Xoxocotla
Posted by Gregory Berger - October 11, 2008 at 8:07 amOn October 2nd, tens of thousands of people, young and old, took the afternoon off and marched in the streets of Mexico City to the cry of "¡Nunca Más!" - Never again!
On that same day in October, forty years earlier, scores of young people, mostly striking University students, were gathered in Tlatelolco Square for a protest meeting. Suddenly, and without provocation, Mexican Army troops opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 200 people,wounding countless more, and "disappearing" hundreds more . The State-controlled media neatly covered up the story, and the Federal government denied that a massacre had taken place. But forty years later even the Mexican government now admits that it was guilty of the shameless crime of using the armed forces against its own citizens to supress a non-violent protest movement.
Tabasco 2007: ¿Será como Nueva Orléans en el 2005 o como Ciudad de México en 1985?
Posted by Gregory Berger - November 5, 2007 at 11:21 amTabasco 2007: Will It be New Orleans in 2005, or Mexico City in 1985?
Posted by Gregory Berger - November 3, 2007 at 10:59 pmBreaking: The APPO Wins an Important Battle Against the PFP
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Read the rest at The Narco News Bulletin:
www.narconews.com/Issue43/article2289.html


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