Sixth Megamarch Organized by APPO Underway in Oaxaca
Meanwhile, supporters are on the road toward Oaxaca for the march which was scheduled to convene at 10:00 AM in front of the monument in the Viguera neighborhood. About 700 people left Mexico DF to come here, according to La Jornada. They were stopped by a military roadblock (reten), made to get off the bus, searched which the bus was also searched, but then permitted to continue. Last night other busloads were sited as well, coming from Nochitzlan and other main roads.
Fox is not completely impeding free transit in the nation or in the state of Oaxaca, and that’s a small victory similar to the Federal Preventive Police's failed invasion of the autonomous university. Symbolic rules still hold.
The Sixth Megamarch will be another face-off between the peoples and the government forces. Attention must be paid.
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Megamarch Steers Clear of Zocala and PFP Troops
Submitted on November 5th, 2006 by Nancy DaviesYoung people did participate, but not as many as one might have thought, from what photos show. The crowd continued arriving for about two hours. I would guess maybe 30,000 people, but I have no official count as yet. Photographers swarmed on the streets and roofs. APPO and teacher leaders addressed the crowd in front of Santo Domingo, and congratulated them on their courage and dignity. The streets around Santo Domingo were completely filled with the protest marchers.
As it begins to darken, the radio mentions that the FPF could be nasty if people try to enter the zocalo. Up until now they have not, and discipline is holding well. In fact, people are weary and want peace, with the PFP out of their state. The tanquetes and police were clearly visible at the southern end of the street parallel to Santo Domingo. They did not venture away from the empty zocalo.
The shooters by dark have repeatedly been identified as PRIistas (PRI loyalists) or their hired thugs. The young student shot this morning is surviving, although there has been a hassle at the public hospital. The nurse director wants Marcos Manuel Sanchez Martinez moved to a special hospital, but since he is a student he's entitled to public services and the radio is calling for mothers to go to the hospital in aid of the youngster's family to demand that he not be moved. La Doctora, a medical doctor who teaches at he university, says he's better off where he is.