Having left Oaxaca I am conscious of many people´s stories and accounts of violant repression by the pfp sactioned by the state.
I was in Oaxaca at a curious time because many people from APPO are in hiding.
Torture is the most common story that was shared.
Children being shot in the feet to interrogate APPO family members, this reflects the unexcusable tactics the pfp is taking.
The human rights violations continue everyday.
APPO continues to organize.
On the day we left, APPO had a meeting.
There will be plantons outside the jails where 140 political prisoners are being held. Planned for January...

every entrance to the zocalo in oaxaca city is barricaded by the police
equipped in riot gear.
colonial walls and arches are painted in a patch work to cover all the
graffiti from the APPO occupation.
i can almost hear their words for justice echoing but it is not true all
that echos is an orchestra playing european christmas music.

thousands of pointsetias are planted in the ground for capitol comfort.
it reminds me of the blood that shed on this ground.
90 died to assure THIS `order´.
all i see are wealthy people at bourgie cafes.

buses and trucks full of police drive through the streets.