Saturday, February 28, 2009

Student Rally



A student rally of 200 or so young rebels took place on the anniversary of the successful 1999 mass movement against fees. Vocal Trotskyist groups took to the streets with chants "PRI, PAN, PRD all the same" and "Workers, Students of the world Unite." Cops were heavy on. Two vans of the left drove behind. Students had vowed to storm the admin office, but this did not eventuate. Repression by the state did not happen on a massive level, but we were warned it could take place. Atthe moment, state repression of the social movements, seems to dominate only in outlying regions - Oaxaca and Chiapas. The struggle in D.F (Mexico City) seems to strong for repression to be a valid tactic used against leaders of the movement.

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