DoDi2
Nov 4, 2006, 11:18 AM
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geri said:
But many people now think they can whip the FEDS. Is that a good thing? Doesn't that just make them more aggressive in a battle they are going to lose? APPO only has support in my opinion to get rid of the governor. Yes, that will be a big victory but it won't solve the problem if all APPO says is true about the injustices.
The main, or at least one of the main, garbage disposal areas is blocked. People are putting their garbage on the street. I suppose not unblocking the garbage area might be to undermine APPOs political power. The middle class adapted to the road blockades (for the good of the cause). Hundreds of burned buses didn't affect the middle class as far as getting from point A to point B. However, a city full of swill could lead to more serious complications. Leaders are meeting, strategizing, negotiating. We can't possibly know what's going on behind the scenes when there are two or three stories about what's happening on the ground.
People in the U.S. have it way more figured out than Mexicans I talk to. There is still a LOT of apathy. They go about their day to day living, knowing that things won't change even if the governor goes. This is especially true of the villagers. I haven't heard how much support APPO has been able to garner in the villages. I think many of the village teachers have gone back to work. At least 4,000 schools are reportedly open, 13,000 closed. But you can't believe the press, since the press said the FEDS had no intention of going into the university.
I wanted to post geri's excellent comment from yesterdays thread because although I clearly have a lot of sympathy for the students and teachers what you say geri is so very true from what I hear.
For instance today I'm attending a baptism and just came back from the breakfast. Everyone there are here working NOB but originally they come from the villages around Ocotlan and they are getting pretty put out because the barricades have interfered with family members back home being able to get to the city to work or to carry on thier business selling produce to the vendedores or buying produce to resell in the village mercados. Its become an economic problem for many especially outside the city who depend on transportation and camionetas.
This dia de muertos the candy and fruits were not so available and those that were were very expensive because these things are not coming into Oaxaca warehouses. Also the villagers arent able to sell flowers and bread as easily as in normal times because of the blockades.
APPO needs to do something about this problem or it's going to have people turning against them soon.
(This post was edited by DoDi2 on Nov 4, 2006, 11:20 AM)
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