In the early afternoon of June 14th, 2007, a megamarch of over 300 thousand participants began to arrive in the Zocalo of Oaxaca City. The march began at the airport nearly 8 kilometers away, and as the beginning of the march entered the Zocalo people were still leaving from the airport. Contingents from Chiapas and Michoacan and other states in Mexico participated in the march as well.

At approximately 7pm barricades reappeared for the first time since November throughout the city. People spontaneously constructed barricades, and at least two major thoroughfares were blockaded using buses and cars. Crowds gathered to reinforce the barricades, and a festive mood took over Oaxaca City.

Though the movement to remove Ulises Ruiz from office and replace the existing government with popular assemblies was brutally repressed and many members of the movement were forced into hiding after the violent battle between protesters and police on November 25th, 2006, the struggle in Oaxaca is far from over. On May 1st and again on June 14th, 2007, hundreds of thousands of people marched in Oaxaca City in a strong show of force of the remaining presence of dissent among the Oaxacan people and their continuing demands for justice and autonomy.

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Some Fotos From Chiapas Indymedia

MUCH LOVE and energy to mi gente en Oaxaca! You inspire us all! Thank you for tu fuerza and much needed example of the power of human spirit, and your refusal to ever be mentally or spiritually colonized or comfortable enough to rationalize injustice. Thank you for the dreams sent deep into the Castle of the Conquerors, you have reached me! Tus visiones de la verdad filter deep into the stagnant air of the Empire and keep mi corazón alive!

Your connection with the soul of this world, a pulse made clay by the flesh of your deed, is a place I return to touch and gather strength. Thank you.

¡Que Viva La Verdad! ¡Que Viva La Gente de Oaxaca!