Another Day, Another Story

yesterday was a strangely calm day. After teh attacks on the University, and the failure of the police to overtake the university, I guess we all expected the violence to reoccur. Word was that there would be another march, and lots of people were gathered in the plaza of Santa Domingo, but it never happened. Teh night was calm, and I heard no helicopters. Tamara and I hiked up to Alder and Ryan's house for sushi nite. From the view of their house, I saw no smoke, heard no explosions. The night was quite stormy and I think people took it as a day of rest.

Hanging out right now at Cafe Los Cuiles doing some homework. Lots of reporters are here and I got to chat a second with a woman who works for IndyMedia. In portland, i had come across her pictures on Flickr, and also daily read her updates on the OSAG(Oaxaca STudy Action Group) listserv. Interesting to chat with her and see what she thinks. She, like everyone, wonders where all this will go. Today, Ulises Ruiz gave his first interview to Foreign Press. He said he would resign under no circumstances, and said that Oaxaca is running business as usual. He must not actually be in Oaxaca. Because that statement couldn't be further from the truth. People are risking their lives to establish rights, to establish social and economic reform. Business is not as usual in Oaxaca when the city is under seige of 4,000 federal police. We'll see what happens. His party has abandoned him, the govt. has thrown out his lawsuits seeking for the recent resolutions against him by senate and congress to be thrown out, and the protestors are not giving up.