http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4361604.html

Amazing, huh? So much for the non-violence.

As I said, they are thugs who belong in jail with long prison terms.

Would anyone care to defend these ‘peaceful’ protestors now?

The next question is: where is APPO getting its money? Hugo Chavez? Fidel’s brother?

“Mexican riot police firing tear gas clashed with protesters launching fireworks and throwing gasoline bombs in the colonial city…..The latest violence flared when hundreds of activists tried to surround federal police occupying the city’s central square.”

So….occupying the University and disrupting (read: end of) classes isn’t enough for the protestors. Now they are trying to, violently, re-take the center of town. One might further note that these so-called ‘peaceful’ protestors arranged this current stage of provocative violence by yet again taking over a radio station (read: violent and illegal) to announce their ‘peaceful’ plans.

And, for those of you who are not informed, let’s remember that these delightful people had taken over the Zocalo, complete with blockades and checkpoints, which is the economic artery of the entire business community. Properly, the federal government had decided that months of this was too much and the PEOPLE of Oaxaca City are completely and rightfully completely sickened of this. The reason most of them don’t openly complain is because these same ‘peaceful’ mobs will burn and vandalize THEIR personal property.

Although I consider myself a liberal (in the good sense, not in the knee-jerk sense) I find the behavior of the APPO and Lopez Obrador and his cronies to be not only narcisstic and anarchistic, but also profoundly destructive to the very causes that they purport to be ‘fighting’ for. First, let’s do away with this silliness that these people have been peacefully protesting in Oaxaca. Do you call forceful occupations and vanadalism of the zocalo, government buildings, private businesses, and public streets and property to be peaceful? This is a perversion of logic. The violence was started by the teachers and APPO and they are wholly to blame for the subsequent consequences. Unfortunately, it is only too predictable of these thugs (what else to call them?) that they take absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for their actions. Do they care whatsoever for the unbelievable damage that they have caused to the primary economy of Oaxaca? I have read, with great incredulity, of some knee-jerkers talking about how the Guelagetza has been ‘coopted’ by commercial interests, and is somehow therefore not worthy of continuing. Excuse me? So all of these people who want to participate and visit and support (yes, gasp, economically) such things are somehow unworthy to do so because a group of unelected anarchists think they shouldn’t.

Call it what it is…..leftist fascism. That’s how Mao got his start. Too bad these groups don’t have the first idea as to how to actually responsibly govern themselves. God forbid they should ever take power. Then you would see REAL despotism.

The teachers are not supported by the country to be able to carry out their job. It breaks my heart to know that they’re doing so much to represent their student’s needs and are not being heard.