Something sad and thoughtful for Easter: Interview with Leonardo Boff.
Two disturbing things brought up by La Chola: Photoshopping at the New Republic and Rape on a schoolbus.
Heather Tirado Gilligan’s thirdspace article on race, grad school, legitimacy, and wine and cheese parties. Emailed to me by a friend, this article reminds us of our early days of graduate school, fitting in, and dealing with race and class issues.
Belle Lettre’s discussion on the issue of facebooking with students.
Something that hits too close to home: Top 10 Things NOT To Ask Your Girlfriend While She’s Writing Her Dissertation
Fun Comics: Garfield Minus Garfield and the horribly familiar PhD Comics
The books on my left that I should be reading:
Diversity on the Farm: how traditional crops around the world help to feed us all, and how we should reward the people who grown them. by Charles C. Mann.
When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846. by Ramon A. Gutierrez.
And in the end, all of this distraction was a success because I discovered I can download Mann’s publication online. Yeah!
First, my apologies for neglecting this blog. I’ve been in Oaxaca for the past few weeks and posted some photos here. I could have written about how much Oaxaca has changed since last March; the celebrations for Independence Day and El Grito; or the continuing increase in tortilla prices. But instead, for now, I bring your attention to a few books of interest concerning the Oaxacan uprising.
I recently bought these and have only skimmed them at this point. These first two are in Spanish and follow a similar format. The first 2/3rds discuss the history of the movement, the events leading up to the formation of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), and offer stories from activists in the movement. Both books have a section of photos and end with a chronology of events.
Oaxaca Sitiada: La primera insurrección del siglo XXI
by Diego Enrique Osorno
Mexico D.F., Mexico: Random House Mondadori. 2007.
Autoritarismo, Movimmiento Popular y Crisis Politica: Oaxaca 2006.
by Víctor Raul Martínez Vasquez (of IISUABJO—he is a Sociologist at UABJO)
Printing finished in July 2007 at Carteles Editores–P.G.O. and was bound at Impresiones y Barniz, U. V. Amadís, S.A. de C.V.
Colón 605, Centro, Oaxaca, Oax.
I bought both of these books at Librería Educal at the Santo Domingo ex-convent in Oaxaca. You can find the store online. Their number in Oaxaca is: 01 (951) 514-1398
I was told of a third book, which is in Spanish and conservative, but I have yet to find it. Please let me know if you have any information about it.
Nancy Davies of NarcoNews recently published an English book about the APPO movement. She reported from the frontlines of the movement. It can be bought online at: www.narconews.com.
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