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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