Websites related to APPO:
Official Website of APPO (Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca)
Radio Planton (connected to Section 22, the local Educator’s Union of Oaxaca)
Oaxaca Libre and Radio OaxacaLibre
Oaxaca Sigue en la Lucha (blog)
A video photography presentation on the APPO movement (primarily on November and December) de Producciones La Kamioneta
Media Resources:
La Jornada (Great Mexican newspaper)
La Noticias (Oaxacan newspaper)
Imparcial (Oaxacan newspaper)
Mexico Today (In English)
IPS News: Latin America (not just Oaxaca)
Narco News Bulletin: (has news in Spanish, English, and other languages)
“Oaxaca: Contininuing Conquest, Continuing Resistance” by Sean Donahue (article on the history of activism in Oaxaca)
“APPOlogia” by Gustavo Esteva. (Great article on the APPO movement.)
“Interview with Berta Elena Munoz, the Voice of the Movement at Radio Universidad, in Oaxaca” by By Emir Olivares Alonso of La Jornada. English version provided by Narco News.
The Popular Assembly Movement Advances While Neoliberalism Stalls:Throughout the State, Communities Continue to Organize Themselves in Resistance by Nancy Davies (Narco News)
Other resources, websites, and discussion boards related to Oaxaca and Mexico in general:
Oaxaca Streets and Shops (yahoo group)
Go-Oaxaca: Traveling in Oaxaca
Viva Oaxaca: A guidebook of Oaxaca
Oaxaca Live: Info on traveling in Oaxaca
All About Oaxaca: Another travel guide
Planeta.com: Oaxaca: guide to ecotourism
Becari Language School (I attended this school for a month and loved it!)
Schools for Chiapas: They have a variety of programs that work with Zapatistas. (I attended their program for a week and it was absolutely amazing.)
Ticketbus (buy all of your first class bus tickets here for your trips in Mexico)
Red Oaxaquena de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Network of Oaxaca)
De Tod@s Para Tod@s: A blog and newsboard about Mexican social movements, issues, events, and news (in Spanish and English).
Estacion Libre: People of color in solidarity with Chiapas.
Sites and articles related to conservation, biodiversity, maize, and the environment.
The campaign: Sin Maiz No Hay Pais
Mercados y Tianguis Organicos en Mexico
The people of corn: Maize is Mexico’s lifeblood by Laura Carlson
Organic Consumers Association and their Sustainable Chiapas campaign
Puente a la Salud Comunitaria Works in rural communities to promote health and the use of amaranth.
The Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation Programme (CBDC)
INSO: Works on nature conservation and water projects.
Checkbiotech.org: Info and news about biotechnology, genetic modification, and more.
Truth about Trade and Technology
Grist Magazine: Environmental News and Commentary
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