Crackdown in Mexico: 200 Jailed,

[Commie Girl]

:ph34r: Interesting:

Democracy Now! (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/11/1445258)

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into last week's police crackdown in the town of San Salvador Atenco outside of Mexico City.

A week ago Wednesday, over 1,000 police officers raided the town and conducted house-to-house searches arresting over 200 people. Images of police officers beating residents were broadcast on national TV in Mexico.

As of last night almost all of the 200 people arrested remained in jail. The police have also been accused of brutality inside the jail.

At least seven women have said they were raped while another 16 said they were sexually abused.

The police action came a day after a peasant uprising in Atenco that began after police forced a group of peasants to stop flowers in a nearby town.

Police said the crackdown was justified because residents of Atenco had taken a group of police officers hostage.

On Friday, the Zapatista leader Marcos led thousands on a march to protest the police response. He announced that he was suspending his nationwide tour, called the Other Campaign, until the dispute in Atenco is settled.

..........video clip (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/11/1445258)

[Janus]

There was a larger and more recent discussion on the revolts here.

Mexican insurrection (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=49619)

[Commie Girl]

:huh: Ooops....I have been away for quite awhile and was too lazy to browse and look for a previous thread!

[MurderInc]

As I commented earlier, much to the laughs of the board, Mexico's federal authority will end with in just a few years.

They are the next to go.

They will create a socialist state (though not nec. through Revolution) and have something similar to Venezuela, though I know many here don't consider that socialism.

As I also stated, there will be a period of millions of Mexicans leaving to go north into the U.S., some evenual loss of Mexican land, but there will eventually be a revolution and nationalization of all isdustry.

[BattleOfTheCowshed]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12 2006, 03:53 PM
As I commented earlier, much to the laughs of the board, Mexico's federal authority will end with in just a few years.

They are the next to go.

They will create a socialist state (though not nec. through Revolution) and have something similar to Venezuela, though I know many here don't consider that socialism.

As I also stated, there will be a period of millions of Mexicans leaving to go north into the U.S., some evenual loss of Mexican land, but there will eventually be a revolution and nationalization of all isdustry.
If you mean that Mexico will go the route of Venezuela and Bolivia etc. and begin rapidly creating its own native bourgeoisie class and kick out imperialist forces thus significantly altering the govt., that is a view that many hold.