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Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca: Speaking tour and book presentation
Friday Nov 14, 7PM @ Red Emma's
Join us for a special talk celebrating the release of the new book from PM Press, Teaching Rebellion. The book collects the stories of the 2006 revolt in Oaxaca, when, sparked by a teacher's strike for justice in education, an entire city rose up to demand the impossible. We'll be joined not only by Chris Thomas, member of Colectivos de Apoyo, Solidaridad y Acción, a grassroots support group centered around educational solidarity with Chiapas and Oaxaca, and which edited this amazing new collection, but by Silvia Hernández, a sociology student from Oaxaca who was active in the defense of the autonomous zones of liberated Oaxaca, and who has faced arrest and imprisonment from the government of Oaxaca for her continuing work against neoliberalism and corruption.
More info about the speakers:
Silvia Hernández, a sociology student active in the barricades and in the defense of Radio Universidad when it was under attack by state police, continues to actively organize for autonomous spaces and alternatives to the state’s neo-liberal development plans. She was arrested on July 16, 2007 when the Oaxacan social movement sought to occupy the Guelaguetza auditorium to carry out the traditional Guelaguetza festival, and spent nearly a month as a political prisoner. She belongs to VOCAL— Voces Oaxaqueñas Construyendo Autonomía y Libertad (Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and Liberty).
Chris Thomas spent two years collaborating with groups working in the Zapatista autonomous school system, developing teaching materials and working to reinforce the ongoing development of community educators in the region. He coordinated CASA Chiapas from 2006-2007 and can generally be found somewhere between New York and Mexico.
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