RepressionunderPresident Morelos in Bolivia by AWK Thursday Oct 16th, 2008 2:53 PM
On Oct. 7, 8, and 9, the army and state and federal paramilitary
police were sent in to brutally smashthe movement. This
modelis a mirror of the crackdown that occurred in Oaxaca
in 2006 and has enraged teachers and the public across Mexico.
For almost two months, the teachers union in the Mexican
state of Morelos rose up against the "Alliance for
Quality Education", a neo-liberal plan akin to "No
ChildLeft Behind" that wouldpave the way to the privatization
of education,amongotherthings.
They were supported by the people of Morelos in theirmarches,
encampments in public plazas, and blockades of interstatehighways.