The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

If it's Monday....

It must be protest day.
Yesterday there were several marches, protests and blockades, putting the city into the normal chaos that accompanies these constant situations.  Hey, they like to protest here.
The teachers were protesting something, the moto-taxis were protesting something else, the students were protesting still something else, there was a protest about the rising fares on buses, and there was an agrarian dispute that was brought to the city after months of non-action.
Here's the full rundown, in Spanish, of the various protests from Noticiasmx.  Check out the photos at the bottom.

However, the most notable protest of the day was the protest against all these protests.
This gentleman, José Ascona Juárez, who fixes tires, got fed up with the prospect of another day without any business because of the blockades.  He stripped off his clothes and wnent into the middle of the street and had a "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore" moment.
His sign says, "It's fine that you demand your rights, but not if you trample my more elementary rights, I am the city, also (I live here, too)."

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