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

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

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Mess remains a mess...

As Oaxaca enters its fourth week without classes, the dynamics continue to swirl.  In Mexico City the protesting teachers of Section 22 shut down the toll booths of the autopista connecting the city to Puebla, a key route, for several hours and then opened it and let drivers go through without paying tolls.
Photo is from Noticiasmx.
In several villages and colonias in the city, schools are opening with teachers from Section 59 and tutors arranged for by parents.  They are also blocking the reentry of Section 22 teachers who are trying to return.  The parents say that they were ignored for too long and that they have moved on to Section 59.

Meanwhile, more protests are planned in the DF.  At least the government has backed off its regressive tax plan to tax food and medicine, but the Pemex oil privatization remains a huge issue.

Things are bound to escalate as we move into Mexican Independence Day week.  El Grito is Sept. 16.
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