The Sisyphusion nature of life here in Oaxaca contributes to people's attitudes and behavior. I mean, they keep pushing that rock up that hill and it keeps rolling back down on them. Yes, there is progress, but it is not the unfettered progress this place deserves. The teachers.... just think about that... the teachers are doing everything in their power to hold everyone and everything back. If fact, their actions are regressive. However, people remain calm and resolute for the most part. Maybe it is all the area's history or the richness and diversity of the culture that makes Oaxaqueños so strong in the face of such blatant lawlessness and corruption. It is all fascinating to watch. Like all places, Oaxaca is a work in progress.... keep pushing that rock.
"Don't hate the media, free it." I hope that's the right translation, because it works so well with the sat dish behind the razor wire.
La lucha has made Oaxacan street artists internationally famous
I read that a few protesters shut down I-93 in Boston this morning. They made their point and no doubt, pissed people off. Then they were peacefully arrested. If they had used los maestros' techniques, they would have shut down the Mass Pike and all the major roads, gas stations, shopping malls and collected tolls. All with no arrests.
Keep pushin' that rock...
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I feel sorry for the teachers who are trapped in this blatantly lawless and corrupt union, the CNTE. They are the unwitting foot soldiers of the mafia union bosses. The union's mafia dons will keep the ugly pressure on the teachers, the public and the government forever, as long as the cash keeps flowing into their pockets.
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