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On this month’s show we bring you three in-depth interviews: 1) Oakland librarian “Agnes” on public libraries in a time of austerity, when 14 of 18 libraries were threatened with closure; 2) reporter and author John Gibler on his new book, To Die in Mexico, which analyzes the so-called “drug war” in Mexico; and 3) two compañerxs from UA in the Bay announce the Anarchist General Assembly that will take place on July 16, along with an update on the continuing occupation of Glen Cove. (2 hrs, mp3)

Four audio files are available here: 1) the full show; 2) interview on libraries and austerity (28 min); 3) interview with John Gibler (42 min); 4) interview on Anarchist General Assembly (14 min).

Now Catazajá internal beaches in northern Chiapas report abuse and violence against him and his family by jail officials. Similar situations have occurred since the end of 2010 to date in various jails in Chiapas.

On 2 July 2011, in the context of the Proceso magazine tetralogy organized in San Cristóbal de Las Casas by RompeVientos TV and the Centro Cultural TierrAdentro, the journalists from Proceso magazine José Gil Olmos and Marcela Turati gave a journalism workshop to members of several free media collectives.

José Gil (50 min):(Descarga aquí)  

Marcela Turati (1 hr):(Descarga aquí)  

Open dialog (1:23 hr):(Descarga aquí)  

This July 2, 2011, day of the march against violence against women in San Cristóbal de Las Casas,the activist Concepción Avendaño Villafuerte received a citation to appear at the General Attorney’s office (PGR) this next July 5. The compañera fears for her freedom and asks that we remain attentive and calls for solidarity.(Descarga aquí)  

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Cuarta y última parte de la tetralogía PROCESO: José Gil Olmos en el Centro Cultural TierrAdentro, San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

El cuarto y último eslabón de la tetralogía corresponde al reportero José Gil Olmos, designado por PROCESO para la cobertura del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad, y autor de los libros “Los brujos del poder” 1 y 2 y “La santa muerte”.

José Gil compartió anoche su experiencia y reflexión en la cobertura de las caravanas a la ciudad de México y a Ciudad Juárez, realizadas en el marco del movimiento que encabeza Javier Sicilia, habló sobre los retos y perspectivas, riesgos y debilidades, aportes y fortalezas de ese fenómeno social surgido del dolor y el clamor de justicia de las víctimas de la guerra de Calderón.

El reportero habló también sobre sus libros “Los brujos del poder: el ocultismo en la política mexicana” 1 y 2, que documentan los casos de importantes políticos mexicanos y de otros países que han recurrido a chamanes, hechiceros, espiritistas y brujos para alcanzar, expandir o conservar el poder, y para tomar decisiones que afectan a la sociedad en su conjunto.

Presentación y video(Descarga aquí)  

Palabras de José Gil(Descarga aquí)  

Diálogo con el público(Descarga aquí)  

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Third part of the tetralogy of the Proceso Magazine organized by Centro Cultural TierrAdentro and Rompeviento TV in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

Marcela Turati, presented her book “Cross Fire”, where she gives voice to the victims of Calderon’s war. Children, elders, women, and men who are suddenly orphans, widwos, disappeared, or displaced, and sentenced by the official discourse which categorizes them as “collateral damage” or turns them into suspects of their own disgrace.

Presentation (4:25 min):(Descarga aquí)  

Brief words by Marcela Turati on her book Fuego cruzado (11:45 min):(Descarga aquí)  

Dialogue with the audience (1:25 hr):(Descarga aquí)  

Members of the Water Underground created the Aqualab…a series of activities, experiments, and artistic experiences in the Tenderloin National Forest in San Francisco. In this segment, “water agents”share how the Aqualab is a space to engage water beyond the faucet. Engaging with water by questioning and mapping where it comes from and where it is going (and in what condition) is part of making water in California a commons rather than just another resource to be consumed.

We interviewed the journalist Jenaro Villamil, reporter for the magazine Proceso, who spoke about the harrasment suffered currently by the journalist Isaín Mandujano, the censorship and harrassment to critical journalists in Chiapas, and the influence of Enrique Peña Nieto in the state of Chiapas.(Descarga aquí)  

Read the letter sent by Isaín Mandujano (Spanish):

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