To+Fight+for+Education

The pages of indipendent media is swarmed with minute by minute news from the violent protests in Oaxaca, Mexico. The protest began on June of this year when teachers decided to come together and fight for higher salary, better working conditions and unionization. It soon escalated into a demonstration against the tyranical state governor Ulises Ruiz. The Mexican government has used paramilitaries to combat the people and has used armed violence; killing teachers, journalists and activists.