mexico consulates in CA and NYC protest

[Rich Gibson <rgibson@pipeline.com>]

Mexican Consulate of San Diego
(619) 231-8414
1549 India St
San Diego, CA 92101


<http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=l&q=mexican+consulate&near=sacramento&ie=UTF8&latlng=38581667,-121493333,7692328714977297446>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=l&q=mexican+consulate&near=sacramento&ie=UTF8&latlng=38581667,-121493333,7692328714977297446>Consulate
1010 8th St, Sacramento, CA
0.2 mi W - (916) 441-3287
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<http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=l&q=mexican+consulate&near=sacramento&ie=UTF8&latlng=38581667,-121493333,17199236187020440767>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=l&q=mexican+consulate&near=sacramento&ie=UTF8&latlng=38581667,-121493333,17199236187020440767>Consulate
Sacramento, CA
0.3 mi S - (916) 441-0421


<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,1444550975734056413>Consulate 
of 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,1444550975734056413>Mexico
532 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA
1.5 mi NE - (415) 354-1700
<http://www.embassyofmexico.org/>Embajada de 
Mexico<http://www.embassyofmexico.org/> en los E...
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<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,3202138347192852129>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,3202138347192852129>Consulate
540 N 1st St, San Jose, CA
41 mi SE - (408) 294-3414
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<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,57883770195424501>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=38.581667,-121.493333&sspn=0.016103,0.029268&q=mexican+consulate&near=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&latlng=37775000,-122418333,57883770195424501>Consulate
115 N 4th St, San Jose, CA
42 mi SE - (408) 213-2250


<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=37.775,-122.418333&sspn=1.042054,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=los+angeles&ie=UTF8&latlng=34052222,-118242778,800522508024920528>Consulate 
General of 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=37.775,-122.418333&sspn=1.042054,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=los+angeles&ie=UTF8&latlng=34052222,-118242778,800522508024920528>Mexico
2401 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA
2.1 mi W - (213) 351-6800
<http://www.embassyofmexico.org/>Embajada de 
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<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=37.775,-122.418333&sspn=1.042054,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=los+angeles&ie=UTF8&latlng=34052222,-118242778,11835053721377925729>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=37.775,-122.418333&sspn=1.042054,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=los+angeles&ie=UTF8&latlng=34052222,-118242778,11835053721377925729>Consulate
828 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
30 mi SE - (714) 835-3069


<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=34.052222,-118.242778&sspn=1.092282,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=fresno&ie=UTF8&latlng=36747778,-119771389,3819610938931645386>Mexican 
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=34.052222,-118.242778&sspn=1.092282,1.873169&q=mexican+consulate&near=fresno&ie=UTF8&latlng=36747778,-119771389,3819610938931645386>Consulate
2409 Merced St, Fresno, CA
1.1 mi SW - (559) 233-3065


Many CA school districts have formal relationships with the Mexican 
consulate. Google the name of the school district, and Mexican Consulate, 
or Consul. You may find smaller cities with Mexican consulates in them too. 
Just google Mexico consulate and the city.

Nobody needs permission to create a demonstration. Just get a sign, 
announce, it, and go do it.

Then do it some more.





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Massacre of Teachers in Mexico, 11 Dead



Urgent Protest Thursday, June 15, 5 p.m.



Outside the Mexican Consulate General,


27 East 39th Street (between Madison and Park Aves.)


Dear all,


Most of you will have heard by now of the violent repression of striking 
teachers in Oaxaca camped in the central plaza of Oaxaca City.  The 70,000 
schoolteachers in Oaxaca have been on strike since May 22nd, demanding a 
pay raise, differential pay for teachers working in high-cost regions, 
resources for school infrastructure, free school breakfasts, school 
supplies, and scholarships for students. For much of this time thousands 
have been camped in the centre of the city to press their demands.


This morning, state police attacked the encampments with riot police and 
helicopters. They also raided the union headquarters, a hotel that houses 
teachers and the Union's radio station. Despite the force used against 
them, teachers were able to regain control of the main plaza and the blocks 
around it.


With all the chaos, the reports we have received of casualties are not firm 
and are sometimes conflicting, but it appears that at least 5 people, 
including one teachers' child, have been killed, dozens wounded and dozens 
more detained. There is fear that there will be more violence as police 
backed by federal re-inforcements attempt to take the plaza again.


If further violence is to be prevented, the Oaxacan teachers will need the 
support of the international community to pressure Mexican authorities to 
reign in their security forces and return to the bargaining table. We are 
requesting of the organizations of the IDEA Network to at least send 
letters of protest to the Mexican President and the governor of Oaxaca, 
with copies ot the Mexican section of the Trinational Coalition to Defend 
Public Education (see addresses below). However, it will have a much 
stronger impact if your organization can send a delegation to the Mexican 
consulate or embassy in your city to deliver the letters directly (and 
better still if some of you remain outside the consulates and embassies 
wiht signs denouncing the violence)..


I am attaching with this message information that we have received from the 
Mexican section of the Trinational Coalition about the conflict in Oaxaca, 
as well has an eyewitness report we received a few hours ago from the 
coordinator of the Oaxacan teachers' union's research institute. I am also 
enclosing copies of the letters the IDEA network has sent to Mexico's 
president and the governor of Oaxaca. Please feel free to modify the 
letters and use them for your own organization.


Thank You,


Steve Stewart,
Technical Secretary,
IDEA Network


Contact information below:


 Lic. Vicente Fox Quesada
Presidente Constitucional de México
Fax 55 5277 2376, 
<mailto:vicente.fox.quesada@presidencia.gob.mx>vicente.fox.quesada@presidencia.gob.mx

Dr. José Luis Soberanes
Presidente de la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos
Fax: 55 5681 7199

Dr. Ricardo Sepúlveda
Coordinador de la Unidad para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de la 
Secretaría de Gobernación
Fax: 55 5128 0234

Lic. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Oaxaca
Fax. 01 (951) 51 65 966,51-60677/ fax: 51-63737/ cel: 0449515470377

E-mail: <mailto:gobernador@oaxaca.gob.mx>gobernador@oaxaca.gob.mxwith 
copies 
to  <mailto:urama@prodigy.net.mx>urama@prodigy.net.mx, 
<mailto:antonio_icn@hotmail.com>antonio_icn@hotmail.com 
<mailto:radioplanton@hotmail.com>radioplanton@hotmail.com , and the Mexican 
newspaper La Jornada <mailto:svaladez@jornada.com.mx>svaladez@jornada.com.mx