Letter to President Vicente Fox

[George Sheridan <learn@jps.net>]

Lic. Vicente Fox Quesada
Presidente Constitucional de Mexico


I am horrified to learn that police have attacked the Plantón of the 
teachers in the Zocalo of Oaxaca.

Here in California I teach my students, some of whom are of Mexican 
heritage, about the history of the Mexican people and to admire their 
struggle for liberty and justice.

Having met the great painter David Alfaro Siqueiros and having studied the 
works of the muralists of the Mexican Revolution, I know that brutality 
brings shame and disgrace on the powerful.

Consider the example of Benito Juarez, the most illustrious son of Oaxaca. 
Would he be the author of such repression?

I implore you as president to intervene on behalf of the teachers and 
people of Oaxaca, to halt the repression, and to halt further violent and 
illegal actions by the governor.

As Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello has said, the marches point out a 
serious problem of social health, injustices, illegality, and 
corruption.  He asked the Lord to "move the hearts of those who make the 
decisions." I hope this appeal will touch your heart.


George Sheridan, President
Black Oak Mine Teachers Association, CTA/NEA
P.O. Box 703
Garden Valley, California 95633