[lit-ideas] Re: rioting in Oaxaca
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:05:56 EDT
300 people died in flooding in Ethiopia this week. 200,000 people have been
killed in Darfur, 3 million displaced to squalor camps, and civilians are
having limbs hacked off, fingers, toes, noses; children are being raped
repeatedly, people set on fire.
Apparently what is news-worthy depends on ethnicity and the presence of oil.
In conjunction w/ my rage, please see the "seeing red" post.
Julie Krueger
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Subj: [lit-ideas] rioting in Oaxaca Date: 8/12/06 8:52:39 P.M. Central
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Dear All,
Last week I posted a query about female demonstrators in Oaxaca, Mexico. It
was based on a small item I (and Julie) heard on NPR--an item without
followup. Last night I watched the news on one of the Mexico TV stations
here (there are three of them, on non-cable). Now there are "thousands" of
women demonstrating against the state's government (their claim is the
election was rigged). Last night the demonstrators were tear-gassed, militia
brought out--the whole megillah.
Not a word of it in the NY Times, though. How come? I can't believe that the
US audience wouldn't be interested in what's happening in Mexico. Is this
situation in Mexico being reported in Europe? Does it seem worth coverage?
tia,
Carol
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