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UPDATE: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 · 2:40:27 PM +00:00 · SemDem Mezcalistas is a site that has a list of all the mezcal brands available in the United States. The brands with an asterisk denote family/producer brands. Check them out: Mezcals available in...
by SemDem
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on Tue May 16, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Hurricane Agatha Makes Landfall in Southern Mexico The storm was the first Category 2 to ever make landfall in the eastern Pacific, and threatened to bring floods and mudslides to the state of Oaxaca. That’s the header at The NY Times; hurricane season...
by xaxnar
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on Mon May 30, 2022 at 04:03 PM PDT
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What fun it would be to visit Oaxaca. A gastrotour combined with visits to archaeological sites of interest...OMG, sign me up!
by Youffraita
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on Fri Nov 19, 2021 at 07:30 AM PST
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This article is revised from 2016, to update on two clean-water battles cited in that drash. The idiom, “blood in the water” refers to perception of apparent weakness or vulnerability that predators take as a sign to attack their chosen victims.
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by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Jan 11, 2018 at 04:00 PM PST
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Two years ago, the Wall was just a stupid thing that would never get built. Now it’s still not going to be built, but as a metaphor it is a powerful symbol of hatred that could permanently damage ...
by Alonso del Arte
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on Wed Nov 01, 2017 at 05:02 AM PDT
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It seems the prevailing winds have led me to the south of Mexico away from my usual autumn home on the placid, green coast of Veracruz to the dry, turbulent expanses of the southern edge of the ...
by LSchofield
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on Sat Sep 29, 2012 at 04:21 PM PDT
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It's exciting and reinvigorating to see the fight of union workers in Wisconsin, with teachers and their unions leading much of the struggle In Oaxaca, the local Section 22 of the Mexican Teachers ...
by ActivistGuy
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on Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 12:58 AM PST
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Every morning around 3am, while her husband and children sleep, Matilda wakes up and grinds the corn kernels she has left soaking in lyme water overnight. She gets on her hands and knees and rolls ...
by ranger995
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on Sat Feb 13, 2010 at 03:32 PM PST
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Yesterday I asked for your help . I was concerned because many poor people from Honduras have been fleeing ...
by davidseth
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on Tue Jul 07, 2009 at 07:23 AM PDT
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by davidseth
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on Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 06:25 PM PDT
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This is my new article at Upside Down World, reviewing a new book that documents the 2006 rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico. If you enjoy the article, please help spread the word, because paramilitaries ...
by HansBennett
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on Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 09:24 PM PDT
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In Oaxaca, Mexico, "accountability moments" are extremely scarce. In fact, for Governor Ulises Ruiz the moment may never come, and questions about police repression, killings, detentions and ...
by davidseth
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on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 06:10 AM PDT
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by davidseth
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on Thu Mar 22, 2007 at 05:56 AM PDT
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cross posted from The Dream ...
by davidseth
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on Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 09:23 AM PDT
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This was brought to my attention yesterday by a friend:
More than 140 people, including 34 women, were detained in Oaxaca City, southern Mexico, on 25 November when a protest against ...
by Hugo Estrada
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on Wed Jan 10, 2007 at 06:39 AM PST
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There is a call from the Zapatistas for demonstrations of solidarity with the people of Oaxaca on Friday, December 22, 2006:
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by davidseth
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on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 07:12 AM PST
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Is this my last diary about Oaxaca?
Taking a step America can't quite make in Iraq, the Mexican Central Government has declared victory in Oaxaca, folded its tents and gone away. According to the ...
by davidseth
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on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 08:12 AM PST
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Today’s WaPo editorial praised Felipe Calderon, the new constitutional president of Mexico. ...
by Hugo Estrada
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on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:26 AM PST
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Now that I have the attention of the anti-Chavezistas, could they spare some concern for a real Latin American human rights issue? And you there, folks who want to dance of Pinochet's ashes, debate ...
by davidseth
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on Tue Dec 12, 2006 at 10:38 AM PST
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The demonstrations and barricades are gone. The graffiti have been whitewashed. The police stand around the zocalo. If I didn't wonder what had happened to the 8 people who were killed, and the ...
by davidseth
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on Sun Dec 10, 2006 at 07:11 AM PST
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