Political Graffiti

Political graffiti, other artistic expression and what old-fashioned me would describe as just plain old vandalism adorn Oaxaca's buildings. There's a great book out documenting the graffiti during and after the 2006 uprising. Prior to the big Guelaguetza dance festival in July, city authorities took a paint brush to a lot of it - at least the ones that accused them of being corrupt pigs.














Waiters awaiting customers next to "jail for Ulises Ruis Ortiz (the governor) for being an assassin and repressor"


















































Announcing the coming of the revolution - in a plaza called Plazuela del Carmen - "liberated" in 2006 as a place where vendors could sell goods without having to do political favors for the mayor's office.

In the lead up to the July legislative elections, encouraging casting an empty ballot "among more pigs, more big mouths. better not to vote for them in the coming elections"