Thursday, July 2, 2009

A People's Takeover of the Zocolo















The occupation of the Zocolo began in May during the traditional month of teacher work stoppages, through the anniversary of the uprising against a corrupt governor, Ulises Rodriguez Ortiz (URO) and continued until after the elections for Mexico's national assembly.

A poster encouraging abstensionism in the Assembly elections - "among more pigs, more big mouths, better not to vote for them".




Demanding freedom of political prisoners from URO



During the occupation - in front of the offices of the governor, the park was generously painted with graffiti encouraging the governor to leave





An occupation is not complete without the traditional communist left







a politicized bandstand
















Sleeping in the corridors of power to protest a mine being exploited on indigenous land











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