500 Women Seize TV Station & Broadcast Homemade Video in Oaxaca, Mexico

[kpete]

Women Seize TV Station in Oaxaca, Mexico
- By REBECA ROMERO, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, August 2, 2006


(08-02) 11:59 PDT OAXACA, Mexico (AP) --

About 500 women banging spoons against pots and pans seized a state-run television station and broadcast a homemade video Wednesday that showed police kicking protesters out of Oaxaca's main square last month.

The women took control of Oaxaca's Channel 9 station Tuesday and held employees for about six hours before releasing them. It was unclear how long the siege would last and police were nowhere to be seen near the station Wednesday.

The standoff is the latest by demonstrators who accuse Gov. Ulises Ruiz of rigging his 2004 election victory and violently repressing opposition groups.

Station director Mercedes Rojas said the state has filed a criminal complaint with the federal attorney general's office, noting that the station has about $54.5 million worth of equipment inside and that the protesters had threatened the 60 employees with violence while holding them captive.

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Awesome Sisters!! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

2. ¡Excellente!!!

:woohoo:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. They threatened the employees with violence

I can imagine it... Air my video or I'll bang you with my spoon. :scared:

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

4. K&R.(nt)

[madmusic]

5. Brandishing a spoon...

Do you feel lucky, punk? Do you?

[Vidar]

6. Bravo, ladies!

[Cleita]

7. Banging pots and pans!

It has happened in the past in South America. We have to teach the anglo American women to do this. It scares the s**t out of the authorities.

[LuckyLib]

9. Yes! It's the preferred noise-making protest in Latin countries.

It brings folks out of their houses, while at the same time presenting a "domestic" appearance as folks march and bang. It's great!

[malaise]

8. I love it

I hope American women are learning.

[chat_noir]

10. working on the logistics...

of hanging a pot/pan around my neck so that I can beat on it with a spoon with one hand while the other hand is free to hold protest sign. hmmmmmmmmm?

Guess I could change corners and put the pot on the fire hydrant.

[OnionPatch]

11. Maybe you could wear a sandwich board

:)

[QuestionAll...]

14. can avoid pot charges doing that. nt

[QuestionAll...]

12. 'and police were nowhere to be seen'...

:rofl:

they know better than to disturb mama bears.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Eeeek!! Terrorists! Or, is it EEEK! Terroristas?

[QuestionAll...]

15. kick

[ReadTomPaine]

16. Meanwhile... here in the US...

[bbgrunt]

17. k and r