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Call To Action

10:13am JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

From Rochelle in Oaxaca:

Hey all...

So helicopters have been flying over Oaxaca all morning, one is overhead
right now. Thousands of Federal Preventative Police (PFP) have arrived by
plane and bus to the areas surrounding the city. According to the radio
there are groups of police gathered at four locations. They are surrounded
by local residents attempting to prevent them from advancing on the
people.  The police have some large vehicles and 16 water cannons.

The Mexican Interior Department issued a statement demanding protesters
"immediately hand over streets, plazas, public buildings and private
property."

APPO is standing strong and condemning the intervention of the federal
police.  They released a statement yesterday making it clear that they are
open to dialogue but will not agree to leaving the barricades, that the
demand for the Governor to step down is non negotiable and that they will
resist nonviolently.

The radio is calling for all people to go out to the streets, and fortify
the barricades. Call for all to come: women with cacerolas (pots and
pans), carrying white flowers if possible, some women are painting white
the palms of their hands, to indicate they want a non-violent resolution.

There is a march planned at 2pm. If repression hits here today there will
be an opposition mounted to the inuauguration of Calderon December 1.

Please take a moment and act in solidarity for the people of Oaxaca if you
can.  I fear for the thousands of teachers and others who have already
sacrificed so much to try and take a stand for justice.

There are amazing international solidarity actions that have already
occured and many to come next week, there is a list available at
http://www.ulisesruizasesino.com/. Organize and add yours! Any future
actions will make an impact even if they occur after a federal repression,
international response is key for the future!

Here is a list of Mexican consulates in the US and Canada:
http://elenemigocomun.net/128

Please e-mail or fax the following people to let them know you oppose the
use of violence against this popular movement attempting to free itself
from a repressive and corrupt state government....

VICENTE FOX QUESADA
PRESIDENTE CONSTITUCIONAL DE MEXICO
FAX. + 55 52 77 23 76,
vicente.fox.quesada@presidencia.gob.mx

LIC. CARLOS ABASCAL CARRANZA
SECRETARIO DE GOBERNACION
FAX + 55 50 93 34 14,
cabascal@segob.gov.mx

DR. JOSE LUIS SOBERANES
PRESIDENTE DE LA COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
FAX + 55 56 81 71 99,
correo@cndh.gob.mx

DANIEL CABEZA DE VACA
PROCURADOR GENERAL DE LA REPUBLICA
FAX: +55 53460908,
ofproc@pgr.gob.mx

LIC. ULISES RUIZ ORTIZ
GOBERNADOR DEL ESTADO DE OAXACA
Fax: + 951 5020530,
gobernador@oaxaca.gob.mx

For background information...
All my articles can be found at http://globalsoil.wordpress.com and the photo
story of the struggle since we arrived in July is available at
The best independent media source for up to date info in english is
http://www.narconews.com

Thanks for watching...
rochelle

Do today

1:55am JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

To do

1. * send card to Dru Daddy G

2. * look for the copy I made of Robert Bly's thing

3. * chow

4. * Look for the nearby park

5. * get Metropolii

6. * copy game for Tariq

7. try to find Ayako's email

8. try to find Traci's email address

Dream

9:31am JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

wearing a funny costume of beard and moustache made to look like a character I didn't even know, but I was just happy to be with PB people and wasn't even worried about how people perceived me. Just happy and fun with Carla and Natalie and The Gang, headed to the handover meeting..

Dru Daddy G

9:33am JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

I mailed the Seoul train card back to Dru Daddy G. Guess where I found it?????

My wallet.

D'oh!!

Epiphany

9:34am JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

I wonder if Carla's super-ample energy comes from her exercise each morning. I wonder if getting TJ Bike fixed would be an investment in my own self improvement. I wonder if I need an active meditation instead of just sitting meditation.

Octangular base

1:08pm JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

In a slow-moving project, I'm on a mission to find a nice octangular piece of wood to be the base of my new marble track. It should be cured hardwood; I want it to last a while.

The wood supply store by my station seems not to have such. They've got only pine and stuff. And not much of it.

What's really happening in Iraq

wanna know what is really going on in Iraq?  Here's a letter from a Marine who is there now and has
been there a while.  Apparently, this email has been passed around to many US Generals.  I've
clipped some of the highlights of the letter and provided a link to the full text, if you are
interested...
 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1543658,00.html
 
All: I haven't written very much from Iraq. There's really not much to write about. More exactly,
there's not much I can write about because practically everything I do, read or hear is classified
military information or is depressing to the point that I'd rather just forget about it, never mind
write about it. The gaps in between all of that are filled with the pure tedium of daily life in an
armed camp. So it's a bit of a struggle to think of anything to put into a letter that's worth
reading. Worse, this place just consumes you. I work 18-20-hour days, every day.
 
Proudest Moment - It's a tie every day, watching our Marines produce phenomenal intelligence
products that go pretty far in teasing apart Bad Guy operations in al-Anbar. Every night Marines and
Soldiers are kicking in doors and grabbing Bad Guys based on intelligence developed by our guys. We
rarely lose a Marine during these raids, they are so well-informed of the objective. A bunch of kids
right out of high school shouldn't be able to work so well, but they do.
 
Bravest Guy in al-Anbar Province - Any Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD Tech). How'd you
like a job that required you to defuse bombs in a hole in the middle of the road that very likely
are booby-trapped or connected by wire to a bad guy who's just waiting for you to get close to the
bomb before he clicks the detonator? Every day. Sanitation workers in New York City get paid more
than these guys. Talk about courage and commitment.
 
Second Bravest Guy in al-Anbar Province - It's a 20,000-way tie among all these Marines and Soldiers
who venture out on the highways and through the towns of al-Anbar every day, not knowing if it will
be their last - and for a couple of them, it will be.
 
Most Profound Man in Iraq - an unidentified farmer in a fairly remote area who, after being asked by
Reconnaissance Marines if he had seen any foreign fighters in the area replied "Yes, you."
 
Happiest Moment - Well, it wasn't in Iraq. There are no truly happy moments here. It was back in
California when I was able to hold my family again while home on leave during July.
 
Biggest Outrage - Practically anything said by talking heads on TV about the war in Iraq, not that I
get to watch much TV. Their thoughts are consistently both grossly simplistic and politically
slanted. Biggest Offender: Bill O'Reilly.
 
Biggest Hassle - High-ranking visitors. More disruptive to work than a rocket attack. VIPs demand
briefs and "battlefield" tours (we take them to quiet sections of Fallujah, which is plenty scary
for them). Our briefs and commentary seem to have no effect on their preconceived notions of what's
going on in Iraq. Their trips allow them to say that they've been to Fallujah, which gives them an
unfortunate degree of credibility in perpetuating their fantasies about the insurgency here.

If that's the biggest hassle, then the high ranking officials should be taken on real missions so
they will 1) stop wanting to come and 2) know what's really going on 3) want to stop the war!
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Work





10:08pm JST Monday 30 October 2006 (day 13368)

I was a terrible teacher for one lesson, not even paying attention to my student because I had
written how difficult our last lesson had been (but not remembering our first lesson, which was
money); she wants to use the book, but it's too high for her, I think... I'll be lucky as shit if
she comes back to my lesson, I think.

Eeek.

Told Reiko, and she was not impressed with my behavior, but impressed that I told her directly
afterward.  Yikes stripes.

In other news, today is the day I started my mini marble track.  So far it has exactly two little
posts on it; they will be the marble catchers.  Ironically, I went out to Tokyu Hands twice (once on
a search mission, second on a purchase mission) and bought a wooden base and wood glue,... got back
to work and was all like, "aw yeah; now's the time for all good marble tracks to start being
built," and I realized I had forgotten about 7 critical things: Marbles, of course, and not as
obvious, a invisible (ultra-violet) permanent ink pen.

I plan to write the date on all the pieces, but I don't want them to show up in ordinary
light.

Might have to get a light, too, else it will just be a sloppy mess in ultra violet light.

Plan is to get those tomorrow after my lesson with Reika.
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