EVENT: PROTEST AT NYC MEXICAN CONSULATE CALLED FOR MONDAY, OCT. 30, 9 A.M
Posted October 29th, 2006 by surplusPRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 29, 2006, 12:45 p.m. Contact:
Beka Economopoulos, (917) 202-5479
Brandon Jourdan, (646) 342-8169
Eric Laursen, (917) 806-6452
PROTEST AT NYC MEXICAN CONSULATE CALLED FOR MONDAY, OCT. 30, 9 A.M.
NEW YORK – Friends of Brad Will, the U.S. journalist/camerman who was shot and killed on Friday by paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico have called a protest rally for Monday, Oct. 30, at 9.a.m. At the Mexican Consulate in Manhattan, 27 East 39th Street. The protest will call attention to demands that the Mexican troops and police surrounding the city of Oaxaca be withdrawn along with the government-backed paramilitaries.
“Brad’s death was caused by the violent atmosphere created by the army and the paramilitary thugs – not by the popular movement that liberated the state from a corrupt and repressive government,” said Brooke Lehman, a New York City activist and friend of Will. “People in the U.S. as well as Mexico have to send a loud and clear message that we won’t tolerate this.”
For latest news about the situation in Oaxaca, please visit the NYC Indymedia Center at: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/index.html
Photo of Brad Will available at: http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/27/18323924.php
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