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Women seize Mexican TV station

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 10:14 AM on August 3, 2006.


The revolution may be televised after all.

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The Raw Story spots an intriguing wire story about 500 women in Oaxaca, Mexico who have taken control of a local TV station:

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. [AP]

Emil Steiner of the Washington Posts Off/Beat blog reports that another 1000 supporters have gathered outside the station.

[Off/Beat]

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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.


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Out of the kitchen,rattling those pots and pans !!!!!
Posted by: one2vegas on Aug 3, 2006 7:54 AM   
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I think this hilarious and smart !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The police knew better,and they laid low, because their mothers,sisters, daughters,Grandmothers, wives and girlfriends where, more than likely in that 500 women group !!!

They were wise to stay away !!! They know who has to wear the pants,when men continue to do nothing, and just talk politics instead of taking real action !!

They realize the corruption, and they have taken their own strong stand !!

Now, if people could only unite this way in the U.S. we would get somewhere.

We would not continue to stay oppressed, silence is deadly !!!!!!!

Power to the Women of Oaxaca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Power to the Women of Oaxaca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Aimee on Aug 3, 2006 8:36 AM   
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Power to the Women of Oaxaca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Power to all women all over the world. We women are the only chance for sanity on Earth. Men have been screwing up way too long.

Women of the world: UNITE. Why keep having babies and making lace curtains for the men to blow up? Now is the time for all women to unite and push the bad guys out. (because not all men are bad.)

Peace,
Love,
Aimee
www.dataoptions.com

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I know it's around here, somewhere...
Posted by: LynnZTV on Aug 3, 2006 9:16 AM   
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I know where my pots are.
And where my pot is.
But where is my best BIG WOODEN SPOON?
Sistahs, the time is right--things are already boiling over.
Unite!

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AWWW RIGHT!!!! It is About Time!!!!!
Posted by: goldgrif on Aug 3, 2006 9:39 AM   
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It is about time woman had the strength, the understanding of the Power they wield!!!!! Now if Only American women would be as brave. Let's face it ladies we men have failed, we can't do it. We have tried, but truth if you guys are the voters, you have more power than you realize. A nationwide strike against the country. All the businesses that use cheap female labor, no more intimacy till things change....
WOW!!!! Think about it!

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I smoked my pot, and the only pan I got is a dead one!
Posted by: Againstthewindwalking on Aug 3, 2006 11:33 AM   
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This a very GOOD idea!! We should all get together and mob MSNBC!!! (I get the first whack at Joe Scarburro!) Wouldn't THAT be a bitch for the radical Right! (Yea I know we should do "Faux" but we gotta crawl before we walk)

It wouldn't be all that hard. Just print up a whole shit-load of fake money and dump it off the roof! When they all run out to pick up the money, we run inside, and lock the doors!

Ah yes! It's good to dream!

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Bwah!
Posted by: mviscid on Aug 3, 2006 12:15 PM   
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I love the money-dumping scheme!

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WOULDS'T IT ONLY HAPPEN HERE!
Posted by: chanceny on Aug 3, 2006 12:58 PM   
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Women across America should unite, get in their cars, busses, trucks, trailers or bikes and cross the border to Mexico for lessons on the art of PROTEST. Better hurry cause the dim bulbs now occupying our country are fastly coming together as a truly unified fear-mongering brothehood and saliciously planning the construction of a homeland-guarding electrified fence to save us from their newest scapegoated evil-doing devils, the brownish skinned burrito eaters!

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WOMAN POWER
Posted by: Neilium on Aug 3, 2006 7:08 PM   
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No it's never gonna happen girls.... you need to get some of the things you want to take from the men... GUNS. If its ok for your President the cops the robbers it has to be ok for meaningful revolt eh?
mmmmmm is this Seditious?

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Talking about "Power To The Women"
Posted by: one2vegas on Aug 6, 2006 3:52 AM   
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This is a group of "Powerful Women", who see the truth,when the scenery comes down, the brick walls are exposed !! The truths behind "Jessica's Law", Prop 83.

We are all doing time !! Silence is deadly !!!!

There are at least one million women and children in California connected to one of the 100,000 sex offenders destroyed for life under laws that affect people who are mostly mentally ill or guilty of a much lesser crime, if they are guilty at all. All it takes to be convicted of a sex offense is an accusation. No witnesses, DNA or other physical evidence is required. This crime is popular for those involved in child custody and divorce cases, political prisoners and is a favorite amongst Judges and DA's who build their careers off cases where almost no one will step forward.

The newest unconstitutional war on the people - Jessica's Law. There have been problems, in Iowa and other states after passing such a ridiculous law there, hypocrisy of the promoters of this law and their own backgrounds of sexual harassment, relevant articles, public figures who oppose it, and misconceptions and challenge of the blatant lies told around this effort.

The pages to oppose Jessica's Law should be ready for viewing this week, it's a tedious task. There will be real stories of teens ensnared, families destroyed, and more.

The goal is to show people how to fight back and to expose the lies and hypocrisy of the politicians trying to build careers which target the mentally ill, some of whom are actual sex offenders.
www.1union1.com/Join_the_UNION.html

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