The Trinational Coalition protesting Guerrero student murders at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles

For details on the protest and its demands, see this earlier post: Trinational to protest student murders in Guerrero on October 8th. Consider joining the Trinational Coalition in Defense of Public Education.

PETITION

Please sign the petition.

Justice for the 43 Disappeared Mexican Students http://t.co/4v01zFCxeb

— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) October 8, 2014

The Trinational Coalition protesting Guerrero student murders at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles

Trinational to protest student murders in Guerrero on October 8th

The Trinational Coalition for the Defense of Public Education protest of student murders in Guerrero
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 4:00pm
Mexican Consulate
2401 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90057

There will be nationwide protest in Mexico about the murders and disappearance of the normalistas (students at teacher training college) in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, this Wednesday, October 8th starting at 4:00 pm Mexico City time. In Mexico, most protesters will be wearing black. The US section of the Trinational is asking that you protest at the nearest Mexican consulate or interest section to where you live. In Los Angeles, we will go to the consulate around 4:00pm. The address is: 2401 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, 90057. It’s right across from McArthur Park and the cross street is Parkview. It can be reached by the red and purple metro lines.

I’m attaching a fact sheet and a copy of the letter that the Trinational(all 3 countries) is sending which you can use as a rubric for a letter that you, your organization or union can send. The teachers unions in Ontario and British Columbia are sending letters and 3 officers from CTU have signed the Trinational letter. You can also go to the Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education USA group for more in formation from Mexico; mostly in Spanish, some in English. Also Al Jazeera and TeleSur in english as well.

Here are the demands that are being used in Mexico:

1. Presentación con vida de los 43 estudiantes normalistas desaparecidos.
2. Destitución y castigo al gobernador de Guerrero Angel Aguirre y al presidente municipal de Iguala, José Luis Abarca Velázquez por su responsabilidad en el asesinato y desaparición de los estudiantes normalistas.
3. Condenamos la  complicidad y tolerancia del gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto con los grupos paramilitares que actúan impunemente asesinando luchadores sociales.
4. Alto a la represión al magisterio democrático y al pueblo de México. Libertad a los presos políticos.
5. Vivos se lo llevaron, vivos los queremos.

Rough translation:

1. Return the 43 Normal students alive
2. Remove and punish Angel Aguirre, the Governor of Gurrero, and Jose Luis Abarca Velazquez, the municipal president of Iguala, for their responsibility in the murder and disappearance of the normalista students
3. We condemn the complicity and tolerance of the Enrique Peña Nieto government with the paramilitary groups that murdered the social activists with impunity
4. Stop the repression of democratic teachers and the Mexican people. Free the political prisoners.
5. They were taken alive, we want them alive! OR They were taken alive, we want them back alive!

It still has not been officially proven that the disappeared students are dead, so the demand is to return them alive.

In solidarity,
Rosemary

Accion Urgente Estudiantes Mexico Trinational to protest student murders in Guerrero on October 8th by Robert D. Skeels

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UPDATE: There's a petition now.

Justice for the 43 Disappeared Mexican Students http://t.co/4v01zFCxeb

— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) October 8, 2014

Trinational to protest student murders in Guerrero on October 8th

Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education 11th Biennial Conference

Starting May 09 2014, 09:00 AM — Ending May 11 2014, 04:00 PM

Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education 11th Biennial Conference

The 2014 Trinational Conference to Defend Public Education joins teachers and education activists from Mexico, Canada and the US, to review the struggle to defend public education since NAFTA in 1994, and to plan for the future. Hosted by the Chicago Teachers Union.

AGENDA

• Friday Daytime: School and union visits to K–12 or higher education institutions
• Friday Evening: Public dialogue on public education and movements in 3 countries
• Saturday: 9:00–10:15 a.m.—Plenary discussion on the Trinational struggle
• Workshops (Choose Two, 10:30am-12:30pm, 1:30pm -3:30pm):
  • Standardized testing & Evaluation—its effects, and campaigns in opposition
  • Precarious employment in K-12 and higher education
  • Student organizing on rights, funding, and other student issues
  • Alternative education programs and pedagogy
  • Teaching in minority communities
  • Building democratic, activist unions
  • Technology and education
  • Social Activities in the evenings
  • REGISTRATION: $100. www.trinational-usa.org

Trinational Conference 2014 by Robert D. Skeels

Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education 11th Biennial Conference

Schools Matter: Trinational protest at Mexican Consulate in solidarity with CNTE

First published on Schools Matter on September 22, 2013

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Protesting education neoliberalism across borders. En solidaridad con Los maestros de Mexico! #lausd pic.twitter.com/t8sunJeLP6

— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) September 21, 2013

On Friday, September 20, 2013 the Trinational Coalition To Defend Public Education organized a demonstration in front of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Mexico to protest the repression of the Mexican teachers and attempts to privatize public education in Mexico.

My tumblr photoset of the protest

Trinational posted some photos on their facebook page

Trinational Coalition To Defend Public Education-USA, Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC), Movimiento Estudiantíl Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) de Maya Angelou HS, serveral members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), and other groups were on hand. Some young women drove all the way from Oxnard California to voice their support.

Commuters passing by honked in support as we repeated various chants like "la lucha obrera, no tienes frontera," and "¡Maestros unidos, jamás serán vencidos!"

Some good English language articles discussing the struggle are Mexican teachers expand strike and Teachers take a stand in Mexico.

Schools Matter: Trinational protest at Mexican Consulate in solidarity with CNTE