Teaching Rebellion Stories From The Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Denham/CASA Collective.

In 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico came alive with a broad and diverse movement that captivated the nation and inspired communities for social justice around the world. What began as a teachers’ strike demanding more resources for education, quickly turned into a massive movement for direct democracy as brutal repression came up against long ignored social contradictions. This is a moving compilation of testimonies from longtime organizers, teachers, students, housewives, religious leaders, union members, schoolchildren, activists, journalists and others who participated in what became the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca. It offers documentation of the courage, aspirations and sense of empowerment that underlie the spirit of resistance.

Softcover, 5×8, 382pp., 2008.