Oaxaca Uprising

The Oaxaca Uprising was an indigenist and worker uprising which occurred in 2006 across the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
== Background ==
In June 2006, 70,000 striking teachers gathered in Oaxaca de Juarez, to press their demands for a living wage and better facilities for the students. On June 14, the police attacked the teacher’s encampment, but the teachers fought back, forcing the police out of the center of the city, taking over government buildings and evicting politicians, and setting up barricades to keep them out.Diana Denham (2008) Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
== Events ==
After Oaxaca de Juarez was taken over, students and workers formed the Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO) or Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, joined by trade unionists, charity workers, mutual aid groups and cooperatives. They formed a democratic assembly based on indigenous practices of consensus in the region before colonialism. Politicians were banned from participating so the movement could not be co-opted into state interests.
== Results ==
Although the main uprising in Oaxaca de Juarez eventually collapsed, the town of Zaachila gained autonomy, cooperatives were formed and the events inspired further social struggles in the region such as intensified class struggle and the CIPO-RFM.Peter Gelderloos (2015) The Failure of Nonviolence
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