LOS ANGELES, 6 November 2006--Two hundred and fifty people marched Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles in unity with the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. At Saturday's Los Angeles march, word was that the march was unpermitted--a "sidewalk only" march, but that the police showed up and offered an "escort" through the streets. With a PA system blaring liberation music, the march was on. Behind the lead banner announcing APPO-LA (the Los Angeles group of Asamblea popular de Oaxaca) were the Aztec dancers, in traditional embroidered dresses. With cries of ¡Oaxaca unido jamás será vencida!, the demonstration headed down Ardmore. Three drummers brought up the rear, beating out the rhythm of "Somos un pueblo sin fronteras!" Residents stood in doorways cheering on the demonstration, and marchers stopped to explain the the plight of the Oaxacans to pedestrians as we skirted the edge of Koreatown. "The government is killing our brothers and sisters in Oaxaco!" they shouted.
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