Slideshow: Barricades and bullet casings in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear/read the accompanying radio report by Shannon Young here. Click on any thumbnail to launch slideshow.
Tagged: Oaxaca
Deadly police crackdown against protesters in Oaxaca sparks shows of support for teachers
A teachers’ union protest in southern Mexico has grown and intensified after federal police used deadly force to clear highway blockades in the state of Oaxaca last Sunday. At least nine people were killed...
Mexican police use deadly force against protesters in Oaxaca, escalating tense situation
Social tension reigns in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca after federal police used deadly force against a protest in support of the state’s teachers’ union. Shannon Young has more from Oaxaca City. Download...
Teachers in Oaxaca mark 10 year anniversary of uprising amid ongoing labor dispute
Public school teachers, NGOs and activist organizations in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are marking the 10 year anniversary of the start of a popular uprising in 2006. The commemorations come as the...
Mexican journalists demand justice and a transparent investigation in Mexico City multi-homicide
A multiple homicide in Mexico has once again put violence against women, activists and the press in the international spotlight. This time the crime occurred in the capital city – a metropolis considered a...
Slideshow: Mexican mid-terms in Oaxaca City
All photos by Shannon Young. Hear/read accompanying report. Click any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Oaxaca Street Art – 2015 wall calendar
By Shannon Young (OAXACA, Mexico) Documenting street art has been a habit of mine for the better part of 15 years. It’s something that has become a reflex of my travels and one of...
Caravans of Ayotzinapa families and supporters travel through Mexico
In southern Mexico, families of more than forty students last seen alive in police custody still do not believe the official line that the young men are all dead. The students were from an...
Slideshow: Case of missing Mexican students alive in the streets of Oaxaca
All photos by Shannon Young. Hear and read the accompanying report, Mexican president leaves country as news of apparent massacre deepens political crisis. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Slideshow: Solidarity across Mexico with the Ayotzinapa students
Thousands demonstrated in cities across Mexico on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 calling for the return of students from the Ayotzinapa rural teachers’ college and for the punishment of those responsible for the fatal shootings...
