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Worldwide Chiapas Protest Statistics: Version 2.1, 1/11/98

A Project of Cyberpower for Peace in Chiapas

Issued on January 11, 1998

There is a World Wide Web of Resistance to the Mexican Government and in Support of Indigenous Peoples in Chiapas. In just 20 days, over 122 protest actions, involving tens of thousands of people, have happened in at least the United States, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Argentina, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, and Australia. And more protests are being planned all over the world! This global action seems to exceed earlier moments of coordinated and dispersed resistance to the Mexican government and outpourings of support for the Zapatistas (Feb. 95, Jan. 94). Has there been such global resistance since the Gulf War in 1991? Would this current coordinated and dispersed resistance have happened without the Internet?

In 20 days since Dec. 22, 1997 Acteal Massacre in Chiapas, Mexico:

Actions: 122+
People: 21,600+ (est.)
Cities/Towns: 61+
Countries: 15+
Continents: 4

Send additions and/or corrections for current list to:
sjw210@is8.nyu.edu

Send new information about protests to Chiapas95:
chiapas@eco.utexas.edu

Information below can be verified in Chiapas95 Archives:
http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html

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DATE          CITY/TOWN               LOCATION            ACTION



12/23/97     Quebec, Canada      Mex Consulate     Protest 80

12/24/97     Austin, TX                   Mex Consulate     Protest

12/24/97     Los Angeles, CA       Mex Consulate     Protest 200+

12/24/97     Sacramento, CA       Mex Consulate     Protest 50+

12/24/97     Seattle, WA                Mex Consulate     Vigil

12/24/97     Boston, MA                 Mex Consulate    Protest

12/24/97     New York, NY            Mex Consulate     Protest

12/24/97     San Francisco, CA    Mex Consulate    Protest  100+

12/24/97     Montpelier, VT           Fed Building         Protest 50

12/24/97     Denver, CO                Mex Consulate     Protest

12/24/97     Victoria, Canada       Church                   Vigil 40

12/24/97     Toronto, Canada       Mex Consulate     Protest

12/24/97     Oslo, Norway             Mex Consulate     Graffitti

12/24/97     Barcelona, Spain     Plaza                       Protest

12/24/97     Sevilla, Spain            Mex Consulate     Protest 50

12/24/97     Mexico City, Mexico  Monument             Occupation

12/24/97     Rome, Italy                  Mex Embassy       Protest 600

12/25/97     Sacramento, CA        Mex Consulate     Protest

12/25/97     San Antonio,TX         ?

12/25/97     Brescia, Italy               Plaza                      Protest

12/25/97     Milan, Italy                  Plaza                  Protest 100s

12/26/97     Sacramento, CA        Mex Consulate     Protest

12/26/97     Houston, TX               ?

12/26/97     Madrid, Spain            Mex Embassy       Protest 100-1000?

12/26/97     Malaga, Spain           City Government  Protest 50

12/26/97     Zaragoza, Spain       Plaza

12/26/97     Sevilla, Spain            Mex Consulate     Protest 100

12/26/97     Bilbao, Spain (Basque)                            Protest 500

12/26/97     Switzerland               Legislative Initiative

12/26/97     Managua, Nicaragua Mex Embassy     Protest 100

12/26/97     Melbournes, Australia                              Protest

12/27/97     Alicante, Spain          Mex Consulate     Protest 150

12/27/97     Murcia, Spain            Mex Consulate     Protest

12/27/97     Venice, Italy                ?                              Protest

12/27/97     Verona, Italy                                               Protest

12/28/97     Lugo, Spain               Plaza                      Protest

12/29/97?   Ancona, Italy              Mex Consulate     Occupation 60

12/29/97     Copenhagen, Denmark   Downtown    Protest 100

12/29/97     Buenos Aires, Argentina                         Press Conference

12/31/97     Toronto, Canada      Mex Consulate     Protest

1/1/98          New York, NY           Theater                  Celebration 300+

1/2/98          United States            Mex Consulates   20+ cities

1/2/98          El Paso, TX               Fed Building          Protest

1/2/98          Seattle, WA               Various sites         Protest

1/2/98          New York, NY           Mex Consulate     Protest

1/2/98          Portland, OR             Mex Consulate     Protest

1/2/98          Austin, TX                  Mex Consulate     Protest 75-100

1/2/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      Protest 25

1/3/98          Santander, Cantabria    Local Government

1/3/98          San Cristobal, Mexico   Downtown       March 300

1/4/98          Montreal, Canada   Mex Consulate      Protest 80

1/5/98          Mexico City, Mex     Stock Exchange    Blockade 30+

1/5/98          Mexico City, Mex     Radio Stations       Occupation

1/5/98          Tucson, AZ                Mex Consulate      Protest 30

1/5/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      24 Hour Vigil

1/5/98          New York, NY           Mex Consulate      Meeting (Academics)

1/5/98          Zaragoza, Spain      Plaza                       Protest 400

1/5/98          Vancouver, Canada Mex Consulate     Protest

1/5/98          Hamburg, Germany Mex Consulate      Occupation (symbolic) 50

1/5/98          Frankfurt, Germany  Mex Consulate      Protest

1/5/98          Zurich, Switzerland Mex Embassy         Protest

1/6/98          San Diego, CA         Mex Consulate      Protest

1/6/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      24 Hour Vigil

1/6/98          Albuquerque, NM    Mex Consulate       Protest 50

1/6/98          Montevideo, Uruguay   Center                Protest

1/7/98          Boston, MA                Mex Consulate      Protest 70

1/7/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      24 Hour Vigil 3 arrests

1/7/98          Berlin, Germany       Mex Consulate      Protest

1/7/98          Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg  Teach-In

1/7/98          Guerrero, Mexico     Police Station        Gunfire Assault

1/8/98          Montreal, Canada   Business/Gov. Mtg Protest

1/8/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      24 Hour Vigil

1/9/98          United States            Mex Consulates   20+ cities

1/9/98          New York, NY           Mex Consulate       Protest/Vigil

1/9/98          Ithaca, NY                 Downtown                Protest 50-60

1/9/98          Chicago, IL               Mex Consulate        Vigil

1/9/98          Denver, CO               Mex Consulate       Vigil

1/9/98          Paris, France            Mex Cultural Center Occupation 20

1/9/98          Philadelphia, PA      Mex Consulate       Protest 75

1/9/98          San Francisco, CA  Mex Consulate      24 Hour Vigil

1/9/98          Los Angeles, CA      Mex Consulate       Protest

1/9/98          Houston, TX              Mex Consulate       Protest

1/9/98          Tucson, AZ                Mex Consulate       Protest

1/9/98          Brisbane, Australia  Foreign Affairs Off. Picket, Speakout 50

1/9/98          Melbourne, Australia  Marketplace        Leafletting

1/9/98          Montevideo, Uruguay   Center                Protest

1/10/98       Syracuse, NY            ?

Teach-in  30

1/10/98       Bologna, Italy            ?                                Sit-in

1/10/98       Dublin, Ireland         Bank of Ireland        Information Tables

1/10/98       Paris, France            Mex Embassy          Protest

1/10/98       Florence, Italy          Mex Consulate        Protest 1000

1/10/98       Milan, Italy                Downtown                Protest 7000

1/10/98       Torino, Italy               Center                      Protest

1/10/98       Rome, Italy               Mex Embassy           48 hour protest

1/10/98       Germany   Protests in various cities

1/10/98       Frankfurt, Germany Town Square          Protest 100-150

1/10/98       Montevideo, Uruguay Center                  Protest

1/11/98       Rome, Italy               Mex Embassy          48 hour protest

1/11/98       Montevideo, Uruguay Center                  Protest

1/11/98       Barcelona, Spain    Plaza                        Protest 7000

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For background information on U.S. military involvement in Mexico see "The Drug War and Information Warfare in Mexico" at:

www.nyu.edu/projects/wray

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Stefan Wray
Department of Culture and Communication
New York University




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