So Clandestino has come and gone and this year I missed it because I was in Budapest (which was also great) – but Dave went to Gotebourg, and its good to hear from friends there.
Also, this news just in:
…the latest addition to the Guevara Convention is now up.
Filastine has given us La Muerte, inspired by the work and unfortunate death of Brad Will. Brad was in Oaxaca, Mexico videotaping the teachers’ strike when gunmen opened fire. Will was shot twice and died while he was being carried away from the area. Along with Will, two protesters – Esteban Zurita López and teacher Emilio Alonso Fabián – were also killed. The snare sound in the track is one of the shots fired at Brad just before he was killed.
So, in honour of those cut down by the reaction, listen. The music is here in the box a the bottom of the right hand column.
While Clandestino is a great festival, the Guevara Convention is also a very fine project – as I have possibly previously mentioned here, here or here.
Comments
Well, you can watch those final moments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brt4YFnMdZ8
This is the journalist I told you about.
But the endless focus on Brad to the exclusion of so many others who died, were disappeared, raped and beaten is disgraceful.
This I assembled with others during the first few days of the siege. It is only but a few names.
http://www.casacollective.org/en/story/analysis/timeline-first-days-after-entrance-federal-occupation-forces
There is also this, for those who would dig deeper.
http://cciodh.pangea.org/quinta/informe_final/report_cciodh5_.pdf
The english, unfortunately, is a bit sloppy as there were only about 5 of us translating the entire report and it had to be done on short notice and under limited time.