Editor's introduction: Several people were killed in June 14 the police attack on striking teachers in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, according to the teachers' union the SNTE. While the government claim no one was killed, teachers say the bodies of several people shot dead were taken away by police.
Mexican federal troops have been sent to the city. Below we publish a report circulated by solidarity groups in Toronto; this early report came out when the Red Cross was reporting 11 deaths.
The attack on the teachers in Oaxaca comes hard on the heels of the repression in Atenco, violent attacks on striking miners and steelworkers and police repression on the Isla Mujeres. Go to the home page for more materials including up-to-date reports, a dramatic video film of the violence in Atenco and an analysis at the International Viewpoint of the reasons for the Fox government's 'strategy of tension'. Web addresses for more info are included at the end of the end of the Toronto article below.

*Emergency Situation in **Oaxaca**, **Mexico**: Teachers are Violently
> Evicted from **City** **Center**: 11 Dead, many injured and detained*
> The wave of repression and state terror of the Mexican federal and state
> governments against social movements for education, land and other basic
> rights, continues.
> Early today at 4:30 am, more than 3000 state preventative police and
> special forces police violently evicted teachers from Seccion 22 of the
> SNTE (National Union of Education Workers) in Oaxaca, Mexico, where they
> were staging a sit-up for more than 23 days, as a form of pressure to
> ensure their demands for better education, pay and other basic needs
> were met by state and federal authorities.
> Police used tear gas and weapons in this eviction and there are reports
> of up to 20 detained and up to 5 injured by bullets.
> The teachers protests began on May 23 with over 70,000 teachers
> participating, and on June 7, there were massive protests in Oaxaca with
> the participation of more than 120,000 people.
> The Mexican government, at the federal and state levels, has been
> implementing a policy of cuts for public education in its drive to
> privatize education. This affects thousands of teachers across the
> country and millions of students.
> Among the demands of the Oaxaca teachers is the destitution of Oaxaca
> State Governor Ulises Ruiz, who has committed countless atrocities
> against the people of Oaxaca.
> The teachers from Oaxaca are asking for support of the many men, women
> and children that were present in the sit-in.
> It is very important that as part of the international community, we
> exert pressure on the Mexican government, by exposing and denouncing its
> violent actions against its population. On June 19^th , Mexico assumes
> the Presidency of the newly formed UN Human Rights Council. It seems
> ironic that a country that daily perpetrates such flagrant human rights
> abuses and state terror on its people (such as that in Lazaro Cardenas,
> Michoacan, San Salvador Atenco, Mexico, and now in Oaxaca) should take
> on such a position at the international level.
> Internationally, we need to take action and protest this repression.
> *(Latest report: The Red Cross has reported that there are 8 adults dead
> and 3 children dead. Federal police troops are being sent to the city of
> Oaxaca, according to reports. Reported on Ke Huelga radio.
> http://mexico.indymedia.org/tiki-index.php?page=ImcMexico)*
> For more information, see the links in Spanish below:
> www.kehuelga.org <http://www.kehuelga.org/> (listen Live in Spanish)
> mexico.indymedia.org
> http://www.apiavirtual.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12214
> <http://www.apiavirtual.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12214>
> *México (Represión)*
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