Back to School in Mexico’s Strife Torn Oaxaca

“Almost forgotten in all the brouhaha are the students of Oaxaca, most of whom are finally starting back to school.

It was the teachers’ strike of the SNTE (National Union of Workers in Education) local 22 which sparked off this whole crisis, before the momentum shifted to activists of APPO (Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca). But the boys and girls of Oaxaca, the schoolchildren, have been pawns in the whole game. And it is pertinent to point out that Oaxaca is one of the three poorest states in Mexico (along with Guerrero and Chiapas).

Most everybody would agree on the importance of education to Oaxaca’s (and Mexico’s) future. But tough questions need to be asked about Mexico’s educational system and the union that has so much influence over it.”

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