Speaking at a public meeting of the Other Campaign in Buaiscobe, Sonora, when the news came in about Brad’s death, Zapatista Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, upon receiving a briefing of the day’s events in Oaxaca, told the public and the press:

“We know that they killed at least one person. This person that they killed was from the alternative media that are here with us. He didn’t work for the big television news companies and didn’t receive pay. He is like the people who came here with us on the bus, who are carrying the voices of the people from below so that they would be known. Because we already know that the television news companies and newspapers only concern themselves with governmental affairs. And this person was a compañero of the Other Campaign. He also traveled various parts of the country with us, and he was with us when we were in Yucatán, taking photos and video of what was happening there. And they shot him and he died. It appears that there is another person dead. The government doesn’t want to take responsibility for what happened. Now they tell us that all of the people of Oaxaca are mobilizing. They aren’t afraid. They are mobilizing to take to the streets and protest this injustice. We are issuing a call to all of the Other Campaign at the national level and to compañeros and compañeras in other countries to unite and to demand justice for this dead compañero. We are making this call especially to all of the alternative media, and free media here in Mexico and in all the world.”

Tonight, from the Oaxaca City Morgue, Brad Will shouts “Ya Basta!” – Enough Already! – to the death and suffering imposed (as Brad, a thoughtful and serious anarchist, understood) by an economic system, the capitalist system. His death will be avenged when that system is destroyed. And Brad Will’s ultimate sacrifice exposes the Mexican regime for the brutal authoritarian violence that the Commercial Media hides from the world, and thus speeds the day that justice will come from below and sweep out the regimes of pain and repression that system requires. Brad gave his life tonight so that you and I could know the truth. We owe him to act upon it, and to share the risks that he took. Goodbye, old friend. Your sacrifice will not be in vain.

how much has this been promoted in the hangouts and businesses of the Mexican American community in DC?

Can anyone post the names of local Mexican-American organizations or other Central or Latin American organizations so that we can get the notice of this action to them?

At least two Richmonders knew Brad. We are organizing car pools to come to DC on Monday. We will do an action later in the week in Richmond. We honor Brad by continuing his struggle.

Awesome, it will be good to see some of ya'll. Brad will not be forgotten and the struggle will not just happen in Oaxaca

Brad Will was a friend, comrade & committed activist for justice, liberation & the earth, who I knew well from many times meeting him at protests & gatherings. Brad was involved at the frontlines of numerous struggles during the past decade throughout the hemisphere, both as a journalist and as a participant ... Brad was killed yesterday by Mexican government forces in Oaxaca, where he was documenting the social justice struggle there for Indymedia.

Call to Action Across the US Against Mexican Consulates
By a friend and companer@
This is a call to action to remember Brad, show solidarity with the teachers and protesters of Oaxaca, and attempt to interrupt the invasion of Oaxaca that Fox is beginning.

brad in oaxaca.

Yesterday, as many who are reading this probably already know, an amazing companero, journalist, anarchist, freedom fighter, earth firster, musician, and human being was shot down and killed in cold blood, along with three other companeros, by officials employed by the Mexican Government. His name was Bradley Will, and he was shot at the barricades of Santa Lucia, in Oaxaca, Mexico, as an indymedia reporter telling the story of the amazing resistance of people of Oaxaca. For over five months residents have occupied the streets in an attempt to oust the corrupt, brutal governor Ruiz, and achieve the dignity, freedom, and autonomy initially sought after by the teacher's strike which was so brutally repressed by that same governor.

While it is not yet clear which segment of the Mexican government is responsible, it is clear from the many photos taken during the shooting that the chief of police, another policeman, and important members of PRI party which supports Ruiz were involved.

To add insult to injury, President Fox is now using the tragedy of these deaths as an excuse to bring in federal forces, to restore "lawfulness." We can only assume, given the student massacre of '68, the history of repression of the Zapatistas by Fox's military, his recent threats to invade Oaxaca, and the fact that his own government is instigated in the murders, that Fox means to repress the rebellion.

Days before we US residents may have been watching Oaxaca, waiting to "see what happens." No longer shall we wait. We are now a part of this unfolding history. If the Mexican Army invades Oaxaca, it will be with the financial and military support of the US government. We can not let this happen.

On Monday morning, October 30th, Mexican consulates around the US will attempt to open their doors, to continue business as usual. But they will not succeed in doing so, because we will be there to stop them. At every embassy, at every consulate, we will be there, to remember Brad, to support the teacher's strike, to fight alongside Oaxacans in their struggle for self-determination and autonomy from the corrupt Mexican government. This call to action against consulates is in line with what companer@s from the APPO have already called for earlier this week before this shooting.

We already know of many groups who are planning for Monday, and every day following if necessary. Please spread this call to action as wide as possible. Spread the word: to activists, teachers, students, earth firsters, latino social services centers, places where day laborers gather, anti-racist action groups, food not bombs chapters, peace and justice organizations, Zapatista solidarity groups, anarchist people of color chapters, people you work with, your neighbors. Copy and paste this the whole world wide, and do so quickly. And please translate a version of this to Spanish as well, and spread it around!

A directory of all the locations of all the Mexican consulates in the US and Canada can be found at:

www.mexonline.com /consulate.htm

In memory of my friend, who I know will be with us in spirit,

a friend and companero of Brad, who is sad, angry, and organizing.

http://www.mountainrebel.net/oaxaca/

i hope that everyone who can will make it out to this important event.

"Soportamos la gente de Oaxaca!"

We have demonstrated in Paris. More than 100 people, despite the fact that the police moved us aside so that we wouldn't block the entrance of the Mexican Embassy. Anyway we made a lot of noise and many people knew about the bloodshed in Oaxaca.
Keep speaking out !!!
keep supporting Oaxaca !!!

I'm told the action today was 50 - 100 strong. Great. Brad Will's death is a tragedy. No more, however, than the 14(?) others whose names have scarcely been mentioned, in as much as I've read, even in the alternative press.
Every fallen campanero/a should illicit condemnation, not just rhetorical, but the kind where bricks go through windows. Should a unified and coordinated global "below", to borrow a pertinent term, ever be a reality an injury to one must truly be an injury to all.