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Organizing Dissent By Maria Lorena Cook p112,113 0271025905 2004 Penn State Press

Juchitan, Oaxaca, 1981, won municipal elections
Allied with Mexican Communist Party PCM Partido Comunista Mexicano
Coalicion Obrero Campesino Estudiantil del Istmo Worker Peasant Student Coalition of the Isthmus grant is a bird

Indigenous Autonomy in Mexico By Aracely Burguete Cal y Mayor 8790730194 IWGIA (February 1, 2002) p117-124

Emerged in 1974
initially made up of indigenous Zapotec farmers and supported by sectors of Juchitan society who were not in agreement with government
linked to the theories of democratic emergence and popular defense movements
organized discontented population
demanded transparent electoral processes in Isthmus region
was able to grow by diversifying and incorporating new sectors
born as part of the peasant struggle to recover their lands,
carried out strikes and union fights for wage improvements
1981 win
COCEI Popular City Council
goal of rescuing Zapotec culture
demanded urban development with autonomy
due to abuses COCEI was exiled from government
PRI was threatened by the COCEI City Council
Feared state in a state
Officers of the court firing on the Municipal Palace
Oaxaca government subordinated the City Council
Expropriated the functions of the City Council
Federal army present in the Palace
Murders of Aldermen
Media smear campaign, news, radio, tv
Stated City Council was linked to Nicaraguan and Guatemalan guerrillas
Started literacy campaigns in shanty towns
In coordination with the Independent University of Guerrero, found the preparatory school and the Popular Teacher Training College of the Isthmus.
Popular City Council Radio
August 3, 1983 the government removed recognition
Called extraordinary session of Chamber of Deputies, removing all municipal powers
3 days prior a gathering of the COCEI was fired on.
August 6, a referendum was called by 30,000 people from Juchitan
decided to maintain the City Council out of pocket
December 13, 1983, municipal palace evacuated
army, police and federal officers, arrested 250 people
thousands rallied to the city centre
federal army units from Oaxaca and Veracruz arrived to break up barricades setup by people, took 150 added prisoners
1989 re-elected?

Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico By Olivier Debroise p149 University of Texas Press 0292716117

had the first socialist city council in Mexico

Reinventing Revolution: The Renovation of Left Discourse in Cuba and Mexico By Edward J. McCaughan p86,87 Westview Press 1998 0813335477

founded in early 1970's
won municipal elections in 1981
removed in 1983
controversially participated in coalition city government with PRI in 86-89
won Juchitan municipal elections in 1989-1992

Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present Nicholas John Cull , David Culbert 2003 ABC-CLIO 1576078205 p249

founded 1973
1981 won
promoted indigenous culture
advertised in Zapotec language
removed in 1983

Cycles of Conflict, Centuries of Change: Crisis, Reform, and Revolution in Mexico Antonio Annino, Enrique Semo Calev Duke University Press (July 2007) 082234002X p332,333

Founded in 1974
allied with PCM
founded in Juchitan, Oaxaca
1976 won election for Communal Lands Commission
1981, formed first leftist municipal government in country
1983 removed

Ayuntamiento Popular Peoples Government