Electronic Blockade to support striking teachers in Oaxaca & slain NYC journalist.]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Thomas Leavitt <[email protected]>
Date: October 29, 2006 6:27:54 PM EST
To: [email protected], [email protected], Dewayne Hendricks  
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Electronic Blockade to support striking teachers  
in Oaxaca & slain NYC journalist.]

No mention of it anywhere on line, but apparently, this is a revival  
of something launched at the beginning of October:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/03/18317634.php


Thomas Leavitt wrote:
> Modified to eliminate identifying information... this is quite  
> interesting, DDOS as a vehicle for direct action protest. Email  
> came to me off an activist email list.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas Leavitt
>


> -------- Original Message --------
> An "electronic blockade" is taking place right now, attempting to  
> overload the computers of all the Mexican embassies and consulates  
> in the U.S. and Canada. You just click the link below, let it load,  
> choose your connection speed (the little "change" button next to  
> the box on the lower left) and let it run in the background.
>
> http://www.mountainrebel.net/oaxaca/
>
> For more details about the background situation:
>
> NYC Indymedia journalist Brad Will, shot dead by paramilitaries in  
> Oaxaca, Mexico, Oct 27 http://publish.nyc.indymedia.org/en/ 
> 2006/10/77757.html
>
> Oct 29 09:25AM: Increasingly urgent situation in Oaxaca. First-Hand  
> Account of the Attack That Killed Brad Will http:// 
> nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/77849.html <http://nyc.indymedia.org/ 
> en/2006/10/77827.html>
>
> For more updated news on the situation in Oaxaca in English, please  
> check:
> http://nyc.indymedia.org <http://nyc.indymedia.org/> AND http:// 
> narconews.com <http://narconews.com/>
>
>
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