In Mexico a group of striking teachers have seized control of 12 commercial radio stations in the state of Oaxaca. Since June, tens of thousands of teachers have been on strike. They have demanded higher wages and the resignation of the governor of Oaxaca. The stations were seized after gunmen attacked another radio and TV station that has been occupied by the demonstrators for weeks.

• Sergio Beltran of Radio Planton in Oaxaca: “It actually was an almost instantaneous reaction from the people. In the beginning it was a station, the biggest one in the city that was taken and because the owners of the stations turned down the transmitter people began to move to other stations until at about 6:30 in the morning today all the stations were taken by the people. The most important tool that this movement has had in their hands is the radio and TV channels so it was a reaction to keep the people informed of what is happening minute by minute in the whole state but especially in the city of Oaxaca