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Bikes for Chiapas photos
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Here are some photos related to the bikeworkshop I helped facilitate in Oventic, Chiapas with the help of folks from Houston who donnated bikes and came to our benifit.

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We took 17 bikes and three full sets of tools from the states to Autonomus communities in Chiapas, via the little yellow school bus. We also taught a weeklong workshop to 11 participants to start this project fixing bikes for healt and education promoters. Here's some of the stuff that we did:

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Bike riders in Oaxaca
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Bike riders in Oaxac...
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The space we used as a workshop
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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The space we used as...
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Workshop participants
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Workshop participant...
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Faces of members of autonomus communites are obscured for their safety

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workin'
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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workin'...
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The man on the right is Eliseo, a bike Mechanic from Oaxaca who was the point person on these workshops

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some of the 17 bikes we fixed
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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some of the 17 bikes...
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the bikes we fixed and donated to the Roberto Barrios community
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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sign in the back translates to "you are in Zapatista territory in rebellion
here the people command and the government obeys"

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Spanish bike part poster
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Spanish bike part po...
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This bike is a pipe bomb
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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One of the 3 stocked toolboxes we donated to folks in Chiapas
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Oscar and the workshop participants from Fransisco Gomez
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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a schools for chiapas member signing off the donations of bikes and supplies
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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a representative of the Fransico Gomez community
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a representative of Oventic
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representatives of Roberto Barrios
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Zapatistas ride bikes!
by Perica Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at 3:46 AM
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Zapatistas ride bike...
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