Creative Participation Against Globalization
Workers assemble one of over 17 barricades
strewn throughout Cancun's hotel zone.		 A campesino pueblo orchestra makes us dance
into a frenzy the night before a big march.
Yours truly representing the U.S. in a campesino
Mayan ritual in support of the protests.		 Grabbing breakfast in the campesino camp on
Tuesday morning before the first march.
The gringo male U.S. tourist. Ready to eat
burgers, drink the beer, and consume more. 		The gringo female U.S. tourist loves to chase the
mighty dollar, and run up that credit card debt.
Deborah and Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu walk in to the Free Trade Conference
at the same time. Tears of joy are shed and compliments are shared on this chance meeting.
Tensions rise later in the week when police try to
take a banner from a Japanese NGO on our bus. We only want to go to our hotels, but get harassed for expressing our solidarity and right to free speech.
We exit later amid cheers and clapping.		 Several days after his suicide, a memorial for Lee Kyung-hae still stands where he stabbed himself.
Deborah helps locals and campesinos relight all the candles while I pick up trash around the altar.