[Noisebridge-discuss] Laptop needed, For A Social Movement In Mexico

[Jake]

This email is written by a friend of mine who lives in the bay area.

If you have a decent laptop you want to donate to this cause, but the 
power adaptor is missing or needs repair, I can take care of that before 
delivering it to him.

I highly recommend reading the article linked below, on upsidedownworld!

-jake

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:50 PM, mole verde = moleverde at gmail wrote:

       Dear Everyone,

       As you all may know, last Fall I worked with and wrote about a fascinating organization in Guerrero, Mexico, called La Policia
       Comunitaria. They are an indigenous autonomous police force and justice system, that arose out of an utter absence of any sort of
       state-sponsored security. They base themselves on indigenous ideas of law and justice, and they try, instead of ostracizing people who
       are convicted of a crime, to engage them in community service and "re-education."

       Their system is not perfect, by any means, but it is an important movement and it is a beacon of inspiration in a region of Mexico riven
       by horrid violence. Indeed, in the areas of La Policia Comunitaria's influence, there is almost no crime anymore, especially compared
       with the surrounding locales.

       You can read more about them here, via their (La Policia Comunitaria's) own website:

       http://www.policiacomunitaria.org/

        Or here, in an article I wrote about them:

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/2855-where-the-people-order-and-the-law-obeys-the-policia-comunitaria-in-guerrero-mexico

       While I was in La Costa Chica, as the region of the Policia Comunitaria is called, one of the founders and a current adviser to the
       group, Cirino Placido, asked if I could help them by procuring a laptop computer, one that they could use when they travel between the
       different towns in the region of the Policia Comunitaria. They don't care if it is a Macintosh or a PC, only that it can run a
       word-processing program and access the internet with a wireless connection. The computer will mainly be used to update their website and
       to write news dispatches. I am looking to raise funds to buy a machine for them, which I or another trusted person will hand deliver to
       Cirino. 

       I have set up a project at IndieGoGo, a San Francisco-based fundraising website, where anyone who is interested can donate funds:

       http://www.indiegogo.com/A-Laptop-Computer-For-La-Policia-Comunitaria

       I've set the "amount desired" at $1000, but that is only a best-case scenario. If we raise $400, then I will get them an "okay" machine,
       and if we get $1000 then I will get them a badass computer.

       If anyone can help with this, I and they (La P.C.), and the people of Guerrero, would be most grateful.

And if you have any questions, of any kind, about this project or La Policia Comunitaria or anything under the sun really, please don't
hesitate to write me.

moleverde at gmail dot com

Best wishes,

David Martinez



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David Martinez
Itinerant Film Worker
www.dmz2008.wordpress.com
(001)415.255.6304



"Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?"  
- Cecil Taylor  





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David Martinez
Itinerant Film Worker
www.dmz2008.wordpress.com
(001)415.255.6304



"Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?" 
- Cecil Taylor