National Strike Council

Cabeza de Vaca and Perelló at a press conference. (Mexico, 1968)

The National Strike Council, the Consejo Nacional de Huelga (CNH) was created on August 2, 1968,^[1] composed of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN),^[2] El Colegio de Mexico, the School of Agriculture of Chapingo, the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Universidad La Salle and other universities in Mexico.

It was created in response to developments against the student community, such as the intervention of the army in a confrontation between students of the Vocational School #2 (IPN) and the preparatory high school "Isaac Ochenterena"^[3] incorporated to the UNAM, in which several students from both schools were detained and the destruction caused by a bazooka used by the army at the entrance^[4] of the high school San Ildefonso.^[5][6]

Reasons

• The occupation by the army of the Ciudad Universitaria (University City). Freedom to political prisoners including Demetrio Vallejo. Bazooka shot at San Ildefonso College before National Preparatory School. Repression in the confrontation between students of IPN and School Isaac Ochoterena (UNAM). Occupation of several campuses of the National Autonomous University Mexico and Vocational School #5 (IPN).

Ideologies: Pacifism, democratic socialism, communism, anti-fascism, anti-authoritarianism.

Representatives, members and leaders

• Cervantes Cabeza de Vaca^[7]
• Marcelino Perelló^[8]
• Eduardo Valle^[9]
• Gilberto Guevara Niebla^[10]
• Roberto Escudero^[11]
• Félix Hernández Gamundi^[12]
• Raúl Álvarez Garín^[13][14]

See also

• Tlatelolco massacre

External links

• CNH's 1968 Manifesto to the Nation (in Spanish) Retrieved October 23, 2016.

References

1. Fernández Óscar; La Izquierda Diario: "La creación del Consejo Nacional de Huelga, órgano máximo del movimiento de 68" ("The creation of the National Strike Council, Paramount Body of Mexico '68") August 2, 2016 (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
2. Virgen, Lucy; University of Guadalajara: "2 de Octubre 1968 – Manifestación estudiantil en Tlatelolco" ("October 2nd, 1968 - Students Protest in Tlatelolco") October 2, 2012. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
3. AristeguiNoticias: "Movimiento estudiantil del 68: la rebelión contra el Estado represor." ("Student's Mexico 68: The Rebellion Against the Oppressor State.") October 1, 2013. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
4. Hernández Navarro, Luis; La Jornada: "El rector Barros Sierra en el '68" ("President of the University Barros Sierra in '68.") February 22, 2015. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
5. Arvizu Arrioja, Juan; El Universal: "Bazucazo en puerta de Preparatoria 1 enciende conflicto." ("Bazooka Shot at the Door of High School 1 Ignites Conflict") August 18, 2008. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
6. Proceso: "La verdad no sirve para vengarse sino para hacer justicia." ("The Truth is not for Vengeance, but for Justice.") February 7, 1998. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.
7. Vargas, Rosa Elvira; La Jornada: "Los lideres del 68" ("The Leaders of '68") October 2, 2008 (in Spanish) Retrieved October 23, 2016.
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14. González, Isabel; Excelsior: "Despiden a Raúl Álvarez Garín, líder del 68." ("Goodbye to Raúl Álvarez Garín, leader of '68"). September 28, 2016. (in Spanish) Retrieved October 27, 2016.