“time caught up with us”: traces of the popular assembly of the peoples of oaxaca (appo) in the context of political change

This article examines the different routes and forms of struggle that main sectors of appo adopted after the 2006 mobilizations, particularly in the context of the state’s post-2010 political change. We will briefly look at the influence of APPO in the political reforms implemented by the new government, as well as in the political relationships between popular mobilized sectors and authorities in this new scenario. In addition, we will analyze the effects that the shared motivations and experiences of organization since 2006, as well as the post-2010 context, had in the agenda and forms of political action of the different popular mobilized sectors. In this way, we will be able to identify changes and continuities in the political culture of protest and its importance in the transformation and democratization of the political relationships in the state.