Critical perspectives on violent episodes that overtook Oaxaca capital and disrupted city's daily life, society and political administration for much of 2006. Offers observations and analysis of violence, repression and resistance, depicting contradictory experiences of conflict in Oaxaca. Follows events from emergence of Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca in 2006 through ensuing decade of strife, stressing hope for continued political struggle against capitalist violence.