It has been two weeks since the coup d'etat and it does not appear that even a small space is opening up to be able to change the stance of the coup leaders. They are such a solid bloc, without any visible fissures and with the power of all the local channels that--constantly repeating the same lies--have surely been able to make more than a few people wonder whether they might not just be right and we are the crazy ones. The announced "negotiations" in Costa Rica ended out how we expected them to end out: in nothing. But this, far from making us sad, gives us hope, "at least Zelaya did not betray us" said a woman in yesterday's march, reminding me that among a sector of the resisters there continues to be suspicion of Zelaya with his lukewarm positions, vacillating between God and the Devil.

The protests have continued, now with highway blockages around the whole country, seeking to hit the dominant class in the only place it hurts them: their money. Yesterday the highway was taken on way out of Tegucigalpa (the north exit), in Tocoa, in Limones Olancho, in Santa Barbara, in the highway to Puerto Cortés and in various other regions in the country. Of all of them, Olancho was the only one to be violently repressed.

The media announced the arrest of David Murillo, father of the youth Isis Murillo, martyr of July 5th. According to the news item, the arrest was ordered because he did not comply with the judicial order to not participate in any meetings or marches. David Murillo is an environmental activist in Olancho and has filed a lawsuit over death threats he has received. He was arrested upon leaving COFADEH [Committee of Families of Disappeared Detainees of Honduras], and with all this, it has not been left clear if he is a political or common prisoner. I believe he is a political prisoner and as such he should be vindicated, but there is a dark cloud in the case that has prevented the resistance itself from raising it as a banner of struggle.

Now that we can see that our fight will be long-term, it is necessary to sit down and talk about how to sustain a prolonged resistance on the national level. Up until now the plan has been peaceful resistance, marches and shouting in the streets, all within the mark of legality to avoid repression from the powers that be. But there is a sector of the resistance that cries out for more radical actions, less pacifist or at least at the margins of legality.

Next November the general elections will take place and the Supreme Court has finally accepted the registration of an independent candidate: Carlos H. Reyes, historical popular and labor leader who has been at the front of this resistance. To participate in these elections is to legitimate a terrible government. To not do so is to leave total control to the most reactionary right-wing who are, up until now, the only ones who participate in elections.

How can a prolonged resistance be maintained under this "soft dictatorship"? This is the question hanging over all our heads, and we should find an answer for it soon, rather than argue indefinitely over the same things as is our tradition. Our answer should be creative, new, and should incorporate all the different sectors that have seen in the coup of June 28th the true face of the class system in which we live.

¡No pasarán!