Press on Thursday April 21 Cultural Center and Production Workshop - Movimiento Evita Comuna1
Neighbours evicted from Mexico 1220: The struggle continues ...
From Monday 11 April, the struggle of the residents of Calle Mexico on Tuesday 19 should be the payment of the subsidy provided by the judge. Families, as had been agreed with the judge, began to break camp, dismantling tents and organizing their belongings. However, the delivery of the checks were delayed enough so that the latter families can not reach the banking hours on that day. The city government claimed that at that very moment families leave the streets, and even offered to open a bank exclusively for residents to cash the check. As always, the only thing that interested him was to hide the problem and delete it from the agenda without the slightest intention to collaborate in finding a quick solution but reasonable.
claim that more than 20 families to find their own accommodation after 19 hours is only possible in the infamous mind of officials PRO. Besides playing with people for a good amount of time announcing that they had managed hotels and then retracts, the only offer he got was about 20 hours: families should be divided into three hotels, they would charge at $ 25 per person per night. Given that on average there are 5 people per family (some reach 10 members), the cost per day would be $ 125 per family, so that with the grant of $ 700 per month will be enough to ... 5 ½ days per month ! The only intention of macrista officials was that people leave the streets at that time and then ... as they could have fixed. He even asked a list of hotels with prices and availability for the neighbors could choose something more reasonable, but the response was that the Ministry of Social Development did not make "census hotels."
obviously for the authorities in Buenos Aires, the continuing problem of homelessness and evictions is not important enough to devote a minimum of effort to know the family hotel market and to act efficiently to emergency situations.
Nothing was further from the intentions of the residents to bear another night in the street, but at the time it was and the lack of a minimally reasonable option, at a meeting decided to stay that night, even when rains were announced in street. The judge understood the situation and provided the necessary guarantees.
Moreover, many of the media manipulate addressed information. After five days of camp, the conflict of Mexico evacuated from the street was being increasingly reflected by the media. The output of a notice in Clarín (which, full of falsehoods, reproduced macrismo version), the same Monday, April 18 led to the arrival of a barrage of media and graphics to the site. Some media reflected the situation objectively, and allowing the residents to have their problem and why the decision to stay on the street. However, most major media monopoly-linked to the group or its satellites, as Clarín, C5N, TN, Radio 10, and others - are dedicated to defaming the claim, saying that the neighbors were not going because they wanted more money, and repeat ad nauseam prejudices always weigh on the poor and social protest.
The media tried to present the struggle of the neighbors as an armed conflict with pointers to wear Kirchner's government Macri. Movement should be noted that Evita has been working with the residents of Mexico 1220 for two years, with activities ranging from cultural workshops and tutoring for children up to the organization of labor unions. In this context, also came to work with neighbors on legal advice against previous attempts at eviction. Before the evacuation on Monday 11, all partners in the Comuna 1 understood that our obligation was to be next to the evicted residents, supporting them in whatever is necessary. Similarly, other social and cultural as well as many residents of Montserrat, in solidarity with this struggle.
Wednesday 20 morning, the families claimed the check and set up camp on Mexico Street. A cooperative and cultural organization of the neighborhood, CEFOMAR, jointly gave them a space for a few days so that displaced residents can rest under a roof after ten grueling days in the open and can look a little quiet and without their belongings on their backs a temporary accommodation to enable them to stay together, strengthen the organization and conduct cooperative housing, which already has a name: "STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE 1220." Ten Days
bearing the popular struggle leaves (or repeats) number of lessons. Just causes of workers, the poor and marginalized groups, to the public invisibility and lack of lobbying the powers that have economic, organizational need and the courage of those fighting and once this is achieved, victory is at hand. On the other hand, once again saw the media monopoly, spokesmen direct interest concentrates more stale and our country, bastardize and criminalize social protest, making the game a short-term ally in this case the macrismo-and not caring the plight and needs of the people, nor, of course really. But the key lesson is that the struggle for decent housing for these families is not over but just beginning, and although there was an important first step, that this right is made effective reality will only be possible with more organization, more presence the streets and more solidarity from those who believe it is essential to build a more equitable society with equal opportunities.
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