MAY DAY IN MEXICO CITY TO COMMEMORATE
X carolina "Here in this 'free republic' in the richest country in the world, there are many workers who have no place in the banquet of life .... What is my crime? I've worked for a social system it is impossible that while a pile million, others fall into degradation and misery .... My most ardent desire is that employees know who their enemies and who are friends. Everything else contempt, scorn the power of an unjust government, their police and spies. I have nothing more to say. "
(Georg Engel words before being hanged in Chicago, 1886)
Under International Labor Day, thousands of miners, teachers, telephone operators, streetcar, farmers from San Salvador Atenco, oil and migrants, among others, marched to the Zocalo of Mexico City where the Mexican Electrical Workers Union held their encampment. All the leaders from the union official Labour Congress, which held its act early, even those who describe themselves as democratic and independent labor reform rejected amending the Federal Labour Law for the benefit of the business class and intensify setbacks in wages and labor rights in recent decades. Shortly after noon the temple fell and several ambulances arrived take about fifteen people to the hospital.
THE ANARCHIST HOUSING QUOTA
international remember that Labor Day commemorates the Martyrs of Chicago - anarchists who fought for labor rights in Haymarket Square in 1886, including an eight-hour day . But in the city ethnically and socially cleansed of Marcelo Ebrard, the anarchists who had held a congress in this city the previous day were not welcome at the commemoration in the Zocalo.
The Collective Against Torture and Impunity (CCTI) made the following report on the encapsulation and false imprisonment of an anarchist contingent for one hour and 45 minutes: "From 10 hours a day, more than two thousand riot police surrounded the monument to the revolution encapsulating the anarchist contingent, consisting of representatives from various organizations who are ready to peacefully exercise their right to demonstrate on the occasion of May Day Parade "on Labor Day." The protesters lack any information from authorities about the reason for this illegal and arbitrary detention in violation of this action, the individual rights of citizens kidnapped by the police ".
encapsulated Several people say that after being threatened with police violence for nearly two hours in the sun, the riot police abuse committed another condition they leave the siege of the review of their backpacks. Upon arrival at the base quota of 300 people after a strong start, a partner said "What happened at the Monument to the Revolution was as a state of emergency .... The police wanted to give us a message: 'You fucking anarchists, we are upon you. Care '. Partners is the time to organize. It's time to move forward. We must make an effort to work. But we must be smarter than the police. Today we were many who did not fall into the provocations of the riot. (Applause). They wanted a pretext for separating them not to be here today. Let's be smarter. Let us be more consistent. Be more developed than they are. We are anarchists. Our weapons are our books, our ideas, our thoughts, our voices. We sympathize with people in EMS, with the people of Oaxaca, the people of Chiapas .... Let's take down that damn machine terrorism. We are not terrorists. We are anarchists. Long live anarchy. Long live the working people ".
SEX WORKERS MOBILIZE
Across the square, there by the crossing of Ring and Corregidor, another contingent went to the Zocalo at 11 am, Callejera Brigade and the Mexican Network of Sex Work. Marched against the criminalization of / sex workers, against banning sex ads, and against the victimization of sex workers in the police operations against sex trafficking. In particular, they demanded justice for the death of mate Gulman Vilchis Sanchez, president of the union of sex workers "For better health," at half past three on April 29, who was private freedom in the Prison Acatitla women's Santa Marta. According to Brigadier Callejera, the crime of companion known as "Garibay" organization was "a cooperative to abolish trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and became a thorn in the head of government, Marcelo Casaubond Ebrard. Government in order to implement a sex workers' social cleansing, crimes manufactured and promoted as the great champion of the fight against sex trafficking, when in fact one of the consequences of anti-trafficking operations in Mexico City, has been an increase in extortion fees paid to judicial police, hoteliers and sex workers, according to testimony Karla Maritza and Maria Elena, who work in Tlalpan, Sullivan and La Merced, respectively ".
The march of about 250 people was encouraged with slogans of "Full respect to sex work" and "Not one more death" spontaneous and screaming (with laughter) in "Putas the attack" . Walking through Corregidora, Elvira companion was pointing out places of employment are now closed. "Here was the Hotel Madrid ... Here was another" .
- What we do mates? Are we going to be here or not?
- Sííííííí.
- we go?
- Noooooo.
- And if you are closing the hotel, we will work on the street. Yes or no?
- Sïíííííí.
- O above the trees.
- SIIIII.
- Who is the corner?
- Of those who work.
- For cameras that have scouts everywhere, from whom is the corner?
- Of those who work.
- we'll see what happens with this new law just passed. What's you consulted?
- Noooooo.
- They do not leave their fucking desk but earn 90 pesos a month. And what we've seen is that often they are charging are the same police and court or not?
- Síííííí.
- So Here we tell you whether to punish, to start from home with themselves or not?
- SIIIII.
REGARDLESS OF UNIONS
progress A Callejera Brigade joined the Labor Sector of the Other Campaign that was started from the metro Garibaldi at 9 am in conjunction with partners and fellow San Juan Copala, Tlahuac, Ecatapec, Azcapotzalco, IMSS, ENAH, the Other Health and other groups.
Comrade Francisco explained that usually march on May Tepito for flyers and talking to people. Said "We think it is better to organize outside the trade unions and political parties. We started the labor struggle in the IMSS union in the 80s. In 1989, there was a broad-based organization and we hope to gain more rights, but the police drove over us and beat us. The same thing happened in '94. I really did not win what we want. The status of all workers is now worse than ever. Although there has been strong resistance, workers have been beaten and losses, in part because the leadership is working with employers and government. So we do not trust unions. We think we have to find alternative ways of organizing and collective to address the entire system of capitalism. We also work to support indigenous struggles in Chiapas and elsewhere including the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala ".
A year after the paramilitary attack against the first convoy of aid to San Juan Copala and murder of Betty Love and Jyri Jaakola, a fellow of the municipality invited all to participate in the convoy of displaced people will leave for Oaxaca City on May 23 and accompany the Triqui colleagues when they return to Copala.
the SME continues in plants
After days of provocation in media consisting forecasts hostile confrontations between the Mexican Electricians Union (SME) and other unions, the union took the decision to dispense with their progress and maintain their encampment in the Zocalo, leaving aside a space for participation other groups. Peers note that some 16.599 redundancies have not been settled after 18 months of fighting illegal decree Luz y Fuerza del Centro. They say the government's attempts to destroy Felipe Calderón of the union include government interference in their internal affairs, freezing bank accounts, legal ignorance on the part of union leadership million-dollar media campaign to criminalize the press, radio and TV, and repression, persecution and imprisonment of dozens of his classmates. They demand the reinstatement of the dismissed the EMS and freedom to its 12 political prisoners and call for workers' unity and proletarian internationalism. A banner reads: "Division Necaxa. Sorry. We are arranging the drunken bullshit President Felipe Calderón " . And another says: "The army to barracks" . The harassment of the EMS in the press follow.
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