Call to mobilise on the 7th and 8th of May

 To all organizations, groups and individuals of the Other Campaign in Mexico City, Mexico State, Puebla and Tlaxcala.
To all men and women of good heart


Following the cowardly murders of Juan Francisco Ortega Sicilia, Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, Julio César Romero Jaime and Gabriel Alejandro Escalera, a wave of anger and indignation is rising against those who are supposed to provide security for the population: the Mexican State.
Four years after Felipe Calderon declared war against organized crime, the picture that is emerging in our country is one of desolation, death and fear. His war, waged to try to gain a legitimacy that he never had, has led to the death of 40 thousand Mexicans, many of them baptized with the infamous name of "collateral damage"
Not only have they failed to achieve the objectives of this war, but the landscape that is drawn is that of a country under scorched earth.
We will not allow our young people to remain driven to their death.
We will not allow a State of Emergency to be the norm in Mexico.
We will not allow Felipe Calderón to continue to bring mourning to the homes of thousands of Mexicans, when for many of the dead we do not even know their names.
We will not allow them to continue destroy the social fabric of peoples, communities, neighbourhoods, schools and families, all key objectives of this war.
We will not allow the nation to be destroyed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 For all this and more, the undersigned call on all members of the Other Campaign to mobilize with us on Saturday 7th May at 12 noon for a rally at the Hemiciclo de Benito Juarez under the following banners:

 
STOP CALDERON'S WAR!
NO MORE BLOOD!
WE HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH ...!
(Where everyone complete the sentence with their own particular demands
)

 
later to form a number of brigades to go out distributing fliers of invitation for the 8th May.
On the 8th we invite you to join us to march in silence from the Monument to the Revolution to join the main march which will come from the University City. The time will be 12 noon.
 
 
For a Mexico with Democracy, Justice and Freedom.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
United Socialist Workers
Network for Solidarity and Against Repression
Mexican Sex Workers Network
"Elisa Martinez" Street Brigade for Women's Support
Autonomous Magonista Collective

Campaign Against Political Repression and Sexual Torture.
Human Rights Centre (Puebla)
Urban Dignity Link (Puebla)
National Urban Central Campesina (Tlaxcala)
Support Team of the Sixth Commission of the EZLN.
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
 
 
 

Unidad Obrera y Socialista
Red contra la Represión y por la Solidaridad
Red Mexicana de Trabajo Sexual
Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez”
Colectivo Autónomo Magonista
Campaña contra la Represión Política y la Tortura Sexual.
Nodo de Derechos Humanos (Puebla)
Enlace Urbano de Dignidad (Puebla)
Central Nacional Urbano Campesina (Tlaxcala)
Equipo de Apoyo a la Comisión Sexta del EZLN.
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional

Comments

Add comment

Our Policy on Comment Submissions: Co-publishers of Narco News (which includes The Narcosphere and The Field) may post comments without moderation. A ll co-publishers comment under their real name, have contributed resources or volunteer labor to this project, have filled out this application and agreed to some simple guidelines about commenting.

Narco News has recently opened its comments section for submissions to moderated comments (that’s this box, here) by everybody else. More than 95 percent of all submitted comments are typically approved, because they are on-topic, coherent, don’t spread false claims or rumors, don’t gratuitously insult other commenters, and don’t engage in commerce, spam or otherwise hijack the thread. Narco News reserves the right to reject any comment for any reason, so, especially if you choose to comment anonymously, the burden is on you to make your comment interesting and relev ant. That said, as you can see, hundreds of comments are approved each week here. Good luck in your comment submission!

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

User login

Navigation

Reporters' Notebooks

About Jessica Davies