Jan 27 Mexico Marchers for Ayotzinapa: September 26 Is Not Forgotten and Were Still a Shitload of Outraged Citizens Contingent on Juárez Avenue Headed To Zócalo Photo: Carlos Ramos Mamahua La Jornada: Alonso Urrutia, Patricia Muñoz, Emir Olivares They bet on forgetfulness ... and here we are. Virtually banned from presidential speech as of the first of this year, Ayotzinapa returned to the streets. Designed to collapse the city and in keeping with the classic refrain, from north to south and from east to west, the Eighth Day of Action for Ayotzinapa, demanding the live presentation of the 43 disappeared student teachers, spread the civic demand throughout the metropolitan region. Setting out from Indios Verdes [north], Taxqueña [south], Zaragoza [east], and Auditorio Nacional [west], the marches lasted most of the day and in the evening came together at the Zócalo. One month after the last mass mobilization in the capital, and after a long holiday period, protest turned to the streets. The 26th day of the month turned into a day of mourning and struggle, upon completing one more month—now it is four—from that day of horror in Iguala. This time it was decided to stifle Mexicos capital. The four main arteries (Tlalpan, Insurgentes, Reforma and Zaragoza) were made impassable by the marches of tired feet, which were deliberately walked pian pianito [slang: they walked slow and easy]. The operation began at 10:00 a.m. The contingent that had arrived [at the Taxqueña bus station] from Guerrero set out and was led by a group of parents of the 43 disappeared. Teachers from the State Coordinating Committee of Education Workers of Guerrero (CETEG) and Ayotzinapa students headed toward the Zócalo. The journey lasted six hours, with two intermediate rallies and only one tense moment: passing the headquarters of the Presidential Guard located at the corner of Tlalpan and Viaducto Avenues. From the north, another group of family members marched protected by teachers from Chiapas, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Veracruz, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Sinaloa, Sonora and Zacatecas. They took several breaks along the way, but the most tense was passing the national headquarters of the PRI [Party of the Institutional Revolution] in Buenavista. Very early, Reforma Avenue was clogged all the way to the National Auditorium by thousands of teachers from Section 18, Michoacán, who accompanied the students family members. They made seven stops at each of the traffic circles. Dozens of citizens came forward as this contingent passed in order to show their support and solidarity and to demand justice. A young father perched above the base of a street light to show a simple cardboard sign: Son, I do not want you to be a 43, so I take to the streets .... From the West marched teachers from Oaxaca, who accompanied another group of parents. At each of the stops, the parents repeated their demand that the Army be investigated. With the arrival of sunset, contingents of university students, trade union organizations and various organizations joined the central march, whose route was from the National Auditorium to the Zócalo. If the morning demonstrations were primarily of teachers, with support from farmers groups that had arrived from Chiapas, by the afternoon a full range of social groups was present. Between the traffic circles of Diana Cazadora [Huntress] and the Angel of Independence, a group shouted unusual slogans: Ayotzi, hold on, the Church rises up. It was an ecumenical movement comprised of Catholics and Evangelicals, explained Pastor Ricardo Guillermo: Jesus said, Blessed are those who seek justice. So here we are. A few steps away, a Sister from the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit shouted out slogans for the live appearance of the 43 student teachers. Later on, members of the National Puppets Union condemned the government inaction around Ayotzinapa. Sara Guzman said that since the its origin, the puppet has been a rebel, a sassy non-conformist. In Guzmans hands, spectres of hard faces kept step with her shouts against the barbarism committed in Iguala. Filled with rage and indignation, college students also flooded the streets with placards and posters on which one sentence distilled their feeling: Forgetting Is Forbidden. At the rally in the Zócalo, the message was clear: If you believe that your hypothesis will convince the people and us, you were wrong from the outset. At the end, appeared an old slogan with a new date: September 26 ... Is Not Forgotten. Thus ended the day. Someone said: We dont march together or all at the same time, but were still a shitload of outraged citizens. Posted Mexico Voices by Jane Brundage jornada.unam.mx/2015/01/27/politica/004n1pol
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:45:47 +0000
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