fuckyeahblackbloc:Massive protests took place on the 2nd of October in Mexico City to mark the ann
fuckyeahblackbloc: Massive protests took place on the 2nd of October in Mexico City to mark the anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Normalista students in Ayotzinapa. Further protests drew connections between the state repression of theMexican student movement in 1968 with what is happening currently. The ongoing demonstrations and clashes with the government and police have pointed to a deep seeded and growing rift between the population and those in power, making many believe that Mexico is on the brink of revolution. The response by the government has been only to declare the students officially dead and place blame on several construction workers they pegged as cartel enforcers for the students’ deaths. Many investigations and reports have disputed the governments claims as flat out lies. Non-stop organizing by the parents and supporters of the 43 have sought to gain support for the search for the students and also draw connections between aid from the United States to the Mexican state to train police forces. As one mother of a disappeared Ayotzinapa student stated: “The government of the United States has to see that it is sending money and resources to Mexico that are being used to murder and disappear Mexican citizens.” In Mexico City, anarchists and other militants clashed with riot police and threw molotov cocktails. -- source link