National progress or apathetic weariness In principle, Olga, Eileen, Bitty and Pedro Luis.
Friends, how good we can give a time and write what we think, sorrows and frustrations we have to walk loading. Write and share a good exercise to see beyond the ephemeral trills Twitter.
I have just three minutes to write this, so please excuse the mistakes and hasty.
I. On the fly.
Bitty says: "I do not know if the progress achieved its goal ..." Eileen then adds: "empathy generated by the march is important, but not enough. "
I like them, I have many doubts on the fly, on its findings and final paths. However, I stopped a bit to think if there is an" objective "explicit that this march is flying I do not see. And I think it does not have to have it. If someone told them about the progress of 6 April, they said they sure looked like an island that claims: "Give Calderón", "ABC Nursery Justice" "We condemn the violence", "Yes to the legalization of drugs", "Let God", "No to animal abuse," "Viva the EMS", "Military Out of the streets", "We want justice, not promises" , plus many more. There is therefore a speech articulating these demands, because this particular claim in the context of national weariness.
So, as I was telling Luis Frost: I think the highlight of these demonstrations is not whether intended or not a goal, but the chance of bringing together public and private demands, personal and national, in a specific moment of discomfort as a whole. The context, therefore, important because it can produce "empathetic citizens." Javier Sicilia do not know, and I've never read one of his poems, but the death of your child hurts and embarrasses me as Marisela Escobedo's death, I squeeze Like the discovery of the graves in San Fernando and angers me like the unpunished murder of young Salvarcar villas, among many, many others. The march is the possibility of my anger is not particularly visible, but the collective outrage that we feel a lot about what is happening in our country. Yes, Eileen, is "enunciation" and we're probably tired of pure phrases, but I find that mobilization is always a starting point. Now, a starting point for what? "To build social and political awareness? Yes, probably. A march of these characteristics is always a place to socialize a problem. Know other stories, other people, other possible paths of action. Is it useful to show that the citizen with other citizens have more voice than many politicians together? Yes, think so too, but then the variables are more complex and not always the case as it is.
But what else does it serve? It seems to me that these recent marches have led to slightly, beginning to turn their gaze to the faces and stories of the dead, the murdered, kidnapped and change the social-political discourse there. It's time to tell the government and media tell and tell ourselves that these deaths are not statistics, OR ARE COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR ARE ISSUES THAT have to get used.
That matters and matters a lot and I think the message of Sicily goes well in that way and so, that's why this motion should be supported, disseminated, known ...
Finally, I seem to ask, demand that "progress" to resolve our problems of insecurity and violence that make Mexico a more peaceful, or criticize the audience for "not doing anything after" is somewhat unfair. Sociologists, political scientists and rational choice theorists have spent decades puzzling over the problem of "collective action". No, do not think that march, the march, will magically make us all better citizens, activists or heroes. But, you know, suddenly it happens that not one but several dozen (would be thousands or hundreds of thousands) feel part of something, with a greater commitment, and that's worth. Worth a lot. Because ultimately, perhaps, these people will continue to demand not only for justice and the investigation of a crime, but for political reform, for better labor laws in question, firms undertake collective action against predators, or simply think it twice when giving a bribe. Moving from glut apathetic and hopeless to vigilante action, demanding.
I have to crawl. I would like to continue, but I can not. A hug with affection to all.
From 28 September to 1 October 2011 made the XIII International Conference on Industrial Heritage in Gijón (Asturias, Spain), organized by INCUNA, non-profit organization with extensive experience and recognition within the field industrial and cultural heritage. Event has the support of various public and private institutions. 
