John M. Ackerman
Simultaneous
popular uprisings in the United States and Mexico around issues of
injustice, inequality, racism and police brutality offer a rare
opportunity for African Americans, US Latinos and Mexicans to join
forces in the fight for peace and equality in North America. All three
of these groups are victims of a system of accumulation and greed which
fills its pockets by generating death and violence on both sides of the
Rio Grande.
The
very same drugs, guns and corruption which are tearing apart the social
fabric in the mountains of Guerrero also poison the streets of
America´s cities. And the same “politics as usual” in Washington and
Mexico City stands by idle as the rebellious, creative spirit of our
youth is crushed under the force of state repression.
Both
the Ferguson and the Ayotzinapa uprisings are not only about bringing
cruel and corrupt cops to justice, but are planting the seeds for the
future transformation of social power. If we all work together
constructing ever stronger bonds of solidarity, Michael Brown and Julio
César Mondragón´s embrace in the afterworld could ignite a spark strong
enough to create an opening in history through which to launch a flaming
arrow of justice and equality...
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