A-Infos (en) Mexico, FAM, Regeneracion #19 - The State Is Useless (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Since 2022, the state of Nuevo León began experiencing a deep political 
crisis fueled by the current governor of the state, Samuel García, who 
requested leave to run for president in the last election. Congress 
granted the leave, but Samuel challenged Congress's designation of his 
successor. Samuel resigned from the presidential candidacy when it 
appeared he would be unable to appoint the person in charge during his 
absence from office. Thus, the fear of being investigated grew.
Since then, Congress has been in constant tension with the state's 
executive branch, generating problems with resource allocation and 
budget approvals. In 2024, Congress was unable to meet for more than 
seven months. A profound general paralysis.
Two issues arise from this.
The first: seven months without Congress approving A SINGLE 
INITIATIVE... the city seemed oblivious. The working-class population 
probably never realized that the representatives practically didn't show 
up for their duties for months, and nothing happened. That leads me to 
the question: what do we need them for? They did nothing for seven 
months, and the city didn't even flinch.
At least it didn't flinch when Congress went months without a session, 
because that paralysis gradually created the ideal conditions for the 
rise of various collective movements in the city.
Neglect of public transportation, poor management of natural resources 
like water, profound environmental pollution, elementary schools with 
high levels of lead due to industrial contamination, the severe real 
estate crisis in the state, and the neglect of public spaces created the 
ideal conditions for the people, the working class, organized and 
desperate over the futility of those who call themselves the rulers of 
the territory, to increasingly raise their voices.
Each collective, from their own trenches, in their struggle. Seeking 
respect for public spaces, for natural areas (that should be) protected, 
like the magnificent Santa Catarina River, a reversal of the unjustified 
increase in public transportation fares and their lack of improvement 
over the years, and, of course, the appalling air quality and inhumane 
pollution levels that have been allowed by the state's oligarchs.
With an increasingly strong voice and more interested people willing to 
organize and cooperate to improve the living conditions of their fellow 
citizens, the real discomfort for the political class began.
In their fight to improve public transportation service, members of the 
collective "The Voice of Users" have held rallies for more than 30 
consecutive weeks in different parts of the Monterrey metropolitan area, 
seeking to raise awareness among people and transportation users about 
the illegality that the government is trying to impose on the population.
The collective "Un Río en el Río" (A River in the River) did vital work, 
collecting more than 6,000 signatures to file an injunction against a 
viaduct the governor intended to build over the Santa Catarina River, 
profoundly affecting its course and the river's extremely diverse flora 
and fauna.
In their struggle, the collective went viral several times and even 
managed to get the governor himself to contradict himself in a matter of 
months. He went from commenting, "There are some crazy people who say we 
shouldn't build a viaduct like in first-world cities" to confirming that 
the project would be canceled, claiming he wanted to "avoid impacting 
roadways during the World Cup."
At an event organized by the governor called "Macro Fest," a group of 
protesters showed up at the event, which, incidentally, was public, and 
began demonstrating in the middle of the concert. Naturally, the police 
were quick to arrive, and despite their right to protest and their 
presence in a public space, they began persecuting and arresting the 
protesters who showed up.
This incident set a precedent in the way the state dealt with these 
groups. From this moment on, the arrests, harassment, and arbitrariness 
that characterize the state's repressive model and its attack dogs and 
class traitors, as the police call them, began.
A few months ago, they illegally arrested an activist and began to 
fabricate a case file to keep him in jail for as long as possible. It 
was a clear message to all those who sought to continue raising their 
voices. Currently, the comrade is under house arrest, carrying out his 
false judicial process, practically sequestered in his own home, 
repressed for raising his voice.
With all the shamelessness in the world, the state government has 
already begun mobilizing state workers to campaign for elections. 
Orange-painted brigades whose true objective is to gain ground in the 
popular imagination so people will vote for them. The current mayor of 
Monterrey has also begun a campaign strategy with his latest slogan: 
"Yes, it can be resolved."
The truth is that, as representatives of the state, neither he nor 
Samuel nor anyone else who claims to govern others will ever be able to 
resolve everything.
It has been proven that without legislators for more than seven months, 
everyday life and the system continue to function. With the 
governability crisis, the state had two governors for a few days, and 
people continued to live their lives, outside of the whole farce that 
the state system represents.
This activist and collective struggle will no longer be stopped, much 
less by useless people who can sit out work for seven months without 
anyone noticing, nor by a plastic governor who, clearly, has done 
nothing but enrich himself and who will seek, by all means, to 
perpetuate himself in positions of power, or if not himself, then his wife.
Monterrey, I believe, has begun to awaken from its popular lethargy, and 
little by little, at its own pace and with its own tools, some community 
ties will be forged that are beyond the logic of the state.
Because the State is useless.

Chuy Cavazos

https://www.federacionanarquistademexico.org/
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