Thousands in Mexico Take to Streets To Protest Drug War –

Ernst

Ernst

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Mexicans Gather in protest calling for an end to the War on Drugs.

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ is my source and it's live coverage.
It was announced that thousands are there or expected to join the protest.

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When I Google I see May 8th is the scheduled day.
From one link from my search http://activistsandiego.org/node/2886


Location:
San Ysidro Border Crossing (Pedestrian return to Mexico area).


Event Summary :
Tortures, disappearances, executions and murders cannot become part of our “normal” daily life. That is why we have gathered together to say enough! and that is why we are going to take the streets on May 8th, demanding an end to the war against the people disguised as a "war on drugs", for the legalization of all drugs, the removal of the puppet president Calderón, and the expulsion of US government agents and “advisers” from Mexico.


Dear friends,
I am writing you on behalf of the Committee “No Más Sangre, Tijuana”, which is part of a national movement in Mexico, recently formed to stop the war against the Mexican people disguised as a “War on Drugs”. This war has caused the deaths of almost 40,000 people in this country in less than four years, many of them executed by the military and the police, and many others just considered by the government as “collateral damage”, caught in the crossfire. There is no end in sight to this violence.
It is clear to us that the “War on Drugs” and the “War against Terrorism”, both headed by the US government around the world, are really wars against us, the workers and oppressed, not only in Mexico, but in the US and in every other country. It is also evident that the true purpose of the “war on drugs” is not no control the drug trade, but to continue imposing on society an unjust system of production and distribution of wealth that only benefits the rich. The goals of the US government’s wars are geopolitical and economic. No wonder why the countries with most US military presence are the biggest drug producers. Now US politicians are saying that México is a “failed state”, and are talking about sending troops here. We say US Imperialists Out! The biggest drug dealers can be found in Washington and in Wall Street. US bankers and financial institutions are the main beneficiaries of the illegalization of drugs.
Tortures, disappearances, executions and murders cannot become part of our “normal” daily life. That is why we have gathered together to say enough! and that is why we are going to take the streets starting on May 5th, ending with a national march to the Mexican capital on May 8th, demanding an end to the war, for the legalization of all drugs, the removal of the puppet president Calderón, and the expulsion of US government agents and “advisers”.
ON MAY 8TH WE WILL PROTEST AGAINST THE US WAR ON DRUGS IN MEXICO AT THE SAN YSIDRO BORDER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING (return to Mexico area).
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Does anyone else have news on this day of protest on the war on drugs in Mexico?
 
undertheice

undertheice

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if you stop to think about it, it really is quite silly. we are trillions of dollars in debt, but we still expend billions of dollars extorted from taxpayers to keep those very same taxpayers from doing as the wish. countless lives are ruined or simply ended, all in the name of an unwinnable "war on drugs" that is essentially a war against human nature. the worst part of it is that this is exactly what we asked for and what we continue to ask for. it is part and parcel of the demand that government be there to take care of the people, to force them into the mold of the perfect citizen.
 
Ernst

Ernst

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Do you think the median between Commerce and Prohibition is Private Horticulture?
It may be something the whole world can support.
 
Carne Seca

Carne Seca

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No mas sangre = no more blood. I can't even imagine the fear and despair experienced in northern Mexico right now. Calderon needs to open his eyes and get Marijuana legalized or he is going to be the next head on a stick. People will only take this shit for so long.
 
deprave

deprave

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but ya really I cant find much about these protest even by the reporters that would be on this like ham on bread, maybe we will see more tomorrow..
 
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