@DROP CAP = The majority of anarchist collectives from the Mexican 
capital gathered in two meetings (September 20 and October 6) and 
decided to organize an anarchist contingent in protest of Columbus Day.  
We decided to participate in an all night vigil in front of the National 
Palace in the Zó cala (public square) on the night of October 11. And we 
decided to hold a protest march from the Palace to the Columbus 
monument, on the Paseo de la Reforma, on the morning of the 12th. 
These actions were part of  the coordinated activities of the Love and 
Rage Network. And so on the 11th at 9 pm we began to gather in front of 
the National Palace. The collectives participating were: Colectivo 
Brigada Subversiva, Colectivo Cambio Radical, Grupo de Apoyo Amor 
y Rabia, Colectivo Sí ntoma, Colectivo Ideologí a, Expresió n y Acció n, 
Colectivo Acció n Libertaria, Colectivo Destrucció n de Ideologí as, and 
KUT. At midnight we pitched a tent that gave us shelter throughout the 
night. The palace was surrounded by two reactionary groups, the Escuela 
Filosó fica de la Nueva Mexicanidad (The Philosophy School of the New 
Mexican) and a group of concheros (dancers) contracted by the PRI  
(Institutional Revolutionary Party, the <%-2>party/dictatorship in 
power). Despite a heavy rain we remained there until 9 am, when we 
began the march to the monument of the Genovese murderer. The flyer 
we produced calling for a Black Block was more effective than we had 
anticipated, with many showing up at the last minute. More than 70 
people participated, including some foreigners  a woman from Spain, 
another woman from Germany, and a man from Food Not Bombs! in 
San Francisco. <%0>
The crowd seemed ready for anything, and we were surprised to see our 
desires materialize. On leaving the Zó calo we took the streets.
<%-2>The police (and the grenadiers) didn't know what to do. They 
talked among themselves and then asked us unexpectedly: Where are you 
going? What party are you from? What march are you part of?<%0>
Our responses were chants: Salinas and Columbus to the firing squad!  
We're gonna resist, not celebrate! Death to the State, Long Live 
Anarchy! We're Indians and Anarchists and we don't celebrate the 
quincentennary! Death to the church, down with the celebration! I'll shit 
on the celebration! Only fascists celebrate genocide!
<%-2>We took the Paseo de La Reforma  after blocking traffic leading 
onto it. We jumped on the monument to the imperialist bully, painting 
the sculpture in red and throwing whatever we could at it to try and 
destroy it. We put up banners and surrounded the monument, repeating 
our chants. <%0>
The Mexico City, national, and foreign press mobilized to cover what 
was the first demonstration against the celebration, while the police (and 
the invariable grenadiers) decided to keep watch around us. After giving 
homage to the great admiral, we headed back to the Zó calo, handing out 
flyers to all the passersby and decorating all the luxury cars in our path 
with counter-quincentennary stickers. Once back in the square we 
interrupted with shouts the celebrations and rituals of the Escuela de la 
Nueva Mexicanidad
The yellow and bourgeois press, while they accused us of being vandals, 
marginalized elements, and gang members,  were obligated to report on a 
black block that marched to shouts of A, A, Anarchy!''

@INFO = Information on this page from <R>Grupo de Apoyo Amor y 
Rabia, Mé xico

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