Mexican Trade Unions for Palestine March Against Gaza Genocide

ByJay Watts

On Saturday, September 21, in Mexico City a march against the Gaza genocide made its way from the Angel of Independence to the Benito Juárez Hemicycle, which has been transformed into a center of Palestinian solidarity since an anti-monument for Palestine was added last month. The march was organized by a coalition of 300 of Mexico’s trade unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations, and made five demands of the Mexican government:

In the face of all this barbarity and recovering the best traditions of history by breaking diplomatic relations with dictatorships such as those of Francisco Franco in Spain, Augusto Pinochet in Chile, or Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua, the manifesto of the Coordinator of Trade Unions for Palestine presented the following list of demands:

1. Demand that the Mexican government sever diplomatic, commercial, military, and cultural relations with the Zionist State of Israel. Cancel the Israel-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Prohibit the acquisition of any military, police, or security products or services.

2. Express our complete solidarity with the Palestinian people and support their right to their own state, in accordance with their sovereign decision, without any external interference. Stop the genocide!

3. Conduct an intensive educational campaign within the ranks of our
trade union organizations to inform them of the criminal nature of the Zionist State of Israel and the just struggle of the Palestinian people for their national liberation.

4. Promote various mobilizations, supported by the broadest sectors of the Mexican people, to condemn the Zionist regime of Israel, supporting international sanctions against Netanyahu and his genocidal government. Zionism is a danger to humanity!

5. End the criminal blockade of food, water, and medicine carried out by the
occupying forces, using hunger as a weapon of war. We will seek the best ways to deliver our support to the Palestinian population and demand that the Mexican government promote this policy within the United Nations Security Council.

Photos by Jay Watts.