The fences, which are usually placed whenever a large influx of people is expected in the Zócalo, generated various comments on social networks, between those who supported the measure and those who criticized it.
Mexico City, November 11 (However).- Dozens of elements of the Secretary of Citizen Security of the Mexico City (SSC-CdMx) and capital workers finished placing the last barriers that prevent the passage to the Catedral Metropolitana y National Palacethis to protect said historic buildings during the mobilizations of the next November 15 called by the movement calling itself “Generation Z” .
He I look formade by metal fences welded together and exceeding two meters, surrounds National Palace and extends over part of the Constitution Squarewhich makes direct action on the property by the so-called “black block” more difficult. The streets of Currency y Corrector.
The placement of these containers, which are usually placed whenever a large influx of people is expected in the Zócalo, generated various comments on social networks, between those who supported the measure and those who pointed out that it impedes the right to free movement and demonstration.
The measure comes prior to the protests scheduled for this week, among which the Judiciary Mega March stands out, demanding respect for labor rights and judicial autonomy, which will take place tomorrow, November 12; the mobilizations of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), which are expected on Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14; and the protest of the “Generation Z” movement, scheduled for November 15, which demands more security for the country.
The “Generation Z March”, aimed at young people born between 1997 and 2010, intends to demonstrate on November 15 from the Angel of Independence to the capital’s Zócalo. According to the call, the protest seeks to express fed up with corruption, the political class and the Morena governments. However, until now there is no clarity about who is organizing or financing the mobilization that is spread mainly on social networks.
The mobilization is spread mainly through TikTok and X (formerly Twitter). In Mexico, the account @generacionz_mx has taken on the promotion of the march, ensuring that it is a non-partisan movement inspired by global protests in the Philippines, Nepal and France, as well as the anime One Piecewhich they consider a symbol of resistance and freedom against authoritarianism.
In its manifesto, this group states that its objective is to “firmly expose corruption, mobilize intelligently at strategic points and create tactical alliances that transform social fatigue into collective action,” maintaining that they do not seek power, but rather “open the way for truly prepared, ethical people without partisan ties to reach it through transparent processes and clean elections.”
Sheinbaum questions legitimacy of the march
Last week, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo questioned the call for a protest against the Government of Mexico that is supposedly driven by “Generation Z”, made up of young people, adolescents and university students, as she said that these are accounts on social networks that have no identity and are mostly generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), in addition to the fact that opposition parties such as the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the National Action Party (PAN) have taken the opportunity to join.
“This mobilization that appears on the networks draws attention: it is full of Artificial Intelligence, accounts that have no identity, particularly on TikTok, of demonstrations, pure Artificial Intelligence. Now the one who becomes visible is the PRI, some from the PAN, some from other parties, or people or accounts that are closely identified with the Mexican right and that are calling, which also have no identity,” Sheinbaum said in his morning conference on November 5.
“Identity, I mean that you put your name, your photograph, or you put another name, but people know who you are. That’s okay. The issue is that it draws a lot of attention that the call to this ‘Generation Z’ demonstration is a number of unidentified accounts with pure Artificial Intelligence, with images and videos constructed like this. Now it is very easy to do it. It is very accessible to be able to do it,” he added.