Text by Prospero Martinez
Courtesy of El Molino News
Forward! Forward! The struggle is constant! This was one of the many slogans that the people, the worthy people, chanted enthusiastically.
After a long journey from New York City to the state capital, Albany, the people arrived together with those brothers in struggle who carried out the walk, to continue demanding the right to unemployment insurance, a fund for excluded workers and health insurance.
At the rally site to start the march, while the leaders were organizing the order of the contingents, a citizen exercised her right to safety by calling on the police to stop the unusual mobilization.
With drums, improvised trumpets, string instruments and a wind band that was in the middle of the organizations, they showed the jubilation of the organized people.
Some of the comrades were timid at first, while others danced and chanted, but the march gradually turned into a festive struggle. The hidden bridge became the scene of a struggle of the people and, arriving between the buildings, we soon saw the imposing building where Governor Hochul works. What was surprising were the strategically placed metal fences, as a warning that this building was not accessible to the working people who had to work hard to get there. But in a symbolic and improvised way, the speakers repeated the requests again and again at the foot of a statue and the park soon became welcoming.
But that was not all: the march continued on its route and suddenly we came across fragile glass doors that were secured. The contingent was still able to enter through a narrow door and once again the people embraced their struggle through the speakers, inside the building where the lords of souls and grey hats no longer let us advance.
The villages, always respectful, protested again. The band was ready and the comrades from the Transnational Village Network were happy to have achieved their goal.
As a farewell, the band came out playing “El son del coyotito.”
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