“The government strategy of weakening organized civil society seems clear. The cuts to the financing of citizen groups throughout this Administration demonstrate it”. Mexico Evaluates.
Time, space, themes, focus, diffusion and style when writing.
Before getting into the matter, we want to frame the intention of this collaboration by referring to our participation in the Merca2.0 Magazinethis refers to weather Y space of collaborations, to topics and his approachjust like him style that we handle and the one that we intend to give in this article with the title SOS! …Civil Society Mexico.
We note that the SOS! As we all know, it is the call on the high seas used in case of emergencies due to the possible sinking of a ship, and it has two important meanings “Save Our Ship” (“save our ship”), “Save Our Souls” (“save our souls”) and in this regard in this collaboration we will launch a third “Save Our Society” “Save Our Civil Society”.
Time and space.
We have been here for eight years and Merca2.0 (08/06/2014) has generously offered us the space, volunteering a weekly column, with great interest, passion and love for writing and sharing experiences, ideas and knowledge; we have made the effort to comply periodically, we do not always achieve it, but we already have over 250 articles.
Themes and focus.
These are located mainly in the enclosure of the Business and of the civil society organizations (CSOs), Some of these issues and their approach have been referred to with arguments organizational, social, economic Y politicianswithout leaving in the pipeline issues of our specialty such as the area of human Resourcesthe recruitment either “head hunting”, managerial coaching, outplacement (job transition) and others, alluding when we have so considered technology digitalto ethics and integrity, always putting before the “Person” as the center of the message.
Dissemination of the articles.
In addition to the important scope that it has due to its prestige Merca2.0 and its means digital as is your page in the columnists section, as well as the newsletter every morning, in our own way and by system, we carry out a strategy for disseminating the column through various communication channels (personal, analog and digital) as well as sending the column via mail digital and through groups in WhatsApp to a few dozen people whose opinion we are very interested in.
Genuine criticism of writing style.
Of assiduous critical readers, one stands out, who is also our friend, who on several occasions has deservedly shaken us; on a recent occasion he made us see in a writing the following, this referred to the writing style: “I repeat, the figure of being a columnist is similar to that of the shocking picture of the bullfighter… “you have to take risks and put your chest…” This at your level as a writer is giving your personal opinions, without the need to be academically backed.
What a valuable and friendly comment, that doesn’t stop it from being consistent and interesting with your criticism and with it we launch into the ring.
Present in a ring called violent Mexico.
Well then, with this shock from our friend and without academic backing, let’s get to the point and launch ourselves into the ring by issuing a SOS! to the world which meansSave Our Society”.
“Unmagnified” was the presidential expression of Monday August 15 in his “morning” addressing a the media and their adversaries referring to the inevitable news and comments of a country in violence generated by the cunning attacks of criminal groups in various entities of the country, this was the weekend of August 12 to 14, 2022, in the which the context was of terrible events (shootings and burning of cars and businesses) that bordered on horror and could be described as terrorism.
Point out, put your finger on the problem and participate in the solution.
Violence goes beyond the authorities, it is the greatest evil in the country; we perceive governments neglecting their responsibilities (this at the three levels: federal, state and municipal) in containing violence and reducing insecurity that has been growing, mutating in recent years and taking on local nuances.
From what has been experienced there should be greater theoretical and practical learning capacity on the part of the rulers, which is not the case, and consequently they do not offer solutions, the way out being theories of a right-wing plot, from government opponents which seems to be absurd. It is a government, apparently, determined not to act; The reference is that there are 100 thousand elements of the National Guard and in one year they have made 6 cases available to the Public Ministry.
This decision not to act directly against organized crime is manifested in the notorious case of the mayor of Tijuana who tells organized crime after the blockades and burning of businesses and cars: “That they collect the bills from those who did not pay what they are owed, not the families … what to say, what to do in the face of this normalization of state and municipal governments enlisted by a very mistaken federal government policy on security.
Given the above, the calls for non-violence by civil society organizations did not take long:
This is what we have come to in the country.
Joaquín Lopez Doriga published on Twitter yesterday the following: “That in the summer courses, which are used for recreation and leisure in children, they are teaching them how to act before a shooting. It is the real Mexico. What you can’t see from the National Palace
Reflection.
The SOS! of this collaboration is put on the table looking for immediate response Y resolute attitude towards civic action that represents citizen responsibility by the entire society which includes the sectors public, private and social; actions that like citizens It is up to us to give since it is our right as mexicans living, to this day, in a country, free Y democratic.
There is an urgent need to structure from today a proposal that emanates from organized civil society about “The Mexico we all want” and raise your voice through all means at our disposal, get out of the way civic and organized at streets to express our rejection of the violenceto demand rethinking the issues of security substituting the supposed and failed strategy of “hugs and not bullets” as well as the solution that the government wants to carry out militarizing the countrywhich we must not admit.
and how he sings Eugenia Leon: He talks about countries and hopes, he talks about this house of ours… and reaffirms in his song Who said everything is lost …? I come to offer my heart! … It will not be as easy, it will not be as simple as I thought, like opening the chest and taking out the soul … and I speak of countries and hope, I speak for life, I speak for nothing, I speak of changing this house of ours, of changing it for changing not plus…