Today there's a taxi strike. I *think* these fellows are participating in a traffic slow-down. The police just touched base with them about protocols for what they could & could not do re: blocking the lanes, then went on their way.
Protests & strikes... are complicated here. They can get intense & dirty, with ESMAD brutality at times, but they are also sewn into the fabric of real democracy in a way North Americans sometimes forget.
Todos somos humanos, y el pueblo unido jamás será vencido. 💪
Oh yeah, definitely a traffic slow-down here. The other side of the highway has police with the taxi blockade, and truck drivers are tooting in solidarity as they come past.
What's neat is how this affects local attitudes. All kinds of things can impact your daily workflow here, so how on Earth could people ever think it's entirely their fault if something doesn't work out?
There's so much grace for individual setback in a culture acutely aware of the broader fact of struggle. Dura la vuelta.
@MLClark I was up in DC in March 2022 when the Trump truckers were pulling the same stunt on the Beltway. I saw only two of them, parked roadside on the I-95. Maybe they were lost, maybe they were broken down. Either way, no sympathy for them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trucker-convoy-drives-laps-dc-beltway-rcna18916