Now some punks have something to be punk about

* Above: Anti-emo kids tear apart a welcoming banner for the emos at El Chopo.

It was supposed to have been a multi-tribe peaceful march for tolerance for the emos, from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to the one-and-only El Chopo street market, where for 25 years nearly every branch of alternative youth culture in Mexico City has gathered on Saturdays. Nevermind. It failed.

On a hot and rainy day here, emos arrived to El Chopo and were received with nasty resistance from some punks, skinheads, and darketos. It should have been expected. At the start of the march, I barely saw a single sympathetic member of any another tribu urbana. Plus, the emos arrived under heavy protection by riot police -- not a heartwarming sight for any self-respecting punk. (Some punks in fact said it was the presence of the poli that set them off.) "Fucking emo pigs!" they chanted ferociously. Defeated, the emos retreated behind police lines and left, further revving up the Chopo regulars -- who then decided to start moshing.

Meanwhile, in Tijuana, emos marched and faced their adversaries today and on Friday night. Norma Hernandez (yeah, my mom) put herself on "special assignment" for Intersections and provided images, seen below. She reports that emos are regularly discriminated against by the merchants at Plaza Rio Tijuana (a rare bit of public space for the border city). Mom writes: "Bueno yo iba a ir a pelearme con los mendigos comerciantes y tratar de defender su derecho de estar ahi y de ir al cine si les da su regalada gana..les mandan policias armados [...] Apoyo a los Emos!!"

BeamTV in Tijuana has more coverage.

* Punk girls in TJ.

* In Tijuana, demonstrating for tolerance.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: "Violence against emos sweeps across Mexico," "More on the emo attacks in Mexico," "The emos of Mexico are fighting back," "Emos prepare to rumble in Tijuana, march for peace in Mexico City," "Could the anti-emo movement be good for emos?"

NOTE: Updates with more links are coming later.

Comments

[Cristal]

I´m your mama´s biggest fan!!!

[ryan]

Not directly related, but I am quite sure I saw you at Cuervo saturday night.

[Daniel H.]

Yup, I was there. Saw The National but missed BSS. Gonna post something later.. Cool. D

[reinito]

i on the other hand, having sided with the punks, didn't see you on sat.

¿el hijo del cuervo? no chingues... :)

[Daniel H.]

Tambien llegue al concierto punk, reinito. Calmado...

[reinito]

thank god...it's vive cuervo... had me concerned there for a minute.

anyway, it's still a bummer we didn't meet. maybe friday, maybe not...

[Cristal]

I´m witness of Daniel´s assistance in both events, at Vive Cuervo & something weird punk concert at Colima St. I went too.

[Joelle]

Hi Daniel,

I am a photographer and journalist living in Paris. I am coming to visit a friend in Mexico City next month and would like to do a feature on the emo kids while I am there.

I know it's a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you have any contacts of people I could speak to beforehand to set up some interviews and photos ops during my visit.

In the hope that I can one day return the favor for you...By the way, I cover fashion for the Associated Press in Paris and have done a photo exhibition of street fashion shots. I am interested in this issue because I am exploring the language of clothing in my work, and am struck by how one group can become the target of discrimination on the basis of appearance alone.

All the best,

Joelle

[luqq]

eeeeeeeeeeee los emos y los floggers estan invadiendo el mundoo,desaparezcan de mi vista .a donde vas estas lleno de floggers y emo que me daaan mucho asco,plis rajen de aca flacos/as
que moda tan fea y para los hombres mas, flacos parecen mujeres ya no se sabe si sos mujer o hombre dddddddd

[charly]

wow esas hermosas punk..............,los emo son una simple mierda,una moda,nose,le faltan el respeto a kurt cobain,diciendo k era emo,eso es lo k mas me caga de esus estupidos emo de mierda,y se los digo yo un seguidor del grunge,mueranse emos de miierda

[Cody]

Hey, Cody here from the Great Land Of the U.S. Of A......just here to say to all you other Mexican cunt excuse for tribes.....SUCK DICK Emos Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Mexico Sucks Dick Go America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cody]

Leave the Emos alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cody]

by the way Daniel ur great!!!!!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cody]

emos rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
viva la revolution mexico should be run by em cuase their conservative crypto fascist government is an epic fail!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cody]

Vicente Fox should just go gay!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jesus TJ street punk]

cody shut the fuck up and every body is so stupid because emo is a way of life and you shouth not caer ok.

ser emo no importa es una forma de vida no lo entienden si se cortan que se corte aya ellos si estan tan pendejos para ser eso y no se hable mas de esos pendejos de mierda pero ya no dejen de hablar de los omes asta paresiera que ustedes son emos pendejos...

STRETT PUNK!!!putos Oi Oi OiOiOi ONE WAY SYSTEM!!! destruye tu parte!!!!!

[jesus TJ street punk]

o0o0o0 disculpen saludos a toda la raza punk de tijuana y de todo el mundo0o0!!!!!!!!!!! saludos de su compa el shuy!!!Oi Oi OiOiOi

Y QUE MUERA EL FACISM0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0!!!!!!!!

para la jente del centro de la 7 y 6...

[MannYo]

All I have to say about any of this is: "Mexicans, Please!"

[Aiden]

Hey,this is to all you bitch ass punks.............Us emo/americans are coming so whacth your fucken backs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MannYo]

Mexican. Please.

[thetwosisters119]

emos don't need to be made fun of or anything of the sort.
punks think they're better than emos.

[xxKatiexx]

Hey Cody I'm from America too, go Ohio!! I just want to say that your a loser and America sucks big emo dick. I rather live in Paris. Don't offend the Mexicans though, they have awsome Tacos! <3 Your not emo, your not scenexcore, your a fag! with a vagina infection!

Have a nice day :)

[Skylar.]

Mmk so, back to comments that RELATE to the article...

It doesn't really have anything to do with Mexico specifically. It's just people in general. I honestly don't think there will ever come a time where people will finally get off of their high horses and come to accept people for people. You're no better than anyone else. Though I honestly don't see a reason for the whole 'emo' culture in the first place (if you have emotional issues just cry about it like everyone else, don't dress yourself up, it makes no sense), there's no point in discriminating against someone because of their clothing. Or their makeup. Or their word choice. It's stupid. "Are those BLACK pants you're wearing?! Ohsnap, I have to beat you up now." Stupiddd. Get over yourself, humanity.

[william]

PUXA MARE SE PASAN ... EN QUE PIENSAN TODOS ,.,. EMOS , PUNK , METAL ....NO SE DAN CUENTA Q SOMOS DIFERENTES A OTRAS GENERACIONES .... TENEMOS IDEALES ,.Y POR ESO MORIRIAMOS ... SOMOS DIFERENTES A OTRAS GENERACIONES ,.,. YA PS AY Q MARCAR LA HISTORIA Y HACER JUSTICIA ........LOS VERDADEROS PROBLEMAS SON EL EXTREMO SOCIALISMO Y EL EXTREMO CAPITALISMO ..... NOSOTROS COMPRENDEMOS Q NO HAY FRONTERAS Q NOS SEPAREN .. SER TODOS UNO ... UN GRAN PAIS ... Q HERMOSO SERI VER A UNA LATINO AMERICA COMO PAIS ... DEBEMOS DE SAlir a las calles y decir q somos iguales ...,. no somos la misma joda q nuestros viejos (eso con el respetyo q se merecen ...).........
PARTIENDO DE SER EMOS , PUNK ,, METAL ..ETC .. .. DEBERIAMOS LUCHAR POR ALGO MAS ,. ESO RESPETANDO NUESTRAS IDEOLOGIAS ..... POR Q NO LA JODEMOS A NIVEL GLOBAL ,., AQUI YA SOMOS BASTANTES ..,.... ustedes saben q es pobreza ,. puxa aveces no hay q estar tan cerrados y volverse ciegos ... el reto tambien existe ps ,, ahi a la vuelta de la esquina esta tendido en el suelo pidiendo ayuna ....... CARAJO Q NOS PARA .. NO RECUERDAN , A LENNON ... ,. EL CHE .,. .. . Y TODOS ESOS HERMANBOS Q QUERIAN ALGO MEJOR ...... , TONSES POR Q CARAJOS DEBEMOS DE LUCHAR P .........LAS FRONTERAS SON PURO CUENTO PARA SEPARARNOS .,Y DE ELLO SE BENEFICIAN , LA BUROCRACIA ,PS , Y COMO TONTOS CAEMOS AHI ... .CARAJO BASATA DE WADAS .. EXISTIMOS .. ENTONCES AY Q ASER ALGO P ..... ESOS MIERDAS ESTAN MATANDO EL PLANETA .. YO SOY PERUANO Y MIS RECURSOS LOS ESTAN REGALANDO A LAS TRANSNACIONALES , PARECEN LANGOSTAS ,,,,. Y LA GENTE NO LES IMPORTA ... Y ASI NO NOS VAN A DEJAR NADA ....VAMOS A VIVIR EN UNA EXTREMA CRISIS DE RECURSOS ,,. SE ESTAN ACAVANDO TODO Y NO PIENSAN EN NOSOTROS ....NO VAMOS A TENER RECURSOSO NOSOTROS LOS JOVENES ........ ......
DEBERIAMOS DE LUCHAR POR ALGO MAS NO CREEN -....... ESPERO LEA ESTO ALGUIEN DE AMERICA LATINA Y COMPRENDA Q AMERICA LATINA ES UNA .. TODOS SOMOS HERMANOS Y DEBEMOS PROTEGERNOS COMO TAL......... NO COMPRENDEMOS DE FRONTERS , SOMOS JOVENES , Y NOS VAN A ESCUCHAR POR Q TAMBIEN SOMOS GENTE ,, Y A LA GENTE SE LA RESPETA ......

[siuki]

FUCK EMOS
PUNKS NO DISCO