Last Saturday, November 8th, the 'Generation Z Mexico Movement' march took place in Mexico City, marching from the Angel of Independence to the Juárez Hemicycle and gathering approximately 300 people, according to estimates from the Mexico City government. During this mobilization, various anarchist, socialist, and anticapitalist collectives participated to protest against different forms of violence in the country. Furthermore, according to these organizations, the march aimed to prevent the right-wing and conservative groups from appropriating the protest symbols used by the world's so-called 'Generation Z' movements, such as Luffy's flag from the anime One Piece. Thus, this first march sought to distance itself and get ahead of the one called for November 15th by opposition figures, which has been linked to the PRI deputy José Alfredo Femat Flores, as well as to the company Monetiq Agencia, according to an investigation by AYAX. Meanwhile, the promoters of the November 15th march criticized the first mobilization for using communist symbols, accusing this movement of being a strategy of the ruling party, Morena. 'Attention. There was a 'march' today in Mexico City posing as Generation Z, when in reality they were thugs from the Communist Party, financed by the narco-government itself. From now until November 15th, they will try everything possible to discredit the demonstration,' wrote Agustín Antonetti, director of Latin America Watch at Fundación Libertad, on his X account. Likewise, right-wing activist Arturo Villegas posted: 'Groups of young people are marching in CDMX, trying to take over the Gen Z movement against the government. Don't be fooled: they are not marching against Claudia or against the regime; they are thugs affiliated with Palestine, financed by the most radical wing of Morena. The regime seeks to distract and boycott at all costs the march of November 15th.' The call for November 15th has been spread by multiple accounts linked to conservatism, using images of One Piece, as well as videos generated with Artificial Intelligence. In their posts, they allude to the Generation Z protests in Peru and Nepal. Although this movement is self-proclaimed non-partisan, it has received the backing of opposition legislators. Such is the case of PRI deputy Carlos Gutiérrez Mancilla, president of the Youth Commission of the Congress, who in the Ordinary Session of the Chamber of Deputies on November 4th gave a speech with the 'Mugiwaras' flag behind him. Both President Claudia Sheinbaum and the head of government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, have dismissed the call for November 15th, stating that it is not a legitimate mobilization and that it has more of a political than a social background.
