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Despite attempts by local authorities to impede the vote, in a general assembly yesterday, the P’urhépecha community of Tacuro, Michoacán, voted 307 to 0 for autonomy: to directly administer their own resources, make decisions according to traditional forms of governance without political parties, and to self-govern.
@susurros Is there a process they are planning to follow? Is it written about anywhere?
@flawed Each community that chooses autonomy has its own internal process, though they often look similar in a general sense. I don't know the specifics beyond what's been stated by the community here: https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2025/02/27/pese-a-intento-de-boicot-tacuro-decide-a-favor-del-autogobierno-tacuro-antakua-victoria-para-tacuro-csim/ and here: https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2025/03/03/manifiesto-por-la-defensa-de-la-autonomia-y-presupuesto-directo-de-la-comunidad-originaria-de-tacuro/. Right now it seems like they're fighting to get the state and municipality to accept their decision and ensure the flow of funds to the community.
@susurros The claim of autonomy is fine, I hope will be better than under existing State thuggery.
But without any details as to how the resource allocation happens, how the decisions are arrived at, how conflict resolution happens, how production-distribution-consumption pipelines are established, and so on, merely saying we want autonomy thru slogans will only end up recreating a different form of hierarchy, the kind of hierarchy that talks about autonomy.
@flawed I agree. I don't know the details but I'm sure they're working it out. They have the backing of the Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán, which works for autonomy in 70 communities in the state, so they're not walking alone.
@susurros I hope someone actually documents how they actually function & whats the degree hierarchy imposed in those channels too.