Your life is woth more than 5 pesos. Boycott against the subway fare Favorite 

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Date: 

May 5 2021

Location: 

Metro Insurgentes Ciudad de México

On the 5th of May 2021, the subway's 12-line partially collapsed, killing 24 people and injuring more than 70. Onboard, were children, young women and men, and the elderly. The accident also killed a man and injured a woman who was driving a car, upon which the train fell.
The poorly conditions of the subway structure had been repeatedly reported by neighbors living nearby. No institutional response was given.
after the accident was reported, the public started demanding the government to persecute the office-holders responsible for its construction, who are now, in bigger positions of power. No response was given by the authorities.
A group of people took the pink subway station in Mexico City in response, allowing people to pass without paying their fares.
"Your life is not worth 5 pesos"
"It was the state"
"It was not an accident, it is called negligence"
and "Come in without paying" was painted on the walls.

Unfortunately, the event was not widely reported and the pictures were taken down from social media.

External sources: 

https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/encapuchados-dan-libre-paso-en-estacion-i…
Posted by Fernanda Soria on May 12 2021

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
Strengthens (community)Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear short-term goal. Short-term goals tend to be things like: create or repeal a law; get a President impeached; make the city administration repair a sidewalk. A campaign with a short-term goal needs a clear theory of change, complete with targets that can be cajoled or pressured into effecting the goal.
The short-term goal of this intervention was to make the government react and take responsibility for the accident, by disturbing the normal distribution of social space and state control

Notes

I think the purpose of this intervention was to agitate the government and encourage people's civil disobedience. The lack of visibility tho, contained its effects. It was effective insofar, it made people aware of the government inaction, posing questions about how safe the public infrastructure really is.