in Aljucer, the stomach does not understand ideologies either

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It has been more than years since, one afternoon in May , I left the Espinardo Campus to meet and join the camp that had been set up the day before in La Glorieta, next to the Murcia City Council building. What touched me most deeply that first day when I set foot in the camp was seeing the phrase “The stomach does not understand ideologies” written on one of the many cards placed there. Brilliant, I think you can't say more things with fewer words. That was the idea: we were tired of swallowing mantras and self-serving propaganda, because what really mattered to us working people were “things to eat”, trying to improve that screwed-up reality that we had (and have) in front of us. I was a final year student of my second university degree who used to combine my studies with “rubbish” work contracts, often obtained through ETTs. My profile was quite common in my generation and remains so today for many young people.


It was a time when we aspired to achieve a future that would allow us to live without hardship. Therefore, talking about “things to eat” at home with family, with classmates during breaks between classes, after work or with friends on the street, meant talking about having tomorrow. a decent job with a decent salary and hours (for that we were investing a lot of time and effort in training or learning a trade), to AOL Email List access without too many difficulties a home that would allow you to live relatively comfortably with your future family, to count on your neighborhood and in your city with good public transportation services, daycare centers, schools, outpatient clinics, hospitals, etc., that is, what is necessary to live without being imprisoned by permanent uncertainty by having your needs and those of your loved ones covered.



Today, just like yesterday, the most important thing is still all that: “things to eat.” Therefore, when I look around me, it pains me to see that the people of my town and surrounding areas do not have a better outlook than what we endured in Firstly, with respect to access to employment and escaping job insecurity, I would like to point out that a large number of people who shared a class with me at the University of Murcia, now work (if they are not unemployed) in a resigned manner in jobs that require a qualification much lower than what they have (for example, waiters or cleaning staff). Furthermore, what could be called medium or low-skilled jobs are even more precarious than before. It serves as an example that my neighbor Lidia goes to work on weekends.