Some of you may have noted that I have skipped many updates, but this is due to my recent trip to the Basque country, volunteering to recover the historical memory of our country. This is not an outsider’s report, and I would find it immoral to publish a normal report, which more strongly uses my direct observation. Therefore, I will make a report based on the data and events in the press that have caught my attention. I will not speak of the recent elections in Spain, since I see that as a hive of bourgeois trash and none of the parties is going to take the necessary measures to fix the situation in Andalusia. Anyway, we have to understand that tactical participation of the left in elections is important, but isn’t the core of our radical movement. It is useful to think of it like taking out the trash, you have to do it, but don’t spend all your day absorbed thinking on taking out the trash.
1: Leaks on Charco Redondo reservoir: Charco Redondo reservoir, in the Gibraltar area, outside of the Guadalete-Barbate Basin (GBB), but part of the Cadiz province, has been having problems with the upkeep of its pipes, registering super high losses on its pipelines, around 10% in some cases. It is important to mention that these losses aren't the total losses of the system, but only of the pipelines that link the reservoir’s fluid to its next step in distribution, and therefore get composed with all the other losses of the system. The awful maintenance of the conduits led to the event that brought this to my attention. A pipe blew up, with liquid elevating over the treetops, there is no better proof of the total inaction of the local, municipal and national governments.
2: Tajo-Segura transfer: though it doesn’t directly affect the GBB, the Tajo-Segura transfer is threatened, the waters flowing from the north towards the south via the transfer are going to be reduced due to environmental concerns. This is a problem, since the basins of the south need as much help as they can get, and the minimum flow rates of the Tajo could be sustained with relative ease, without abandoning the Segura’s people. This is even more obvious when we look at reserve levels, the Tajo has 51% and the Segura 31%... Anyway, transfers aren’t the solution, unlike a planned economy, which will use tools like transfers in a sensible and reasonable way, unlike the dementia of market mechanisms and liberal governments. The Supreme Court has rejected the objections of the local governments of Andalucía, Valencia, Murcia and Alicante itself, with no concessions of any kind. In my opinion, proof of disgusting favoritism.
3: The harsh reality prevails: The bad shape of water reserves has started to affect the life of many malagueños, with around 400 000 living with some kind of water restrictions. I think it is a great moment to explain how I see restrictions. Restrictions to domiciliary use are an effective tool to save water and raise awareness about the problem we face, via bringing it to the home and day to day living of the people. The reason why it has taken so long to happen is that the surplus value extraction, especially in the tourism industry, benefits largely of a sense of stability and normalcy, and has incentivized the delay in enactment of emergency measures. Anyway, urban consumption has been falling for long, we have done our part sparingly, while the capitalist state has been scratching its balls two handed and following the rule of least effort.
4: The return of the shaman: The useless brat that is Jorge Rey appears again, if I found him on the street I would kill him with my own hands (figuratively, I would never commit a crime) ,His disinformation is extremely dangerous, the speech, the same as before, we have already pondered this, let’s just ignore him, he makes up everything, also, ¿I wonder if his spring predictions were correct? … No they weren’t. We had memorable losses in our reservoirs. He is a charlatan, transformed into a gun that points towards our future, but a charlatan anyway.
5: express showers: the Junta de Andalucía seems to be recommending us hydric austerity despite its impressive inaction in this life-or-death issue, really, profits are privatized, but losses are collectivized. We don’t have to waste water anyway, but we have to denounce at every turn the hypocrisy of the junta that wounds the wounds of the motherland while asking us to bring bandages. Every liberal institution acts like this, the only thing that will bring us the government that we deserve is proletarian revolution, the government of us for us, not a government of capitalists that sees us as little more than idiots to be tricked. We don’t need them, ¡We make everything!
6: Worrying predictions: we have 177 days of reserves left until day 0, along these 4 weeks we have went from 21.68% to 18.72%, around 12Hm3 a week. But let’s talk long term: every year we end with around 200Hm3 less than what we started with, and if this tendency keeps up like this we will likely scratch the bottom next year or straight up crash into it. There exists a reasonable minimum of what we will have this year, we should reach a bottom of around 200Hm3 around November or December. Anyway, the situation is very bad, right now, no need for waiting. Not every reservoir degenerates at the same speed and some municipalities will run out of water before the whole reservoir “scratches the bottom”. But despite this we don’t have to succumb to alarmism or even worse, useless nihilism. We have to warn everyone around us and support revolutionary organizations in their efforts to rid us of the chains of capital. Go to local headcuarters, express your worries, ask about the things they are doing, engage, repeat. We will triumph, sooner or later.
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