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“Mexico is your home and we will always receive you with dignity and respect. Your country awaits you with open arms, and with all the services and programs to help you start over,” Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez assured.
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“It is not the union’s fault, but rather the intransigence of the authorities of this institution who have violated the provisions of our Collective Bargaining Agreement,” a union rep said.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva referenced the South American company’s experience in deep-water operations in his offer to Mexican President Sheinbaum.
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Photos of the Mexican teachers actions at private banks in Mexico City which manage workers pensions, whether anyone wants them to or not.
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Today is the third and final day of the 72-hour teachers strike.
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The objective of the mobilizations is to pressure large importers & grain buyers, who buy subsidized US imports instead of national production.
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The tire plant workers unease stems from an attack they suffered early Wednesday morning, when armed men shot and wounded four employees on the picket-line.
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Mexican and foreign activists worked together to load the Granma 2.0 vessel, which should arrive on the island in two days.
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An armed shock group assaulted striking workers at the Tornel Rubber plant in Tultitlán, Mexico state, shooting four workers and injuring many more, provoking condemnation from Centre International de Solidarité Ouvrière.
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Teachers said they had met several times with President AMLO, who told them the ISSSTE Law couldn’t be repealed because they didn’t have a majority in Congress, “now they tell us it’s because there are no resources.”
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The Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining believes the government is expediting environmental permits without considering the cumulative impacts in regions that already face overexploitation of aquifers & environmental degradation.
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The striking teachers indicated that as part of their 72-hour National Strike, they will continue protesting the Mexican government’s failure to comply with agreements reached in tripartite meetings and to demand repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law.
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Around 4:30 AM, about 60 armed men with sticks and firearms began attacking the workers, who managed to capture two of the attackers.
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The residents have been organizing against the privatization of the park by PANista Mauricio Tabe, who signed an agreement to close the park for four months for a private Alice in Wonderland show.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert. Previous press conference summaries are available here. Women and participatory democracy in Plan BPlan B of the Electoral Reform strengthens democracy along two axes: it promotes real participation of women, consolidating Mexico…
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on support for Mexicans abroad, USMCA negotiations, and poor management of the oil industry under past neoliberal administrations.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on recall referendums, social housing, oil expropriation anniversary, and record tourism.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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AMLO Breaks Silence to Rally Mexico Behind Cuba – Soberanía 100
Episode 100 of the Mexican Politics Podcast, reflecting on two years of covering Mexican politics, as well as recent analysis on Cuba, the war in the Middle East, and electoral reform.
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Analysis
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Predatory Advertising
More normalized than the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Mexico is the consumption of soft drinks. This is because our country has been the victim of one of the most devastating forms of predatory advertising: Coca-Cola advertising.
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Workers’ Struggle at Transnational JK Tyre Turns Bloody
How is it possible that, in 2026, Mexican workers still have to physically defend themselves against armed groups while simultaneously fighting for their rights and class interests?
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Workers Purchasing Power Decreases
“The task at hand for workers can be none other than to promote organization and combative struggle in defense of our class interests,” writes Ricardo Torres.
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Che Guevara: We Can Give Our Blood to any American Homeland
“I believe that all the problems facing our revolution, the vital problems, those that transcend the national peculiarities of each country, encompass the entire American continent.” A 1959 interview with Che Guevara.
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US Guns Cause Wounds That Won’t Heal
“If the Border Patrol searched carefully for firearms — which is part of their job — instead of for migrants, we’d all be better off,” says Tania Del Moral.
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Multiplying the Readers
Government agencies and sectors of civil society can, and indeed should, contribute to building more and better opportunities that normalize the appeal of reading.
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SITUAM, A Renewed Actor in the University
The Metropolitan Autonomous University’s faculty and staff union has broadened the base of democratic decision-making in an institution where unilateral decisions abound.
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Cuba: A Paradigm in Health, Despite the Blockade
Cuba’s achievements are noteworthy despite an economic blockade from the US that has lasted more than 65 years, writes Martí Batres.
PHOTOS
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CNTE Strike Day 3: Teachers vs Privatized Pensions
Photos of the Mexican teachers actions at private banks in Mexico City which manage workers pensions, whether anyone wants them to or not.
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Petróleo Mexicano para los Cubanos!
Solidarity protestors gathered outside of the former location of the Embassy of the United States on Reforma in Mexico City on Sunday, demanding that Mexico send oil to Cuba and expressing their disavowal of Trump’s recent assault on the island and its people.
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Mexico City Mass March for Venezuela, Maduro & Flores
Defense of sovereignty and a unified continental response to US imperialist aggression comprised the collective agenda of the 10,000 strong march.
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Trump, Hands Off Venezuela Rally
Mexicans rallied outside the new US embassy in Mexico City, expressing solidarity with Venezuelans and demanding US President Donald Trump cease his aggression against the Bolivarian Republic.
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600k in Mexico’s Zócalo for Seven Years of the Fourth Transformation
Photos of the anniversary commemorating the Mexican party Morena & social movement the Fourth Transformation forming government.
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Mexico City Mobilizes on 2nd Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood, Against Genocide of Palestinians
Thousands marched in support of Palestinian national liberation, demanding Mexico break relations with the genocidal state of israel.
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Mexican Trade Unions for Palestine March Against Gaza Genocide
The march was organized by a coalition of 300 of Mexico’s trade unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations, and made five demands of the Mexican government.
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THUNDER OVER MEXICO
Publicity stills from Thunder Over Mexico, a film edited from the remnants of an aborted project by Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
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MAY DAY: MEXICO CITY MARCH
International Workers Day was commemorated in Mexico as unions marched from the Angel of Independence to the Zócalo.
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s 100 Points
100 points outlined in Sheinbaum’s first speech as the newest President of the Mexican Republic, with photos.
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Mexico Votes!
Mexicans voted in election in the largest election in the country’s history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, as well as the Presidential position, which was won by Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Close
Hundreds of thousands filled the Zocalo and side-streets in Mexico City to attend the closing event for Mexican Presidential candidate Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum.
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CDMX Rally Against Ecuador’s Attack on Mexican Embassy
The provocative assault was ordered by the ultra-right wing government of Miami-born, nepo-baby Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Launch
Hundreds of thousands crowded the Zócalo and beyond in Mexico City. Sheinbaum polling over twice the amount of her nearest competition.
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Mexico City Global Day for Palestine
The demand was made for Mexico to end diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Massive march brings over 20,000 into Mexico City streets for Palestine
Various social and political organizations participated, as well as students and a substantial number of trade unions, including the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas and Sindicato de Trabajadores de la UNAM.
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CDMX with Palestine
On Saturday, October 28th, Chilangos marched in solidarity with Palestine from the Angel of Indepence to the Zócalo,
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Mexico City in Solidarity with Palestine
Over 10,000 rallied in Mexico City in solidarity with Palestinians
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XXII Feria Internacional del Libro
For this edition, tributes were made to Almudena Grandes, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, Carlos Martínez Rentería and Elena Poniatowska.
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Energy Reform Vote
Mexicans gathered at the Chamber of Deputies to show support for a bill to amend the Mexican Constitution regarding the energy sector