ANALYSIS
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CINCO DE MAYO AND THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
For Black America, Cinco de Mayo needs to be seen as a day to celebrate a war of resistance against a colonial power that was, de facto, allied with the Confederacy and a day to celebrate an abolitionist state which welcomed many of our ancestors and “blood.”
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PLAN MEXICO: PRODUCTIVE SOVEREIGNTY OR MODERNIZING DEPENDENCY?
What is promised in its rhetoric does not always coincide with the structural logic underlying Plan Mexico, which seeks to further integrate Mexico into a subordinate cog in the U.S. productive apparatus.
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PECANS & PROTEST
Filmmaker Anne Lewis speaks about her film “A Strike and an Uprising! (in Texas)” on a historic Texas strike and its leader Emma Tenayuca.
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4T REWARDS THE “OPAQUE KING”
The new head of Mexico City’s Metro (one of the most important transportation systems in the world and the recipient of a historic increase in funding this year of 23 billion MXN) has a dark history in previous right wing governments, with many unanswered questions about his administration of finances and connections to organized criminal groups.
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WHO’S IN CHARGE OF MORENA?
Viri Ríos says Claudia Sheinbaum’s message is clear: Morena’s leaders have failed or have been unwilling to put the party back on track, and the President has grown tired of simply watching.
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FROM WORDS TO DEEDS?
Claudia Sheinbaum’s letter was full of compelling words and moral guidance, but will that be enough to tame excess, discipline internal factions and purge corporate interests?
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MIGRANTS: THE TWO CRISES
Parallel to the problem of adequate housing for migrants is a much more troubling issue: the crisis of lack of empathy, lack of solidarity, and covert xenophobia among certain sectors of Mexico City.
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MAY DAY: AUTOWORKERS DIVIDED BY TARRIFS?
This May Day, when workers around the world rise to demand rights, respect and their just share of the wealth, autoworker solidarity is on the line.
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BANNING JUNK FOOD IN SCHOOLS
Something big has happened for children in Mexico this year. On March 29th, guidelines went into effect that prohibit the sale of junk food in schools throughout the country.
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‘WORKERS OF AMERICA! HAVE WE MEXICANS NO MESSAGE FOR YOU?’
Christina Heatherton’s book Arise! brings to light how activists worldwide gained inspiration from revolutionary México. In this interview, she discusses how international solidarity (then, as now) is less something we offer and more something we build together.
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FELIPE CALDERÓN: A COLLABORATOR AGAINST MEXICO
Former Mexican President Calderón maneuvered to have the Council of Europe disqualify Claudia Sheinbaum’s government. He doesn’t seem very patriotic.
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MEXICO’S ANTI-FASCIST SOLIDARITY WITH THE USSR
Remembering Mexico’s acts of solidarity with the USSR is a legitimate way to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over fascism, but reflecting deeply on that historical experience is a better way to honor it.
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COCA COLA CAPITALISM
The over one-hundred history of Coca Cola in Mexico is intertwined with predatory capitalism, petty gangsterism, neoliberal crisis, monopolies and water shortages. An interview with Bruce Hobson.
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COME BACK TO YOUR HOMELAND!
Besides persecuting anti-genocide activists from abroad, the Trump administration is attacking all non-citizens, regardless of their legal status. For migrants of Mexican origins, why stay?
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ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, ON EARTH
Father Solalinde is well known in Mexico and internationally for giving away all his worldly goods and living in the shelter he built for migrants passing through Oaxaca on their dangerous journey. An interview.
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A Socialist Workers Center Builds Worker Power
Casa Obrero Socialista Jose Antonio Vital in Mexico City is a critical place for political education, where working class history is preserved and union struggles take shape. An interview with Hortensia Escobar Hernández.
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WHAT DOES TRUMP WANT?
American society’s destiny is in the hands of irrationality.
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CHAPULINES & GOVERNING FROM THE LEFT
It’s not bad that Morena is growing. What’s bad is that some people are joining without assuming the responsibilities that come with a left-wing project.
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SOCIALISM: DIGNITY WITHOUT PAPERS
For immigrants in the US living without documentation, it’s also much like living underground, imprisoned in a cage of fear. Luisa Martinez of the DSA’ National Political Committee tells us what that was like for a young woman desperately wanting to make something better of her life.
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: THE UNION ANSWER TO TARIFFS & DEPORTATIONS
A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.