PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 30
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on public university expansion, recovery of cultural property, non-recovery of Porfirio Díaz, CNTE strike, remittances, migration, and the appearance of the OAS.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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MEXICO’S WAGES AS SHARE OF GDP HIGHEST IN DECADES
It’s the highest point in four decades, but less than the mid-70s when workers wages account for 40.6% of GDP, prior to a period of catastrophic neoliberalism.
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OIL BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE… UNTIL IT’S SMUGGLED TO THE US
Expanding investigations into fuel theft from Mexico’s state oil company PEMEX reveal northern connections that might be too close for the US government’s comfort.
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WATER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE: ILLEGAL DAMS ON EX-GOVERNOR’S RANCH
Former Chihuahua governor César Duarte built unauthorized dams and reservoirs monopolizing 700,000 cubic meters of water in the drought-stricken northern state.
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THE REMITTANCE TAX: A NEW BORDER AGAINST MIGRANTS
We need a public debate to assess the true role of migration, its economic contribution to both rural and working-class families and to large profit margins for US businesses
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SHEINBAUM RULES OUT BREAKING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
Mexico has recently broken relations with other nations for far less.
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ARE YOU WITH THE TEACHERS OR WITH THE BANKS?
Teachers’ pensions provide private banks massive profits in the form of commissions, they fund the investments the banks make in their own businesses, and the profits the banks make from usurious activity with other people’s money. What public benefits would there be if the system was de-privatized?
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MAGISTERIUM PLAINS RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX
Mexican teachers face the enormous power of finance capital and a neoliberal retirement system, owned by major banks, the true right wing of this country, which the government refuses to touch with even a single tax.
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ACADEMICS ON HUNGER STRIKE, DEMAND MEXICO END RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
The academics asked if Mexico wants to be known as a country which defends the free self-determination of all peoples, or if it will be among the cowards who dared not fight to build a better future for all.
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MEDIA CRIMINALIZATION
While AMLO repealed some of the worst elements of neoliberal teaching reform, underlying demands have not been fully addressed & worse, certain sectors close to Morena have replicated the narrative of the past, presenting the CNTE as an irrational and intransigent pressure group.
