This House is not a Hotel
Gentrification proceeds through every day developments, causing prices ito skyrocket, and what was once a territory of urban resistance becomes a tourist showcase and, ultimately, a territory of expulsion.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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Morena to Establish Admissions Committee
The announcement follows long-standing criticism of Morena’s practice of recruiting dubious candidates from disgraced political parties above its own membership, criticism which grew louder from within Morena and the Fourth Transformation movement in the previous months
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People’s Mañanera July 9
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a new rail and public transportation agency, US Mexico relations, Fitch Ratings, Ricardo Salinas’ rampage, Vicente Fox, and gentrification.
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Solidarity, Greed & the State
Social predators like Diego Fernández, Salinas Pliego, and Germán Larrea, who arose in the neoliberal period but continue to prosper under the Fourth Transformation, point towards a pressing need: to decommodify large sectors of Mexican society.
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Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion allocated to immigration enforcement in a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state.
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Between Spies & Corruption
Pegasus, the israeli-spawned spyware that monitors Mexico, has made news again amid corruption allegations against former President Peña Nieto.
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BRICS: A Positive Contrast
Mexico’s current level of dependence on US imperialism is the product of decisions made more than three decades ago by the architects of neoliberalism. The BRICS Summit signals that Mexico needs to look south to build a sustainable economy and guarantee its long-term sovereignty.
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Of Principled Pragmatism & Other Demons
Given the unrestricted defense of pragmatism in Morena as a way to keep Mexico safe from the threat of the far right, one must question whether what is gradually strengthening the right is not a policy of unrestricted openness to figures from the “Old Regime” who insistently operate and construct their own stockpiles of power.
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People’s Mañanera July 8
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on public security, huachicol fuel theft strategy, and former President Peña Nieto.
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Supreme Court Will No Longer be Held Hostage
Mexico’s incoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Aguilar Ortiz says power groups persist within the judiciary, and that monitoring and sanctions are urgently needed, otherwise, within five years, vices will be widespread.
