IN DIALOGUE WITH TEACHERS, THE GOVERNMENT’S INTRANSIGENCE
The CNTE maintains the Mexican government is refusing to negotiate, making the same proposal over and over again to striking teachers.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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EZLN CALLS MEETING OF RESISTANCE & REBELLION
Zapatista Subcommandante Moisé said “it’s not a meeting of analysis or theory, but rather a meeting of practical resistance” that will take place from August 2 to 17, in Morelia.
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PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA JUNE 2
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on price controls, judicial elections, Durango and Veracruz municipal elections, AMLO cameo, one year presidential election anniversary, and re-announcing the teachers salary increase.
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UNCLE SAM’S STUDENTS
Darrin Wood’s new book investigates the Mexican armed forces and their relationship with the US military, a reality considered taboo by much Mexican media, academia and the contemporary political environment.
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THE ELECTION IS ON!
Mexico will elect ministers, magistrates and judges today by popular vote, in the first elections of its kind in Mexico and in the world. Around 100 million Mexicans are eligible to vote in the judicial elections.
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MEXICO’S JUDICIAL ELECTION: JUSTICE DISTRIBUTED
The current judiciary fails to deliver justice; it administers impunity, institutionalized sexism, racism, and cowardice. This election won’t magically solve all the structural problems, but it is a deep crack in the wall of opacity and abuse.
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NOT AGAINST A PARTY, AGAINST A MODEL
The national strike, initiated by the CNTE but joined by other public workers, is not a mobilization of workers against a political party, but against the neoliberal model that is still unfortunately in good health.
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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.
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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.
