With Mexico hawks in the White House salivating at the notion of a direct attack inside Mexican territory, Sheinbaum must prepare now for a possible direct confrontation with US imperialism. The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has shown time and time again the importance of understanding your enemy.
A serious political movement that wants to transform working class conditions must face up to the obstacles placed in its path. Mexico’s old judiciary was such an obstacle, as are rearguard defenders of institutionalized corruption like the OAS and corporate pundits.
Given that Trump’s use of soft power has the threat of “hard power” behind it, Mexico should orient its foreign policy away from the unreliable US and look instead to the Global South.
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?
Mexico yearns for peace, but that requires a coordinated, multifaceted strategy, not US unilateral actions, be it a Republican or Democrat in the White House.
The sort of interference proposed by Brazil and Colombia is an affront to sovereignty, even when it comes from friendly governments.
Much to the consternation of relics of the neoliberal order like Supreme Court President Norma Piña, more than 80% of Mexicans back a major change to the judiciary, blackened with a legacy of widespread accusations of corruption, questionable rulings and failing to deliver justice to victims.
An interview with Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón, head of Morena’s National Institute of Political Education.
Mexico Solidarity Media editor José Luis Granados Ceja joined Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Angeles and Katie Halper to talk about Mexico’s historic election of Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman and the first Jewish person elected president in North America.
Ben Norton of the Geopolitical Economy Report is joined by Mexico Solidarity Media editor José Luis Granados Ceja to discuss what their Fourth Transformation means for the US, China, Russia, Latin America, and the global economy.