SOBERANÍA 61: POETIC JUSTICE
The Mexican Politics Podcast discusses the unprecedented election just held by Mexico and the predictable right wing opposition to this democratic move, and also: elections in Durango and Veracruz.
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CNTE TO CONTINUE MEXICO CITY MOBILIZATION
Teachers have been occupying Mexico City’s Zócalo for over 20 days, seeking to finally end neoliberal education reforms and privatized pensions.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA JUNE 3
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on dengue fever, measles, healthcare updates, new Guerrero hospital, addiction deaths decline, Durango & Veracruz elections, Supreme Court makeup, and judicial elections criticism.
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.
WILL MEXICAN GM WORKERS GET A FAIR UNION ELECTION?
San Luis Potosí workers at a GM plant are looking to organize but a rival union, allegedly being assisted by GM management, is complicating the drive.
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.
LET’S TALK ABOUT MIGRATION
Let’s talk about migration, but with truth, with commitment, and with conscience, because defending the migrant is defending the future of humanity.
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.
CLICKS JUNE 2
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including… well, mostly just stories about the judicial election.
A POOR ELECTION, A BETTER PURGE
As an election, 13% voter turnout in Mexico’s judicial elections was not ideal, but as a peaceful purge of an entrenched and corrupt judiciary? That’s mass participation in a potential advance for popular democracy.