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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SPINACH IN THE SPAGHETTI
The multidisciplinary artist Einnar Dante Espinosa, known to many as Pinche Einnar, says his understanding of capitalism started with Batman.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 28
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on water projects and water theft, Ayotzinapa investigations, G7, the CNTE strike, free eyeglasses for students, and judicial elections.
SOBERANÍA 60: CALDERÓN’S EX ‘TOP COP’ ON HOOK FOR BILLIONS
A Florida court says Genaro García Luna owes $2.4 billion for embezzlment, CNTE strike, and Sunday’s judicial elections.
SHEINBAUM RULES OUT BREAKING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
Mexico has recently broken relations with other nations for far less.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 27
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on obesity, public health, August launch of public pharmacies, screwworm, remittances battle, CNTE strike, and observers for the judicial elections.
JOURNALISTS CONSIDER OBSTACLES TO MEXICO’S FIRST JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
Issues that look to hamper participation in the democratic procedure include a poorly managed and restricted campaign to promote the vote by the country’s electoral institute.
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?
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.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 26
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on preventive healthcare, price controls, teachers issues, judicial election, remittances, and Veracruz election security.