DAMMING THE IRON RIVER
A Saturday, May 25th webinar by the Democratic Socialists of America and Global Exchange will discuss a campaign to help interrupt flow of guns from US to Mexico.
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STRIKING TEACHERS LIBERATE HIGHWAY TOLLBOOTHS
On the national strike’s fifth day, CNTE teachers opened toll-booths to drivers in San Marcos, Tepotzotlán, Tlalpan, Chiapas and Guerrero. They stated they are willing to engage in dialogue, but the government has not set a date.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 19
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on social programs, student support, Youth Building the Future program, the Buque Escuela Cuauhtémoc accident, price controls, increase in budget for support programs, counteracting fuel theft, Elena Poniatowska, removal of Morena’s state president in Guerrero, and electing Supreme Court justices.
MEXICO CITY: MARCH AGAINST GAZA GENOCIDE
Thousands marched from the Angel of Independence to Zócalo, through rain and hail, to support Palestinian liberation.
THUNDER OVER MEXICO
Publicity stills from Thunder Over Mexico, a film edited from the remnants of an aborted project by Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
4TV INTERVIEW WITH MEIZHU LUI
Meizhu Lui, founder and co-coordinator of the México Solidarity Project, appeared on 4TV’s Al Mediodía to discuss the project,
CLICKS MAY 17
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including US threatens remittance tax, corrupt judge in Ayotzinapa case, cartel family escapes to US, CNTE strike, 40 hour work week, Morena’s cowardly approach to business interests, Mujica’s passing, and Parque Bicentenario events return to public control.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 16
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on remittance tax, US agents in Mexico, SEMARNAT, arrest of judge connected to Ayotzinapa Case, teachers improvements, and the judicial elections.
LET’S GO FOR SOCIALISM!
Marco Colussi writes that although capitalism appears triumphant today, we must continue to build the socialist alternative, which is the only one that can bring real improvement to all of humanity.
THE HOPEFUL WORK OF TEACHING
It is in times of uncertainty that we most urgently need education that effectively trains citizens capable of transforming their context.