CLICKS MARCH 17
Mexico vs Trump, feminist advances, Jalisco’s “extermination camp”, fifis vs chairos, US dumping plastic in Mexico, reducing the work week & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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SOBERANÍA 49: PEOPLE POWER AGAINST TRUMP
350,000 people filled Mexico City’s Zocalo to overflowing in a national unity rally to protest Trump’s tariff threats. Plus, recent consitutional reforms on nepotism, reelection measures and a ban on GMO corn, and marches for International Working Women’s Day.
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THE HOMELAND COMES FIRST
Remarks by President Claudia Sheinbaum to hundreds of thousands at an anti-imperialist rally in Mexico City’s Zocalo.
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WHAT DOES TRUMP WANT?
American society’s destiny is in the hands of irrationality.
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SOBERANÍA 48: UP YOUR ARANCELES!
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded swiftly to Trump’s tarrifs, labelling his decision as “offensive” and calling for supporters to demonstrate this Sunday in the name of national unity in the face of this attack.
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CLICKS MARCH 2
PT in defense of Western Sahara in Congress, judicial corruption and extradition of narcos, energy sovereignty, tarrifs (again), USAID funding of ultraright wing opposition and sea change in labour union and left alignment & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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CHAPULINES & GOVERNING FROM THE LEFT
It’s not bad that Morena is growing. What’s bad is that some people are joining without assuming the responsibilities that come with a left-wing project.
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SOCIALISM: DIGNITY WITHOUT PAPERS
For immigrants in the US living without documentation, it’s also much like living underground, imprisoned in a cage of fear. Luisa Martinez of the DSA’ National Political Committee tells us what that was like for a young woman desperately wanting to make something better of her life.
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: THE UNION ANSWER TO TARIFFS & DEPORTATIONS
A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.
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SOBERANÍA 47: BACK OFF MUSK!
Elon Musk wants drone strikes in Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum has responded by proposing two reforms aimed at toughening the defense of sovereignty in the constitution and imposing the harshest penalties on foreigners involved in activities that infringe on Mexican sovereignty.
