Can I Borrow You For A Minute? UK MP Zarah Sultana on Trans-Atlantic Anti-imperialism
What does international solidarity mean in practice? In this interview, recorded at Progressive International’s “Nuestra América” conference in Bogotá, Kurt Hackbarth speaks with Zarah Sultana, UK MP and co-founder of the incipient left-wing party Your Party. International connections, Sultana argues, must grow from the reality of our interconnected lives: while oppression may take different forms in different places, the same forces are behind attacks on democracy in Latin America and assaults on civil liberties in the global north. What is at stake, she reminds us, is the fundamental right to self-determination in the face of imperialism. Calling out the UK for acting as a “poodle” of US foreign policy, Sultana closes with a call for all voices to join the fight against fascism — from political parties to trade unions to social movements.
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Mexico’s Attorney General Arrests Ernesto Ruffo, Former PAN Governor of BC, for Organized Crime and Fuel Smuggling
Baja California governor from 1989 to 1995 and Mexico’s first opposition governor, he was arrested in Ensenada for organized crime and fuel smuggling.
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People’s Mañanera July 16
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on river cleanup, gasoline prices, migrant protection, El Mayo Zambada, the USMCA review, and public education.
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Mexican Government Reports Progress in Atoyac Cleanup; Textile Discharges, Main Challenge: Sheinbaum
A year into a 20-billion-peso cleanup, authorities inspected 280 firms, fined 56 million pesos, and closed eight sites; dyeing runoff is hardest to curb.
