The Johnson Factor
The United States, with Ambassador Ron Johnson playing a key role, is becoming the co-designer of Mexico’s “national security” strategy, which, beyond semantic games, means a surrender of sovereignty.
Analysis
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Towards a Revolution of Consciousness in 4th Transformation Diplomacy
The pending task is to build a revolutionary international diplomacy that breaks with neoliberal inertia, imperialist interference, and is far from silent obedience to organizations captured by private interests, and the reproduction of a geopolitics based on dispossession, lies, and the systemic violence of transnational capital.
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Rogue States & Pirates
The US has used every possible means to interfere in the internal affairs of Latin American countries & now threatens direct land invasions. Yet, the region remains woefully unprepared. Time is running out to forge a coherent regional response.
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A Bosses’ Trap?
Mexico’s much-touted 40 hour workweek reform does not bring about a real reduction in the working day; on the contrary, it will become a more effective tool of exploitation and is an initiative designed for the benefit of employers and against the dignity of workers.
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Tariffs & Industrial Sabotage
The government’s stated reasoning for anti-China tariffs rings hollow when considering the flood of cheap US imports destroying the Mexican countryside and production dominated by US corporations exploiting Mexican labour.
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Salvador Zarco: The Train & A Life
The locomotive mechanic, trade unionist and communist helped found the Railroad Workers Museum after fighting the neoliberal privatization of Mexico’s railways.
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Taibo II: Suppressing Self Criticism in 4th Transformation More Dangerous Than a Rupture
In an interview, the writer and Morena founder emphasized the pursuit of unity at all costs can be counterproductive, as it hinders the purging of those who replicate the practices of “old politics.”
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The Right That Doesn’t Exist
The map of the Mexican right wing that some on the left claim doesn’t exist is vast.
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China: An Outstretched Hand
While Trump carries on a policy of aggression, China proposes to cooperate without interfering in the internal politics of its counterparts, while possessing the technological and financial capabilities to contribute to Latin America & the Caribbean’s sustainable development.
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An Exclusionary & Elitist World Cup
The World Cup is a business and does not benefit the working class in any way. On the contrary, resources are lost to football stadiums that should be used for education and health.
