SIMULATED SOVEREIGNTY: NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE VS IMPORTED PRESTIGE
Epistemic colonialism disguised as critical modernity: a persistent intellectual subordination conditions public policy formulation in Mexico.
Analysis
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A NEW DEMOCRACY
As former Mexican Congressperson Alejandro Robles tells us, for far too long, judges at every level ruled for the rich and against the poor. That started to change in Mexico on June 1st when Mexicans began electing their entire judiciary.
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CUT & RUN GARMENTS
Trade unionist Jeffrey Hermanson says that conditions in the maquiladoras that flooded Mexico since NAFTA have somewhat improved, but in this “new” USMCA period, multinational corporations still receive favorable treatment from the government to continue their exploitation of workers and land.
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MEXICO’S CORPORATE MEDIA
Kurt Hackbarth talks to Latino Media Collective about the Mexican corporate media structure and proposed telecommunications reforms.
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WILL MEXICAN GM WORKERS GET A FAIR UNION ELECTION?
San Luis Potosí workers at a GM plant are looking to organize but a rival union, allegedly being assisted by GM management, is complicating the drive.
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LET’S TALK ABOUT MIGRATION
Let’s talk about migration, but with truth, with commitment, and with conscience, because defending the migrant is defending the future of humanity.
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A POOR ELECTION, A BETTER PURGE
As an election, 13% voter turnout in Mexico’s judicial elections was not ideal, but as a peaceful purge of an entrenched and corrupt judiciary? That’s mass participation in a potential advance for popular democracy.
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UNCLE SAM’S STUDENTS
Darrin Wood’s new book investigates the Mexican armed forces and their relationship with the US military, a reality considered taboo by much Mexican media, academia and the contemporary political environment.
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MEXICO’S JUDICIAL ELECTION: JUSTICE DISTRIBUTED
The current judiciary fails to deliver justice; it administers impunity, institutionalized sexism, racism, and cowardice. This election won’t magically solve all the structural problems, but it is a deep crack in the wall of opacity and abuse.
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NOT AGAINST A PARTY, AGAINST A MODEL
The national strike, initiated by the CNTE but joined by other public workers, is not a mobilization of workers against a political party, but against the neoliberal model that is still unfortunately in good health.
