The World Order’s Reconfiguration & US Imperialism’s Hegemonic Readjustment
Cuban scholar Jorge Hernández Martínez’s presentation to the 29th International Seminar of the Workers Party of Mexico.
Analysis
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Neoliberal Policies Have Compromised Mexico’s Food Sovereignty
With the USMCA revision, Mexico will be even less self-sufficient in food as the US pushes for more imports and Mexico lacks a substantive policy to support and develop national agricultural production.
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USMCA Fetishism
The history of NAFTA, and subsequently of USMCA, is the largest transfer of wealth from Mexico to the US in their shared history since the 19th century.
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What Propels Us Into the Streets for Gaza?
An interview with José Luis Hernandez Ayala of the Mexican Union of Electricians (SME) on the Mexican trade union movement in solidarity with Palestine, its organizing and demands.
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11 Years Without the 43 Ayotzinapa Students’ Whereabouts
On the 11th anniversary of their children’s disappearance, the families still have no reason to hope for long-awaited truth and justice.
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Academia: Between Endogamy & Colonization
If the use of public resources allocated to academia were subject to a democratic verdict, the ruling would be relentless: too much money spent, too many privileges accumulated, and too few results for society.
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Mexico, Canada & the USMCA: Status Quo or Course Correction?
The Mexican government must navigate between the demands of large transnational corporations who look out only for their own interests, and those who have experienced the ravages of free trade and fight for alternatives to the neoliberal model.
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The Second Floor, Taxed
Sheinbaum’s proposed tax reset is not a tax reform that improves the progressivity of the tax system, but rather represents a port of departure for the spending vessel that will sail the seas of present and future social demand.
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The Cheap Left & Its Beloved Far Right
Boosting an ultra-right wing threat while slowing social advances, such as by postponing the 40 hour work week, could be a recipe for disaster.
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Ayotzinapa: 11 Years of Impunity
The coming months will be crucial in defining the direction of the case: the Sheinbaum government will define not only its relationship with the students’ parents, but also with families searching for their children across Mexico.
