Delivering the Goods… Or Not.
Gilberto García of the International Transport Workers’ Federation says that workers possess enormous structural power: the potential to paralyze global trade.
Interviews
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When Work Becomes a Crime
An interview with Dr. Maria Quintana on how making migration a question of legality evolved and how it puts all migrant workers at risk.
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“Mexico’s healthcare system is good, and we aspire to improve it.”
“I used to practice private medicine, but it doesn’t solve the country’s health problem. A well-developed, strong public sector is needed,” says David Kershenobich, Mexican Secretary of Health.
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Song of the Stubborn One Thousand
An interview with Peter Shapiro on the Watsonville Canning Strike of 1985-87.
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Morena Disappoints: Teachers Get No Security
An interview with Eligio Valdes, General Coordinator of CNTE Michoacan.
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Passing It Down
An interview with Esmeralda Jazmín Alonso Guevara, coordinator of Casa Obrera del Bajío, where they organize to counter the historic attacks that capitalism has inflicted on Mexico.
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Teachers In the Streets
All the teachers’ demands are justified, and repeal of the ISSSTE would not just benefit all public sector workers, but all workers, says teacher Ángel Custodio Guadarrama in this interview.
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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.
