CNTE TO CONTINUE MEXICO CITY MOBILIZATION
Teachers have been occupying Mexico City’s Zócalo for over 20 days, seeking to finally end neoliberal education reforms and privatized pensions.
News Briefs
IN DIALOGUE WITH TEACHERS, THE GOVERNMENT’S INTRANSIGENCE
The CNTE maintains the Mexican government is refusing to negotiate, making the same proposal over and over again to striking teachers.
EZLN CALLS MEETING OF RESISTANCE & REBELLION
Zapatista Subcommandante Moisé said “it’s not a meeting of analysis or theory, but rather a meeting of practical resistance” that will take place from August 2 to 17, in Morelia.
CLICKS JUNE 2
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including… well, mostly just stories about the judicial election.
THE ELECTION IS ON!
Mexico will elect ministers, magistrates and judges today by popular vote, in the first elections of its kind in Mexico and in the world. Around 100 million Mexicans are eligible to vote in the judicial elections.
MEXICO’S WAGES AS SHARE OF GDP HIGHEST IN DECADES
It’s the highest point in four decades, but less than the mid-70s when workers wages account for 40.6% of GDP, prior to a period of catastrophic neoliberalism.
OIL BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE… UNTIL IT’S SMUGGLED TO THE US
Expanding investigations into fuel theft from Mexico’s state oil company PEMEX reveal northern connections that might be too close for the US government’s comfort.
CNTE WILL RESPOND TO GOVERNMENT OFFER ON SATURDAY
The government’s offer to striking teachers did not include repealing the 2007 ISSSTE law, although today President Sheinbaum found time to meet billionaire Carlos Slim, who this week proposed scrapping the pension system and retirement age.
WATER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE: ILLEGAL DAMS ON EX-GOVERNOR’S RANCH
Former Chihuahua governor César Duarte built unauthorized dams and reservoirs monopolizing 700,000 cubic meters of water in the drought-stricken northern state.
POPULAR SOCIALIST PARTY OF MEXICO CALLS FOR MASS JUDICIAL VOTE
With the June 1st election, Mexico will become the first country to elect all of the judiciary. 881 positions, including the entire Supreme Court, will be elected.