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Facts & Fiction of the Mexico City Protests
Drop Site’s Ryan Grim speaks with José Luis Granados Ceja about the movement behind Mexico’s recent self-declared “Gen Z” protest and what’s driving the mobilization.
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“Life isn’t just about work”: Why the 40-Hour Week Can’t Wait
Mexico’s National Front for the 40-hour Workweek marks its second anniversary with nationwide mobilizations demanding an immediate reduction in working hours, in a country that works the most in the OECD.
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Becoming a Migrant Defender
An interview with Aarón Ortiz Santos of the Council of Mexican Migrant Federations and Organizations.
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Tina Modotti: Woman, Camera, Revolution
It’s a revolutionary task to document the harsh living conditions of working people, how they strive to gain their rightful place as the backbone of any society.
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Maduro: US Imperialists are After Latin America’s Strategic Resources
The President of Venezuela gives a wide-ranging interview in which he reiterates his commitment to dialogue for peace, but emphasizes Venezuela is prepared should Washington decide to attack.
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Morena: From a Movement to Leading a Nation
An interview with Morena dissident Javier Bravo.
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USMCA is “dead, it no longer exists.”
UNAM’s Enrique Dussel Peters warned that it will be replaced by an American tactic of bilateral blackmail & that if Mexico unilaterally imposes tariffs on China, Mexico “is heading towards a dead end”
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Time for a Tune-Up: Morena Turns Eleven
“Morena must not turn into just a brand. Its strength must be its social movements, women leaders and the ethics and commitment of its membership,” says Alejandro Torres in this interview.
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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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Serving Mexico in the US
An interview with Morena’s Roselia Suárez, Federal Migrant Deputy representing Chicago in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies.
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Immigrant Options: Deportation or Deportation
Caught up in the ICE wave of arrests, migrant farmworker organizer Lelo Juarez knew that once detained, his only options were deportation — or deportation. An interview with the Familias Unidas por la Justicia co-founder.
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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.
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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.
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SPINACH IN THE SPAGHETTI
The multidisciplinary artist Einnar Dante Espinosa, known to many as Pinche Einnar, says his understanding of capitalism started with Batman.
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THE LAW IS NOT THE SAME AS JUSTICE
An interview with Supreme Court candidate Federico Anaya Gallardo
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LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BARRICADES
An interview with Rafael Barajas Durán, El Fisgón, the cartoonist on political humour and political education.
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4TV INTERVIEW WITH MEIZHU LUI
Meizhu Lui, founder and co-coordinator of the México Solidarity Project, appeared on 4TV’s Al Mediodía to discuss the project,
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SOBERANÍA: HELPING YOU TAKE OUT THE MEDIA TRASH
An interview with José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth, the duo from Mexico that host the Mexican Politics podcast that rebuts US media trash.
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PECANS & PROTEST
Filmmaker Anne Lewis speaks about her film “A Strike and an Uprising! (in Texas)” on a historic Texas strike and its leader Emma Tenayuca.
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MAY DAY: AUTOWORKERS DIVIDED BY TARRIFS?
This May Day, when workers around the world rise to demand rights, respect and their just share of the wealth, autoworker solidarity is on the line.
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‘WORKERS OF AMERICA! HAVE WE MEXICANS NO MESSAGE FOR YOU?’
Christina Heatherton’s book Arise! brings to light how activists worldwide gained inspiration from revolutionary México. In this interview, she discusses how international solidarity (then, as now) is less something we offer and more something we build together.