Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion: the amount allocated to immigration enforcement in Trump’s recently passed budget. In this episode of “Soberanía,” Kurt and José Luis analyze the implications of such a colossal figure in the context of a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower even more benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state. Also: former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto reemerges on the public scene in a fitting way: enmeshed in another corruption scandal. Will this tip the hand of the federal government to finally prosecute him? Anti-gentrification demonstrations come to Mexico City and, in our “Losers and Haters” segment, some particularly inappropriate comments about said protests.
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People’s Mañanera November 14
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Mexico state repaving, bean fair, tourism growth, Grupo Salinas tax debts, astro-turfed Gen Z march, Rubio, Colosio case, & the violent Calderón era.
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Marx at the Margins
Fourteen years later, Kevin Anderson’s seminal work is finally available in Spanish, essential reading in times of genocide & climate crisis, revealing a Marx more aligned with the questions of Global South struggle than his academic caricature.
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Strengthening the Foundations of Morena & The Fourth Transformation
Eight urgent demands from militants and founders loyal to the original and principles of the Fourth Transformation.
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The Trials & Tribulations of Tío Richi
Mexico’s ultra-right wing oligarch Ricardo Salinas Pliego faces a staggering tax bill, possible jail time in New York & a money laundering investigation. No wonder he’s escaped Mexico on his yacht & become a devotee of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Workers Party Says No to Saúl Monreal as Zacatecas Governor Candidate
The PT will form a coalition with Morena & the Green Party, which would prevent Saúl Monreal, brother of the current Governor, from competing due to party regulations against nepotism,
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Resolves First Grupo Salinas Tax Lawsuit: 33 Billion Owing
The largest tax lawsuit was unanimously resolved against the group owned by ultra-right winger Ricardo Salinas Pliego, which also controls millions of workers’ pensions.
