Soberanía 68: Flying the Unfriendly Skies
The unfriendly skies, indeed: as part of its ongoing turning-of-screws, the Trump administration is now meddling in Mexico’s internal aviation rules, with a series of fresh threats against flights to the US and the Delta-Aeromexico joint venture. Kurt and José Luis have a full breakdown. According to a new study, the biggest beneficiaries of the Mexico-US-Canada free-trade agreements have been: [drumroll], the big multinationals, vindicating what Chomsky warned about in the lead-up to the original NAFTA in 1994. The borough head of Cuauhtémoc rolls the culture-war dice by removing a popular statue of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara close to where they first met, and… burning books at the anti-gentrification rally?
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Genocidal & Extractive Capitalism
This week, the United States claimed to be negotiating to avoid war with Iran. It was merely a cover for a new attack. Where are the efforts to stop it?, asks Mexican Supreme Court Minister Lenia Batres.
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Trump Will Not Take Our Oil
Venezuela’s oil belongs to the Bolivarian Republic. Mexican oil belongs to the people of Mexico. If the current administration decides to trade it with Cuba or any other country, it has every right to do so. Mexican oil does not belong to the US nor to Donald Trump.
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Not By Bread Alone…
Returning to the Mesoamerican milpa agricutlural system could revitalize agriculture, while defending Mexicans and Mexico from a tangled, global necro-politics.
