Unity! The Filipino-Mexicano Grape Strike
An interview with UFW organizer Lorraine Agtang, one of the few surviving Filipino grape strikers who kicked off the militant farmworker movement in 1965.
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CLICKS JULY 15
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Communism coming to Mexico soon warns Bishop, energy reforms, steel tarrifs, rising wages for unionized workers, tech corp profiteering and the border issue.
‘The Coup’ at Ford: Political Intrigue Across Borders
“US labor was on the wrong side of history. And that’s the truth.” An interview with Rob McKenzie on US complicity in the 1990 murder of Mexican workers.
The Challenges of Mexico’s Labor Reform
While the capitalists want to enforce borders that workers can’t cross, we are showing that yes, we can! Through communication, cooperation, and organization, working-class power can jump over borders.
Weekly News Items May 18
US fentanyl crisis, Sheinbaum campaign, the dark history of AFL-CIO and CIA collusion against Mexican labor, US warns against Chinese EV production in Mexico, UNAM’s Palestine encampment, Supreme Court corruption, migration, and mining.
Weekly News Items May 5
Canada losing to Mexico in investment, Palestine and repression, manipulated surveys, government will investigate lack of new collective bargaining agreements, and GMO corn.
A Strategic Cross-Border Labor Alliance
A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.
SNTE, 80 Years of Corruption & Corporatism
Avila Camacho’s government created it to control teachers, who were heavily influenced by the Communist Party, highlights expert.
Fair Trade Labels? Certified Exploitation
Fair trade labeling originated with Oaxacan small scale farmers, but now years of “fairwashing” have produced a label that papers over worker abuse to benefit agribusiness.
Weekly News Items Feb 3
The re-invigoration of the SME trade union, a calculated and coordinated smear against AMLO with Yankee origins, Xóchitl Gálvez dogged by Mexican migrant protestors during US visit, water issues, violence in Chiapas.