Rosa Icela Urges Morena Members to Stick to Austerity: “It’s not a slogan.”
The Secretary of the Interior was clear in asking legislators to continue working in accordance with the pillars of the movement founded by AMLO.
Morena
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The 4th Transformation: Political Regime Change & Popular Protagonism
The task of the Fourth Transformation and the Mexican people is to maintain popular protagonism, permanently building democratic elements to organize the economy as processes of economic deglobalization begin or deepen.
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The Future of the Fourth Transformation: Plebeian Assault or Pseudo-Technocratization?
The establishment of Morena’s Sectional Committees for the Defense of the Transformation is promising, but internal rules continue to restrict fundamental rights, potentially turning the committees into mere instruments of mobilization without political representation.
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Jalisco Morena Members Demand Steering Committee Renewal: “Lack of Democracy”
Areas of concern included extending national councilor terms for two years, unelected National Executive Committees, INFP head being in office 7 years, & interference in internal democratic functioning from the party center.
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Austerity & Humility
Despite enormous social progress in the nearly seven years of the Fourth Transformation, the task of demolishing the sense of belonging and esprit de corps of the political class remains largely pending.
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A Manicure with a Machete
At Morena’s National Council’s sixth session in May, delegates passed ethical guidelines based on President Sheinbaum’s letter to the party, but for many attendees the question remained how these guidelines would be enforced.
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Morena Supporters Deliver Letter Demanding Party be “Democratized”
The Morena members identified a number of issues, such as state leaders and municipal executive committees seeking to remain in office after their term expires, lack of clarity regarding the membership registry, and an internal democratic deficit that leads to self-censorship and disenchantment.
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Effective Principles
The continuation of Mexico’s Fourth Transformation depends on what AMLO refered to as the revolution of consciences, in which political education plays a key role.
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Morena to Establish Admissions Committee
The announcement follows long-standing criticism of Morena’s practice of recruiting dubious candidates from disgraced political parties above its own membership, criticism which grew louder from within Morena and the Fourth Transformation movement in the previous months
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Of Principled Pragmatism & Other Demons
Given the unrestricted defense of pragmatism in Morena as a way to keep Mexico safe from the threat of the far right, one must question whether what is gradually strengthening the right is not a policy of unrestricted openness to figures from the “Old Regime” who insistently operate and construct their own stockpiles of power.
