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Mexican Elections: Oaxaca and Territory in Play

by Luis A. Gomez, Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar, Cesol Oaxaca | Jul 29, 2010

The elections of Sunday, July 4th, in fourteen Mexican states can be seen as a struggle for Mexican territories by diverse power groups, including the drug cartels. And in the case of Oaxaca, it is, furthermore, the exercise of its citizenship by an aggrieved population whose movement was defeated in 2006, and which has subsequently turned to voting as a manifestation of their rejection of Ulises Ruiz and the political group that he represents.

Finally, a Forum for Victims of the “Wars on Drugs”

by Coletta Youngers | Jul 16, 2010

Those most affected by drugs and drug policies — from urban youth to coca farmers — usually find themselves sidelined in the debate over drug policy.

Israel: Warped Mirrors and White House Sofas

by Conn Hallinan | Jul 16, 2010

A bill that outlaws NGOs that provide information to the likes of the UN further threatens the already shaky foundations of Israeli democracy.

U.S.-Iran: Small Voice of Optimism, Deafening Chorus of Dread

by Russ Wellen | Jul 15, 2010

An attack on Iran may be high on the wish list of U.S. and Israeli hawks, but a positive outcome is likely wishful thinking.

Lack of North American Leadership

by Laura Carlsen, John Feffer | Aug 13, 2009

Times of crisis require bold leadership and innovative solutions. Crises demand the casting aside of old, failed paradigms and the mobilization of people to create new ones.

Poem: “Feminicide/Fimicidio”

by Melissa Tuckey, Demetrice Anníta Worley | Jul 28, 2009

Amnesty International has confirmed that since 1992 the number of murdered women and girls from and around Ciudad Juárez is 475, and it believes over 5,000 women and girls have disappeared. – Barbara Martinez Jittner, independent film-maker i. On this eve of the dead, I cry out loud,“por favor Virgen de Guadalupe, don’t forsake me,” […]

Obama: Renegotiate NAFTA as You Promised

by Manuel Perez-Rocha, Emily Schwartz Greco, Stuart Trew | Jul 27, 2009

Starting my first year in office, I will convene annual meetings with Mr. Calderón and the prime minister of Canada. Unlike similar summits under President Bush, these will be conducted with a level of transparency that represents the close ties among our three countries. We will seek the active and open involvement of citizens, labor, the private sector and non-governmental organizations in setting the agenda and making progress.

Flooding the Future

by Laura Carlsen, John Feffer | Jul 3, 2008

When peasant farmers in Cacahuatepec set out to work in their fields in January 2003 they found heavy equipment bulldozing down the corn, fruit trees, and fences they depend on for survival. The indigenous Nahuatl communities of this region in the mountains above Acapulco demanded an explanation from Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission and for months received no answers.

Mexico’s Battle over Oil

by Laura Carlsen, John Feffer | May 15, 2008

On April 8, President Felipe Calderon dropped a political bomb on the Mexican political scene. The Senate received an executive initiative that would fundamentally change the structure and operations of the oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Key operations of the state-owned enterprise would pass into private hands.

Mexicans Say: Integrate This!

by John Feffer, Katie Kohlstedt | Feb 8, 2008

As part of a broadened alliance of civil society groups demanding the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexicans from all parts of the country occupied Mexico City’s Zocalo and surroundings on January 31. In a display of unity, in solidarity with their country’s agricultural producers, and the spirit that "without corn, there is no Mexico," Mexican farmers and others seem to be coming together. Mexico’s movements appear to be united in a sort of "buy Mexican" campaign. This is not necessarily so.