Mexico
Is capitalism burying Mexico’s Day of the Dead?
October 31, 2019When this system is gone, its ravages complete, no one will build an ofrenda for it. No one will mourn it. No one will plant marigolds for capital.
Read moreTrumka: Mexican President faces big obstacles to worker rights drive
October 25, 2019The opposition, he explains, is already coming from big business, which exploits Mexican workers.
Read moreSelling Frida Kahlo: Commodifying an artist in Mexico City and the world
October 18, 2019There’s much more to the commodification of Frida Kahlo than some kind of apolitical girl power sensationalism.
Read moreAll honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
Read moreMilitarization of police brings rise in sexual violence in Mexico
August 30, 2019Some 2,000 demonstrators, mostly young women, marched through the Zona Rosa area of Mexico City Aug. 16 to protest a recent string of sexual attacks by the police.
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