by Marta Molina
Mexican organizations have spent the past winter and spring building power in efforts to influence the impending U.S. immigration overhaul.
Democracy Now!
by Marta Molina
Mexican organizations have spent the past winter and spring building power in efforts to influence the impending U.S. immigration overhaul.
by Marta Molina. January 1 was the anniversary of the public appearance of the EZLN, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, in 1994. From early in the morning on December 31, 2012, thousands of families arrived carrying food, blankets and supplies in the town of “Caracol” de Oventic, located about 40 miles from San Cristóbal
by Marta Molina. In Mexico, December 1, 2012, will be remembered as the day that an imposition was legitimized. Enrique Peña Nieto — his name is often abbreviated in Mexico as “EPN” — took the reins of power in the context of deep indignation and amidst heavy state crackdown against crowds of protesters. A number
by Marta Molina. “With your work you can inspire movements,” said Carlos Latuff, the Brazilian cartoonist whose illustrations have transcended borders by telling stories of resistance and injustices. He has published cartoons about the war in Syria, the “Mães de Maio” movement in São Paulo, the struggles of the People’s Popular Assembly in Oaxaca, and
by Marta Molina. “The things we have in common are that our sons or daughters are disappeared, and that we can organize from our pain, because it gives us courage,” said Mercedes Moreno, a migrant from El Salvador who has lived in Los Angeles since the 1970s. “We too will not rest until we find
by Marta Molina. “Because they were taken alive, we want them returned alive.” This was the call made by the mothers and family members of the disappeared in front of Mexico City’s Secretariat of Governance on October 10. The initiative was started by the mothers of the disappeared and assassinated, who are members of the
by Marta Molina. The Republic of Mexico’s national anthem begins with the words, “Mexicans, at the cry of war.” But last week Mexicans were instead crying out once more for peace. On September 21, in front of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD) closed its “Ten
by Marta Molina. In spite of the environment of agitation and mobilization in post-electoral Mexico, and a presidential campaign season in full swing in the United States, members of Mexico’s Movement for Peace With Justice and Dignity (MPJD) will begin a Caravan for Peace across the United States on August 12. On their route, they
by Marta Molina. Shame, indignation and helplessness are the three words that have been heard most from the mouths of many Mexicans over the last few days. They see the elections that occurred on July 1 as dirty, corrupt, fraudulent, unfair and entirely undemocratic. For many international elections observers as well, these elections were some
by Marta Molina. Mexico’s ongoing Yo Soy 132 movement continues to show a capacity for creativity and joy while opening new spaces for political participation. A case in point: On June 19, Yo Soy 132 organized a debate among the Mexican presidential candidates, this time with the movement’s own media, rules and questions. Three of the
