Tag: AMLO

  • On the attacks on the EZLN

    On the attacks on the EZLN

    At the beginning the year a series of attacks, some slanderous, were unleashed against the EZLN following its New Year statements, especially those by Commander Moises, concerning the projects of the new Mexican government, headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). In a conversation on WhatsApp I answered the comments of a comrade who sought…

  • A New Day for Mexican Workers

    A New Day for Mexican Workers

    NAFTA had been in effect for just a few months when Ruben Ruiz got a job at the Itapsa factory in Mexico City in the summer of 1994. Itapsa made auto brakes for Echlin, a U.S. manufacturer later bought out by the huge Dana Aftermarket Group. In the factory, asbestos dust from brake parts coated…

  • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Promises the “Rebirth of Mexico”

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Promises the “Rebirth of Mexico”

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador took the presidential oath on December 1 and then gave an hour and a half oration to the legislators as well as another lengthy speech to the people of Mexico City gathered in the zócalo, in which he reiterated his campaign promises to end corruption, to bring about economic prosperity, and…