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Absolutely eerie parallels between the way Mexican president Miguel Alemán controlled the country's media in the 1950s, and what Trump is doing today in the US. Taken from Enrique Krauze's book Biografía del Poder (1997):
https://amateurearthling.org/2025/11/18/trump-vs-miguel-aleman/
Just another manic Monday…in #America 🇺🇸.
👉🏾 #Trump ‘Okay’ With Strikes Against #Mexico 🇲🇽 To 'Stop Drugs' https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/11/17/trump-says-military-strikes-against-mexico-to-stop-drugs-are-okay-with-me/
The town of Dolores Hidalgo in #Mexico is famed for its pottery and tiles. But when I lived in Guanajuato we used to take pilgrimages there for something else: the ice cream, hawked by vendors from carts in the plaza central. To say they had every flavor imaginable doesn’t go nearly far enough. There were hundreds. Fruits you’d never heard of, but weird shit, too. They had:
alfalfa ice cream
chorizo ice cream
garlic ice cream
roasted grasshopper ice cream
It was an ice cream dare.
What happens when Gen Z doesn't show up to their own protest?
Yesterday, such an event gathered 17,000 participants in Mexico City (according to official estimates). Clashes erupted in the Zócalo with protesters attempting to enter the National Palace. Official tallies register 100 cops and 20 protesters injured and 40 arrested.
Notably, the vast majority of protesters where not members of Gen Z. More notably, they were right wingers, urged to attend by delightful individuals such as Vicente Fox and Ricardo Salinas. Their grievances echoed those of the far right internationally - persecuted defenders of free speech and thought besieged by a leftist dictatorship.
While Mexico is often seen as an important site of radicalism, it also hosts a strong reactionary current that, while unique in its context, in past years has been building affinities and connections with the far right worldwide.
What is most troubling is that the left in Mexico has been successfully disarticulated by MORENA's recuperative rise to power. Only the right can gather such numbers in the streets these days. The Gen Z protest that wasn't is a disturbing reflection of such a reality.
https://piedepagina.mx/generacion-z-carne-de-canon-de-la-derecha-mexicana/
What happens when Gen Z doesn't show up to their own protest?
Yesterday, such an event gathered 17,000 participants in Mexico City (according to official estimates). Clashes erupted in the Zócalo with protesters attempting to enter the National Palace. Official tallies register 100 cops and 20 protesters injured and 40 arrested.
Notably, the vast majority of protesters where not members of Gen Z. More notably, they were right wingers, urged to attend by delightful individuals such as Vicente Fox and Ricardo Salinas. Their grievances echoed those of the far right internationally - persecuted defenders of free speech and thought besieged by a leftist dictatorship.
While Mexico is often seen as an important site of radicalism, it also hosts a strong reactionary current that, while unique in its context, in past years has been building affinities and connections with the far right worldwide.
What is most troubling is that the left in Mexico has been successfully disarticulated by MORENA's recuperative rise to power. Only the right can gather such numbers in the streets these days. The Gen Z protest that wasn't is a disturbing reflection of such a reality.
https://piedepagina.mx/generacion-z-carne-de-canon-de-la-derecha-mexicana/
Mexico’s President, #ClaudiaSheinbaum has pressed charges after being #groped and forcibly kissed by a man while walking through #MexicoCity, a moment that was captured on video and sparked national outrage.
According to #Reuters and #Politico, the man approached Sheinbaum as she greeted citizens near the National Palace. He was immediately detained and later charged with sexual assault under #Mexico ’s criminal code.
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"The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) began a 48-hour encampment at the Chamber of Deputies demanding the repeal of the 2019 education reform and the current pension system, and denouncing the federal government's failure to comply with agreements.
"Early in the morning, teachers began a day of protests demanding better working and educational conditions. Upon arriving at the National Palace, police behind a wall of metal fences threw irritating powder at the teachers, who were trying to enter the premises."
#Mexico - Clashes between police and protesters broke out during the march organized by #teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE).
They think they are very radical in the CNTE, but in reality they join forces with the right wing."
That is the criticism made by President Claudia Sheinbaum. (The government that would not repress the people 🤡)
Hundreds of teachers marched once again in the historic center of the Mexican capital during the 48-hour national strike called by the CNTE union to demand increased education funding, improved conditions in rural schools, and the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE law and the 2019 education reform.
After the clashes with police, teachers set up a tent city in front of the Chamber of Deputies building to demand the government respond to their demands.
The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), one of Mexico’s most powerful teachers’ unions, has maintained a series of protests in Mexico City since May 15 as part of a national strike to demand changes in working and educational conditions.
Demonstrations have included toll booth takeovers, embassy protests, sit-ins at the capital’s Zócalo, blockades at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and main roads.
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZvqvIZdFkgcRurzuk27J2z7zeag7PPfnP7
#Mexico - Clashes between police and protesters broke out during the march organized by #teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE).
They think they are very radical in the CNTE, but in reality they join forces with the right wing."
That is the criticism made by President Claudia Sheinbaum. (The government that would not repress the people 🤡)
Hundreds of teachers marched once again in the historic center of the Mexican capital during the 48-hour national strike called by the CNTE union to demand increased education funding, improved conditions in rural schools, and the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE law and the 2019 education reform.
After the clashes with police, teachers set up a tent city in front of the Chamber of Deputies building to demand the government respond to their demands.
The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), one of Mexico’s most powerful teachers’ unions, has maintained a series of protests in Mexico City since May 15 as part of a national strike to demand changes in working and educational conditions.
Demonstrations have included toll booth takeovers, embassy protests, sit-ins at the capital’s Zócalo, blockades at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and main roads.
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZvqvIZdFkgcRurzuk27J2z7zeag7PPfnP7
"The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) began a 48-hour encampment at the Chamber of Deputies demanding the repeal of the 2019 education reform and the current pension system, and denouncing the federal government's failure to comply with agreements.
"Early in the morning, teachers began a day of protests demanding better working and educational conditions. Upon arriving at the National Palace, police behind a wall of metal fences threw irritating powder at the teachers, who were trying to enter the premises."
Taiwan is advocating for a "nonred" supply chain initiative among democratic nations to reduce reliance on China and secure critical manufacturing sectors like semiconductors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/world/how-taiwans-supply-chain-might-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #taiwan #laichingte #china #india #mexico #us #tsmc #tokyoelectron #foxconn #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #biden #supplychains #semiconductors
🌱 Blanca Martínez: una historia de esperanza frente a las violencias 🌱
🌏 https://www.heridasabiertas.com/blanca-historia-esperanza-frente-violencias/
#derechoshumanos #mexico #adondevanlosdesaparecidos #frayjuandelarios #blancamartinez
#Sheinbaum — Mexico’s first woman president, elected earlier this year, stated in her public address:
“If this can happen to the President, imagine what #women go through every day.”
Her response has ignited a countrywide reckoning over #ViolenceAgainstWomen, one of Mexico’s most urgent crises.
The nation records 10 #femicides a day, according to #UNWomenMexico and thousands more cases of #harassment many of which go #unreported.
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Rather than heightening her security, Sheinbaum announced she will continue walking among citizens, saying she refuses to lead from fear. Her decision is now being hailed as a turning point, a rare instance where power met vulnerability without silence.
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#ClaudiaSheinbaum #Mexico #Women
#JusticeForWomen #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderBasedViolence #LeadershipWithCourage #WomenInPolitics #HearHerStories #UNWomenMexico #PublicSafetyForWomen
Mexico’s President, #ClaudiaSheinbaum has pressed charges after being #groped and forcibly kissed by a man while walking through #MexicoCity, a moment that was captured on video and sparked national outrage.
According to #Reuters and #Politico, the man approached Sheinbaum as she greeted citizens near the National Palace. He was immediately detained and later charged with sexual assault under #Mexico ’s criminal code.
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For scale, the reign of Mexico's Porfirio Díaz is like if Jimmy Carter had remained in power until being deposed by Occupy Wall Street. #Mexico
For scale, the reign of Mexico's Porfirio Díaz is like if Jimmy Carter had remained in power until being deposed by Occupy Wall Street. #Mexico
💧 Semarnat ignora solicitud de consulta pública sobre impacto ambiental de Presa "Margarita Maza" en #Oaxaca, en respuesta, Observatorio Ciudadano interpone demanda de amparo y convoca a foro parlamentario por el agua.
👉 https://avispa.org/?p=121226 🐝
+ info: AVISPA.ORG
#CONAGUA #leydeaguas #Sheinbaum #crisishidrica #despojohidrico #planhidrico #mexico #oaxaca #salomonjara
When #ClaudiaSheinbaum was elected as #Mexico’s 1st female president, many hoped that historic moment would represent the beginning of the end of the male-dominated, machismo culture that has long permeated Mexican society.
13 months later, Sheinbaum was groped on the street by a constituent, a stark reminder that—despite her efforts—Mexico [& the world] still has far to go in its attempts to ensure #equality & #safety for #women.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/world/americas/mexico-sheinbaum-women-abuse.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The fence ends on a hill above Tijuana.
Crosses mark the graves where unidentified people, some of them migrants who tried to cross into the US, are buried near #Tijuana
Jacumba, California. Here, the steel border fence ends suddenly, allowing people to cross between the US and Mexico.
The fence ends on a hill above Tijuana.
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