Comandanta Ramona: The First of Many Steps

On October 12, 1996, in the Zocalo of the Capital in front of thousands of people, a tiny woman with a giant heart, bright eyes and a sincere gaze, dressed in a white Tsotsil huipil with red embroidery and with her face covered by a balaclava, took the microphone and pronounced an important message: “I am Comandante Ramona, of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. I am the first of many steps of the Zapatistas to Mexico City  and to everywhere in in Mexico. We hope that you will all walk with us.”

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Immigrants with Resources, Welcome

At the foot of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, the Sephardic American poet Emma Lazarus described the ideals of immigration policy of an earlier era in the U.S.: “Send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Today the famous line would have to be updated: “Send me your wealthy classes, your educated sectors and your oligarchs willing to invest.”

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Migration as a Justification for Militarization and New Strategies of Territorial Control

The continuing influx of thousands of migrants and refugees continue to cross the southern Mexican border is being used as a pretext by the AMLO government to militarize the area despite election campaigns to the contrary. This article examines the historical background of this process, the current state of affairs and its devastating effects on local populations.

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