López and Rivas lays out what militarization looks like under the AMLO administration.
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Midterm Elections and the Fourth Transformation
AMLO’s Morena party survives this June 6th elections, albeit losing significant ground, in Mexico City and also among the middle class. While holding steady, the shifts pose a challenge to the Fourth Transformation in its second half. What does it mean for the future of national poltics?
We Are Not the Same?
Detailing the many recent violations against indigenous and campesino communities throughout Mexico, Magdalena Gomez questions AMLO’s assertion that he is not the same as previous administrations.
Aldama and the Neoliberal Project of Plunder
Just this morning, May 26th, we received messages from compañeros in the highlands of Chiapas that gunfire in the direction of the communities of Aldama has become more fierce over the past 4 days. In the municipality of Aldama, which includes the Zapatista support base community of Magdalena de La Paz, consistent paramilitary fire from the Santa Martha community in the neighboring municipality of Chenalhó threatens the lives and livelihoods of its residents.
Regarding the Origins of the Anti-Zapatista Narrative
Luis Hernández Navarro traces the playbook of anti-zapatista rhetoric to its partisan architects during the early days of the movement. It carries on much the same — utterly unfounded, and lacking in imagination.
