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Altepelmecalli, the Defense of Water

by Luis Hernández Navarro As if it were the work of the devil looking to surface from the depths of hell, an enormous hole opened up in the farmlands of Santa María Zacatepec, Puebla. With an unstoppable appetite, the hole grew day after day. It began on May 29, 2021, with a diameter of 5 meters. In less than a day, it reached 30. Soon after it got to 100 meters. Now it is nearly 130 meters wide and 30 meters deep. In its voracity, the sinkhole swallowed crops and the house of the Sánchez Xalamiahua family, it cracked the …

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The Neo-Indigenism of the 4T

Today as in the past, and despite the fact that this director is Mixe, the INPI, as a bureaucratic apparatus of the State, imposes indigenist policies on the peoples as an objectively oppressive, manipulative, and corrosive force and, now carries out counterinsurgency tasks and conflict management for the recolonization of the territories, in the name, once again, of progress and development.

Dispute Over the Past and Internal Colonialism

Exploitation, discrimination, racism, opression, and internal colonialism that the indigenous peoples suffer are in part a product of history, but also of the actions of the modern State, and the forces of capital against them. They are not merely issues of the past but of the present. This is why it is not enough to call for national unity, denounce the colonial atrocities, or offer apologies. It is time to put an end to internal colonial relations.

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?

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