“In the Fields of the North” photos on the border wall
"In the Fields of the North" is an exhibition of photographs of farm workers in the U.S., almost all migrants from Mexico.
In Mexico, independent glassworkers' union fights for members
It takes courage and persistence to be a member of a democratic union in Mexico, to fend off exploitative bosses, repressive officials and corrupt labor "leaders" as shown by the struggle of the SUTEIV.
Community self-defense groups confront Mexico’s drug cartels
An armed insurgency is emerging across Mexico. However, rather than being a movement to overthrow a government, it aims to defend communities and combat drug cartels.
New left-wing party forms in Mexico
A new left-wing party led by former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will soon appear on the ballot in Mexico.
Mexico after 20 years of NAFTA: poor and getting poorer
20 years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, farmers and workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada suffer from corporate profiteering.
Mexican lawmakers OK privatization of nation’s oil industry
The measure will allow foreign multinational corporations to explore, drill and sell Mexican oil and gas.
Teachers in crosshairs on Mexico’s 203rd birthday
As Mexico celebrated its 203rd independence day this past weekend, teachers found themselves in the crosshairs of reactionary politicians.
"The Beast" claims six fatalities in Mexico train disaster
The train was one of several Mexican and Central American immigrants call "la Bestia" -- "the beast." It goes from Southern Mexico northward to Mexico's Northern border with the United States.
Project to privatize Mexico's oil company advances
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, of the right-center Revolutionary Institutional Party, has announced long awaited plans for allowing private industry to play a bigger role in the finances of the national oil company, PEMEX.
Communist peasant organizers murdered in Mexico
An important peasant leader in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, Raymundo Velazquez Flores, was murdered along with two companions.
