The Working Class in Mexico Demands: “We Want to Live!”

In a speech given at the international rally of the Trotskyist Fraction this May Day, Flora Aco, a leader of the Socialist Workers Movement (MTS) in Mexico, spoke about the austerity measures the “progressive” government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has taken in the face of the public health and economic crises.

Pentagon Pushing Mexico to Re-Open Defense Supplier Factories

The US Pentagon is pushing Mexico to re-open defense supplier factories that closed due to coronavirus.

Converting Production for Public Health: The Case of The Mexican Auto Industry

The automobile industry, one of Mexico’s most modern and dynamic, has been hard hit by Covid-19, resulting in layoffs and shutdowns. The industry in the United States and Canada is facing the same situation, as well as in China, which is a leading parts supplier. This article explores the background of the crisis and offers a perspective in the framework of the pandemic.

Two Mexican Environmental Activists Have Been Assassinated. The State is Responsible.

Less than a week after Homero Gómez Gonzalez, an eminent environmentalist, was drowned in Mexico, another activist, Raúl Hernandez, was found dead at the top of a hill. The Mexican authorities claim there is no connection between their deaths, but the link is clear: both activists fought to protect the environment and its inhabitants against the threat of capitalist logging interests.

Mexico’s “Progressive President” Sends National Guard to Tear Gas Immigrants

A new migrant caravan made up of thousands of people left from Honduras in January to make the perilous journey north through Mexico. With Donald Trump pressuring him from across the border, President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador of Mexico has gone further than ever to repress the caravan and send migrants back to Central America.

Trade Treaty: A New Pact of Subordination of Mexico to the U.S.

The recently signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) reinforces the value chain in North America with even greater advantages for U.S. imperialism.

AMLO: Mexico’s Great Hope Celebrates Independence Day with Budget Cuts and Repression

On Monday, Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrated his first Independence Day as president of Mexico. AMLO promised an end to corruption and neoliberalism, awakening the hopes of millions of Mexicans. But he has mostly collaborated with Trump in stopping immigrants from Central America.

Trotsky, Latin America, and U.S. Imperialism

Workers in the U.S. and Mexico need to unite against their common enemy. Leon Trotsky explained this in the 1930s, when he proposed that workers in the U.S. and Britain support the expropriation of imperialist oil companies in Mexico.

A Combined Struggle: Fighting Imperialism in Mexico and in the U.S.

On the anniversary of Trotsky’s death, we reexamine his writings from the final period of his life, which he spent in exile in Mexico. His observations about socialist strategy in semi-colonial countries and his conceptualization of the role that workers in imperialist countries play in the fight against imperialism have special relevance to socialists fighting against U.S. imperialism today.