Tepito: no thanks, first world
Submitted by wojtek on Jan 6 2012 11:57
Gustavo Esteva on the puzzle of autonomy in 1990s Tepito, an inner-city community in Mexico City, which prefers to manage its own affairs, without interference from the forces of “development”.
ALF bombings in Mexico lead to anti-student witchhunt
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Oct 13 2009 01:14
Student activists are targeted on Mexico's notoriously independent and active public university campuses following a string of bomb attacks in the vein of Animal Liberation Front (ALF) tactics.
Military and federal police bust Mexican electrical workers' union
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Oct 13 2009 01:06
Late on Saturday night, around 6,000 Mexican police occupied the various sites of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, central Mexico's state-run electricity company. Immediately following the occupation, President Felipe Calderón issued notice of the company's liquidation, with the termination of some 44,000 jobs.
Mexico: violence at university workers strike in Mexico City
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Mar 2 2008 14:28
A tense strike and occupation at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in the southeast of Mexico City today enters its 31st day despite the picket line being attacked by hostile students.
