Tag Archives: Mexico

Los Zapatistas y los padres y estudiantes de Ayotzinapa: Una unión decisiva

Posted on February 21, 2015 by franklindmitryev

Un nuevo momento en la dialéctica de la lucha LOS ZAPATISTAS Y LOS PADRES Y ESTUDIANTES DE AYOTZINAPA: UNA UNIÓN DECISIVA Eugene Gogol Desde el asesinato de tres estudiantes y la desaparición de otros 43 de la Escuela Normal Rural Raúl … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Ayotzinapa, CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena, dialéctica, Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos, estudiantes, Eugene Gogol, filosofía de la revolución, G.W.F. Héctor, G.W.F. Hegel, Guerrero, humanismo revolucionario, humanismo-marxista, jovenes, Karl Marx, Latin America, Mexico, negación de la negación, normalistas, práctica, Primer Festival Mundial de las Resistencias y las Rebeldías contra el Capitalismo, Raya Dunayevskaya, students, subcomandante insurgente Moisés, sujeto revolucionario, teoría, Zapatistas | Leave a comment

‘Trail for Humanity’ links immigration, environment, prisons

Posted on September 17, 2014 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: Spurred by racist responses to busloads of immigrant children from Central America, a 300-mile march from Merced, Calif., to the Mexican border was organized. Read more: ‘Trail for Humanity’ links immigration, environment, prisons

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Alternate Custody Program, asthma, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Central America, Cindy Gonzales, Debbie Reyes, deportation, detention center, Diana Block, Dream Act, health problems, Human rights, immigrant children, immigrant rights movement, Latin America, lesbian, McFarland California, Merced California, Mexico, pesticides, pollution, private prisons, racist minutemen, San Joaquin Valley, Sonora Desert, Tea Party, Trail for Humanity, undocumented immigrant, Urszula Wislanka, Valeska Castaneda. | Leave a comment

Praxis en América Latina No. 11

Posted on June 19, 2014 by franklindmitryev

revista Praxis en América Latina – teoría/practica
No. 11 mayo 2014 Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Chiapas, Colombia, Escuelita Zapatista, José Carlos Mariátegui, Karl Marx, Latin America, Mexico, Michoacán, San Juan Copala, Una, Veracruz | Leave a comment

‘Humane immigration reform now!’

Posted on March 24, 2014 by franklindmitryev

400 immigrant workers from Mexico and Central America and their U.S. supporters marched through downtown Los Angeles for “comprehensive and humane immigration reform now!” Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Barack Obama, Central America, Chicano Moratorium, Civil rights movement, Consejos de Federaciones Mexicanos en Norteamérica, Council of Biracial Organizations, Council of Mexican Federations, Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition, Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional, immigrant labor, immigration reform, John Fernandez, Los Angeles, Mexico, undocumented workers, United States, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Language and death in Juárez

Posted on February 12, 2014 by franklindmitryev

The way we construct experience with language has effects on its transmission and on the configuration of subjectivity, not only in aesthetics and ethics, but also in understanding politics. That is the case in the crimes committed against women in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and other states in Mexico. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Ana María Martínez de la Escalera, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Elina Chauvet, femicide, femicidio, feminicidio, feminism, Gender violence, Javier Juárez, language, Marcela Lagarde, Marisela Escobedo, Mexico, Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, Our Daughters Back Home, patriarchy, sexism, Violence against women, Walter Benjamin, women's liberation movement, Yeyetzi Cardiel | Leave a comment

January-February 2014 News & Letters online

Posted on February 4, 2014 by franklindmitryev

The January-February issue of News & Letters is online. Rampant U.S. surveillance slouches toward totalitarianism; Tahrir three years later; Charles Denby, worker-editor; Syrian revolution ‘brought us together’; Communization theory’s missing link: dialectical mediation; what happens after; Language and death in Juárez; Let RNs give care; … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Africa, Arab spring, Central African Republic, Charles Denby, Ciudad Juárez, Communization theory, criminal injustice system, Egyptian Revolution, healthcare workers, labor, Mexico, Political Repression, prison industrial complex, surveillance state, Syrian revolution, Tahrir Square, women's liberation | Leave a comment

‘Legalize my parents!’

Posted on December 3, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Demonstrators representing “Millions of Voices for Immigration Reform” marched through downtown Los Angeles demanding immediate immigration reform and a path to citizenship. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Barack Obama, braceros, deportation, El Salvador, Guatemala, ICE, immigrant rights movement, immigrant workers, immigration reform, Los Angeles, May Day labor/immigrant rally, Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Leave a comment

Latin America in continuous struggle

Posted on November 22, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Resistance by Indigenous groups in Colombia; Indigenous Guatemalans resist Canadian mining company; teachers in Mexico protest “educational reform” law Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged AngloGold, Brazil, Central America, coca production, Colombia, education, El Estor, Embera, Enrique Peña Nieto, Guatemala, HudBay Minerals, Indigenous people, La Colosa gold mine, labor unions, Latin America, Lote Ocho, Maya, Mexico, Piedras, Q'eqchi' people, Rights Action, South America, students, teachers, workers | Leave a comment

Latin America in view, September-October 2013

Posted on September 23, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Latin America in View, Sept.-Oct. 2013: Ecuador oil drilling; Brazil rapes; Mexico Escuelita Zapatista. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Amazon, Brazil, Chiapas, direct democracy, Ecuador, Escuelita Zapatista, feminism, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, Mexico, oil drilling, patriarchy, Rafael Correa, Rape, Rio de Janeiro, sexism, sexual assault, women's liberation, Yasuni national park, Zapatista | Leave a comment

New publications of Marxist classics

Posted on March 8, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: New publications of Marxist classics A new South Asian edition of Marxism and Freedom, from 1776 until Today by Raya Dunayevskaya has been published in India. South Asian readers can order … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Aakar Books, Adam Hochschild, anti-Semitism, Arab spring, Brecht Forum, Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East, India, Iranian Revolution, Islamic fundamentalism, Israeli occupation of Palestine, Lebanon, Mali, Marxism, Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 Until Today, Memoirs of a Revolutionary: 1905-1941, Mexico, Middle East, Palestinians, Peter Sedgwick, Raya Dunayevskaya, Richard Greeman, Syria, Victor Serge | Leave a comment