¡VIVA MEXICO!

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

¡VIVA MEXICO!


Mexican President Díaz (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) famously commented: “Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States.”
Diaz got it at least half right. Mexico has suffered in the shadow of the Colossus of the North, but Mexico is not poor. Mexico is rich in many ways, yet it also has been impoverished. And Mexico has been greatly underappreciated by North Americans. This presentation will emphasize the many poorly known accomplishments of Mexico, while uncovering the role of US imperialism.
Mexico is bucking an international right-wing tide, shifting its government from right to left-of-center with the presidential inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on December 1. Speaking for international capital, The Economist is worried. The other 99% of humanity is hopeful.
Roger Harris will present a PowerPoint-illustrated cautionary history of this trice conquered land. A longtime activist with the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, Roger is on the board of the Task Force on the Americas, a 33-year-old human rights organization, and is active with the Campaign to End US-Canadian Sanctions Against Venezuela. He last visited Mexico in March.
Ted Lewis, Human Rights Director at Global Exchange, will comment on the current situation where AMLO recently announced a massive regional development plan and an end of the “Merida Initiative,” the US-funded counter narcotics program. This seems to be good news, but the devil remains in the details.
Co-sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas

Sun, May 19, 2019 – 10:30am-12:30pm
6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)
FREE - but hat will be passed for donations to NPML

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A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.

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