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      AMLO Goes Full Throttle Against Neoliberalism--But What About NAFTA?

      AMLO Goes Full Throttle Against Neoliberalism--But What About NAFTA?

      Mexico’s first left-wing president gave a fiery inaugural speech against neoliberalism in Mexico. But he barely mentioned NAFTA.

      Manuel Perez Rocha
      Dec 17, 2018

      I had the great fortune to attend the inauguration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (or AMLO, as he is known) as the 58th Mexican president on December 1. The atmosphere at the Legislative Palace was electric with the knowledge that Mexico would be beginning its "Fourth Transformation" -- following its 1810 independence, the 1855 reformation, and the 1910 revolution -- with the first left-wing presidency in its history.

      It was AMLO's third attempt at the office. In 2006 Felipe Calderon orchestrated a cyber fraud that gave him a slim advantage over AMLO. And in order to win in 2012, outgoing president Enrique Pena Nieto engaged in tricks like giving away cash-loaded bank cards.

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      NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for 'The Corporate One Percent'

      The new deal, says Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), does "not do nearly enough to raise wages for workers, lower costs for healthcare consumers, or protect the environment."

      Andrea Germanos
      Nov 29, 2018

      Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sign the new trade agreement to replace NAFTA on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Screengrab via CBC News)
      U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a trade agreement to replace NAFTA on Friday--a deal some lawmakers and advocacy groups say is still fundamentally flawed as it stomps on the rights of workers and the environment and empowers "the corporate one percent at the expense of the rest of us."

      Simply put, "The NAFTA 2.0 text is not the transformational replacement of the corporate-rigged trade-pact model that progressive activists, unions, and congressional Democrats have long demanded," wrote Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.

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      Trump Is Forging His Own Gaza on the Southern Border

      Trump Is Forging His Own Gaza on the Southern Border

      The Trump administration has sought to militarize the region from the start

      Jacob Sugarman
      Nov 26, 2018

      When a crowd is exposed to tear gas, an aerosol containing the chemical agent 2-chlorobenzaldene malononitrile (CS), nasal passages begin to run, eyes water uncontrollably and breathing grows short and painful. Those directly exposed can experience vomiting or diarrhea. Effects take hold within 30 seconds, and the symptoms can last up to 10 minutes, even after the air has cleared or the afflicted have managed to scramble to safety.

      U.S. Border Patrol agents have fired upon Central American migrants and their toddlers in Tijuana, Mexico, seeking asylum in the United States--an act of aggression that almost certainly violates international law.

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