The product of exclusive negotiations that took place behind closed doors, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represents the final sale of Mexico to the multinational corporations. In other words, a farewell to whatever national sovereignty still exists, and the elimination of any possibility of recuperating food sovereignty.
The military-industrial complex that holds power in the world is the principle levee holding back the currents that are trying to limit and eventually do away with our civilization’s addiction to fossil fuels.
Seguir haciendo negocios con la crisis climática, sin reducir sustancialmente las emisiones ni cuestionar de fondo el modelo económico y social dominante, a riesgo de cambiar el clima peligrosa e irreversiblemente más allá de la frontera de los 2°C… O cambiar el sistema.
The debate is over. Now no one can deny that the world is growing warmer and that it is due to capitalist industrial activity. Or they could deny it, but without any supporting evidence in their favor.
Twenty-two months ago, Mexico became a GM maize-free territory, when a Federal Judge issued the precautionary measure that suspended authorizations to plant any genetically modified seeds of this grain, a staple food in the country, essential to its culture.
Los venenos comercializados por las corporaciones son parte del horror que asoma su rostro en la batalla legal que se libra ahora mismo en México, reconocida ya como el reto jurídico más relevante contra los cultivos transgénicos en el mundo, y que por la importancia del maíz en la alimentación y la economía global tendrá repercusiones en todo el orbe.
Se acabó el debate. Ya nadie puede negar que el mundo sea más caliente y que ello se deba a la actividad industrial capitalista. O podrá hacerlo pero sin evidencia a su favor.
The ruling party (PRI) and its allies, the National Action Party (PAN), the Partido Verde and New Alliance, lost a battle when the General Water Law to privatize Mexico’s water resources was shelved in the Chamber of Deputies. Grassroots mobilization played a key role in the victory.
Reculó el partido del gobierno (PRI, más sus aliados PAN, Verde y Panal) en la Cámara de Diputados federal: la garra privatizadora lanzada esta vez sobre el agua —cuyo acceso es un derecho constitucional— tendrá que esperar mejores tiempos, no electorales, de preferencia.
On January 26, for the eighth time since the fateful September 26, tens of thousands of people from various sectors marched through the streets of the capital with a two-pronged demand: to bring back alive the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinapa and to transform national public life.
