Author: Laura Carlsen

Renegociar el TLC para un salario digno tras fronteras

April 5, 2017

La realidad es que los empleadores han ganado a expensas de los trabajadores en los dos lados de la frontera,” dice Dan Mauer de CWA. ¿Qué posibilidad real existe para cambiar esta ecuación? no está nada claro, pero por lo pronto la apertura está sirviendo para revitalizar los movimientos sindicales y tejer alianzas transfronterizas y esto sí es ganancia.

Latin America’s Women-Led Movements and New Feminisms

March 27, 2017

Feminism will never defeat the Trump patriarchal revival in the U.S. or the resurgence in the rest of the world unless it embraces its nature as profoundly anti-systemic. As the system becomes more deadly and alienating, women’s defense of life and their stands against impunity present a radical challenge.

Trump Through Mexican Eyes

March 22, 2017

Those who thought that Donald Trump’s Mexico-bashing was just a campaign strategy have been roundly proven wrong. With the stroke of a pen and […]

Trump, la última apología del hombre blanco

November 22, 2016

Existen aún muchas incógnitas en la política exterior de Donald Trump. Sin embargo, queda claro que también para el resto del continente, la presidencia de Trump nos pone frente a un desafío de enormes proporciones.

Crossing the Line

November 11, 2016

The group of migrants has decided to walk across the city’s characteristic bridge to call for “fewer walls, more bridges.” Among them are mothers and children who had not seen each other in more than 20 years, and grandparents who had never met their grandchildren who grew up in this huge city far away from the villages their parents were born in.

Remembering Tom Hayden: Interview on the 2016 U.S. Elections

November 4, 2016

On Oct. 23, Tom Hayden, a leader on the U.S. left who dedicated his life to social justice, died. His work began in the student anti-war and civil rights movements in the sixties to span nearly two decades in the California legislature, and included issues as diverse as organizing to improve U.S. relations with Cuba, ending the war on drugs and protecting the Los Angeles valleys he called home.

Cruzando la línea

November 4, 2016

El grupo de migrantes ha decido caminar por la puente más famosa de la ciudad estadounidense para llamar a “menos muros, más puentes”. Entre el grupo hay madres e hijos que no se habían visto en más de 20 años, abuelos que no conocían sus nietos crecidos muy lejos de sus pueblos en este gran urbe.