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Drug-Trade in Mexico Kept Alive By US Demand
 Neal Peirce
Only lightly noted on this side of the border, our neighbor Mexico is engulfed in bloody, violent combat with and between death-dealing drug cartels. Talk about a national security issue for the United States!
Raza Studies and the Legislation of Thought Control
 Roberto Rodriguez
For the past generation, those who have been clamoring for walling the U.S./Mexico border like to portray the immigration debate as a war over American values and Western civilization. Some even link it to the "war on terror."
Manufacturing a Food Crisis
 Walden Bello
The Mexican food crisis cannot be fully understood without taking into account the fact that in the years preceding the tortilla crisis, the homeland of corn had been converted to a corn-importing economy by "free market" policies promoted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and Washington.
Mexicans Must Live in Fear as a Price to Pay for Peace
 Carlos Luken
Mexico is a country facing reality, and officials are intent on liberating citizens from living in fear and violence by ridding the streets of crime in an all out effort to crush organized gangs and their criminal activities.
Dissecting the ‘War on Drugs’ in the US
 Bob Grafe
While many baby boomers were still in their twenties or thirties (in 1971), then President Richard M. Nixon coined the phrase “War on Drugs” to describe a new set of initiatives taken by the United States designed to enhance illegal drug prohibition.
Uncle Sam Wants Thugs And Illegal Aliens
 Ethan Allen
In the eyes of the military, it’s a simple numbers game. But the recruitment process for America’s armed forces is changing, and so is the look, feel, and policy of the military itself.
Troubled U.S. Neighbor Mexico
 Bernd Debusmann
Is Mexico on the road to becoming a failed state? Or is the government slowly gaining the upper hand against the drug cartels fighting each other and the state with growing ferocity?
The State Could Fail: Mexico and Drug Wars
 George Friedman
The Mexican state has not yet failed. If the activities of the last week have become a pattern, however, we must begin thinking about the potential for state failure. No one is safe if he works against cartel interests.
US Drug Users: Main Cause for Mexico’s Bloodbath
 Patrick Osio
The American media's coverage of the narcoviolence taking place in Mexico paints a picture of lawlessness and corruption, with no regard for the American policies and drug market that made it that way.
The Lighter Side of Gay Marriage
 Tommi Avicolli-Mecca
It’s already days after the California Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage and I haven’t found a husband yet! I feel like a complete failure. Finally, I can be as miserable as my straight friends and I don’t even have a prospect on the horizon.
Socialists Strongly Criticize McCain’s Iraq War Timetable
 Stewart A. Alexander
Republican presidential contender, Senator John McCain is saying that “he believes the Iraq War can be won by 2013,” according to the Associated Press. Socialists, nationwide are sharply critical of John McCain’s irresponsible statement to suggest that U.S. forces will remain in Iraq and Afghanistan for another five years.
 Unanswered 9/11 Questions
 Hereward Fenton
The collapse of New York's World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 is arguably one of the most well documented events in human history. Less well documented is the controversy over why the buildings fell as they did.
Obstacles and Opportunities in Mexico's Pemex Debate
 Allan Wall
Mexican petroleum is closely related to feelings about Mexican sovereignty - after all, doesn't the oil belong to Mexico and aren't foreigners trying to steal it?
Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity
 Tom Engelhardt
The 9/11 attacks, as apocalyptic as they looked, were anything but. The true disasters followed and the wounds were largely self-inflicted, as the most militarily powerful nation on the planet used its own force to disable itself.
God Damn the Republican Party
 Doug Thompson
After losing three straight Congressional elections in districts that used to be solid Republican, the Grand Old Party is in chaos, fretting and worrying about its rapidly dimming prospects not only in the upcoming Presidential election but also in the House and Senate races.
President Bush Committed Political Treason Today
 Will Bunch
President Bush went on foreign soil today, and committed what I consider an act of political treason: Comparing the candidate of the U.S. opposition party to appeasers of Nazi Germany - in the very nation that was carved out from the horrific calamity of the Holocaust.
Of War and Golf
 Keith Olbermann
Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on two topics a lot of us had foolishly thought, had naively hoped, we would not again have to address... and a third topic nobody thought a president would ever seriously mention in public unless perhaps he'd just been hit in the head with something and was not in full possession of his faculties.
US Naval Fleet to Be Positioned Off the Coast of South America
 Victor Figueroa Clark
The news from the Pentagon that the US is re-establishing its Fourth Naval Fleet in the Caribbean, ostensibly to "build confidence and trust among nations through collective maritime security efforts" unfortunately shows that the days a US military threat to Latin America are far from over.
To Find Renewed Relevance, Mexican Left Must Lose López Obrador
 Patrick Corcoran
The Mexican political class doesn't agree on much, but no one denies that the country's political left today is a hopeless mess. Every day brings a fresh embarrassment, a new descent into the bizarre.
They Fight Our War
 The Arizona Republic
The single most effective thing the United States could do to help Mexico's emerging democracy prevail over drug cartels would be to legalize recreational drugs. We are not advocating that. Not now.
Many Candidates, Corporate Media Obscures U.S. Presidential Politics
Stewart A. Alexander
Senator Obama, McCain and Clinton represents big money and big businesses; the three senators only give the appearance that they represent the millions of working people that are presently in jeopardy of losing their homes, that cannot afford a higher education, that are without health care insurance, and that are now receiving smaller checks and paying more to meet household expenses.
The Truth About Veteran Suicides
 Aaron Glantz
Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. One thousand former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas.
An Unwelcome Former President Returns to Mexico
 Allan Wall
In the midst of all Mexico's other problems, including the PEMEX debate and the ongoing drug war carnage, who should choose this time to return to Mexico, but former president Carlos Salinas.
Democrats Wrong on Cutting Mexican Anti-Drug Aid
 Andres Oppenheimer
The murder of the acting chief of Mexico's federal police amid an unprecedented wave of drug gang attacks on security officials will soon become a major issue in the U.S. presidential candidates' escalating war for Hispanic votes.
A Mexican View of Martin's Trials
 Bill Bell
I live a lot of my life in Mexico. I am a Canadian though, and I consider Canada my home and native land. I read Canadian newspapers online and seek out political opinions on blogs and other sites, and I must admit that the Canadian fascination about the Brenda Martin case and the accusations of Mexican corruption has left me somewhat amused.
Untapped Oil, Overtapped Politics
 Christian Science Monitor
Americans need only look over the border to see a reason for geyserlike spurts in gasoline prices. Mexico, the third-biggest oil exporter to the US, saw crude production fall 7.8 percent over the past year. As in many oil exporting countries, the crux of the problem isn't below ground.
"Mexico Has Lost Another Hero"
 U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
In a statement made in Mexico City on May 8, 2008, U.S. Ambassador Antonio O. Garza expressed his outrage at the murder of Edgar Millan Gomez and the many other Mexico law enforcement officials lost in a brutal series of killings by criminal cartels.
The Mother of All Regrets
 Reg Henry
Among the many "thou shall nots" of the Ten Commandments, the Almighty in his wisdom threw in a couple of positive ones to keep folks from becoming too depressed. It so happens that my favorite one of these is "Honor thy father and thy mother."
War Made Easy
 Norman Solomon
When The New York Times published its explosive "Pentagon Pundits" story on April 20, the result was a wave of criticism directed at the Defense Department for manipulating TV news coverage of the Iraq war.
Border Incursions: No Laws for Bush America
 Brian Cloughley
The US border with Mexico is 2000 miles long and is heavily guarded, at a cost to the US taxpayer of $7.8 billion last year. Now consider what would happen if Mexican security forces were pursuing a criminal who had fled into the US and they opened fire across the border, then crossed it, killing a US border guard.
Suicide by American Veterans - Part II
 David Lord
After reading Part I of this article, I thought about how depressing it was to be living in Paradise and be exposed to even the subject of suicide. I know you and I are trying to enjoy our retirement, but our U.S. Veterans are important to us.
Could a Political Dilemma in Mexico Lead to Anarchy?
 Carlos Luken
Recent events in Mexico have again exposed the persistent malady that has plagued the country for the past decade and threatens to undermine its political future.
Socialists: Working People Don’t Need Stimulus Checks
Stewart A. Alexander
Today, millions of Americans are considering how they will spend their government rebate checks that will be received within the next few days and weeks. Recently, the Bush administration announced that the checks would be released earlier in hopes of giving the U.S. economy a needed jump start.
Cinco de Mayo: A Day for Pride, Not Partying
 Yolanda Chávez Leyva
May 5 should be celebrated for what it truly represents rather than for what corporations want us to believe it stands for. It's not really "Mexico's Fourth of July," but it is the commemoration of a battle that demonstrated heroism and love of country.
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