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 Editorials | Opinions
A United Front in Mexico?
 David Broder
The attitude of Socialist Appeal's allies in Mexico is both to demand socialist economic change, and demand that AMLO, who they idealize, be installed as president. This is not "critical support" - the two agendas are incompatible.more »»»
Buchanan's Crusade
 Ruben Navarrette
Pat Buchanan was nativist before most of us had ever heard the word. According to his new book, "State of Emergency," Buchanan was "the first national leader to put the issue of America's broken and bleeding border and the Third World invasion of the US onto the national agenda." Well, yes and no.more »»»
The Many Colours of Mexico
 Duncan Kennedy
Mexicans like their colours, whether it is the garish paintwork on the sides of their buses or the more sombre symbols of their political parties. And nowhere has colour been more on show than in Zocalo Square, the massive central gathering space in the heart of the capital.more »»»
Are We Really So Fearful?
 Ariel Dorfman
It still haunts me, the first time that I met someone who had been tortured. To save my life, I had sought refuge in the Argentine Embassy some weeks after the coup that had toppled the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, a government for which I had worked. And then, suddenly, one afternoon, there he was.more »»»
The Great Wall of America
 OpinionJournal.com
It wasn't so long ago, during the Reagan era, that Republicans sought to tear down walls, not erect them. But on Sept. 14 House Republicans passed a bill to construct a 700-mile, double-layered fence along the Mexican border while also approving a study on building a similar wall- like structure along the Canadian border.more »»»
Another Mexican Revolution
 Richard Johnson
Another revolution has broken out in Mexico, the second in our lifetimes in that country of continuous revolution, where even the government celebrates revolution and clasps to its bosom the interests and desires and images and culture of the poor and indigenous while at the same time systematically excluding them from power if not from welfare programs.more »»»
Nuclear Winter, Global Warming, or Impeachment
 David Swanson
Judging by media reports, there are two crises facing us right now. Can you guess what they are? That's right: gay marriage and illegal immigration.more »»»
Inquiring Gringos Want to Know
 Daniel Hernandez
In 'Ask a Mexican,' a politically incorrect OC Weekly columnist fields readers' frank questions. He's a wiseguy with a cultural objective.more »»»
Independence, Spoiled
 LATimes
Cuauhtémoc Cardenas is a leading moral authority. One can only hope that his criticism of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will encourage many others in Mexico to stand up to the bully who lost on July 2 and call for an end to the madness.more »»»
There Is No War on Terror
 Robert Dreyfuss
While the trauma of 9/11 has begun to dissipate and American voters seem less susceptible than ever to the scare tactics used by the White House, for the past five years the Democrats have been singularly unable to develop an effective counter to the Bush administration on terrorism. So, for that reason, here are 10 important facts about terrorism that opponents of President Bush should understand.more »»»
Nafta's Failures Fuel Mexican Illegal Immigration
 Louis Nevaer
Mexico's presidential election on July 2 was not only the most highly contested in modern Mexican history, but also an unintended referendum on Mexico more than a decade after Nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was implemented.more »»»
Calderón Must Stand Above the Partisan Fray
 Marifeli Perez-Stable
Calderón must stand above the partisan fray. At minimum, he needs to elicit a disposition to listen from these voters. Embracing the fight against poverty - which AMLO put heart and center - may well prompt them to lend him their ears.more »»»
Mexican Election Dispute Marks a Defeat for Democracy
 José Alemán
Some of his claims seem to have been clearly unfounded, but even if some were valid, López Obrador should have long ago compromised and refrained from the massive protests that swamped the Federal District and dangerously promoted instability throughout the country.more »»»
Hey George
 Cindy Sheehan
I came across the below exchange that you had with Matt Lauer on the Today Show. I would like to respond to you as an American.more »»»
This Hole in the Ground
 Keith Olbermann
Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter. All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed contained the remains of thousands of people, including four of my friends.more »»»
The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts
 Alexander Cockburn
The nuts disdain the real world because, like much of the left and liberal sectors, they have promoted Bush, Cheney and the Neo-Cons to an elevated status as the Arch Demons of American history, instead of being just one more team running the American empire, a team of more than usual stupidity and incompetence.more »»»
End the Mexican Standoff
 Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Americans typically don't take much note of what happens in Mexico. Yet Mexico remains our closest and most important neighbor, a big customer, and a major supplier of oil and gas - and people. It matters very much that Mexican democracy not be hijacked by demagogic ambition, and that is the threat now posed by the conduct of Obrador.more »»»
The Revolutionary Reawakening of Mexico
 Alan Woods
The revolutionary upsurge in Mexico marks a new and dramatic stage in the Latin American revolution. On the very doorstep of the most powerful imperialist state in the world, the masses are moving into action on an unprecedented scale, posing a direct threat to capitalism and imperialism.more »»»
LaRouche: To Solve the `Mexican Crisis,' Get Bush and Cheney Out Now
 Newswire
In answer to a question from Mexico City, about the prospects for solving the institutional crisis around the Mexican Presidency, former Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche replied that there was no solution within Mexico alone. What must be done to prevent uncontrollable crises on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, is to impeach Bush and Cheney.more »»»
Reason on Holiday in Mexico
 Ruben Navarrette Jr.
The long wait is over in Mexico, where the top electoral court has declared a winner in a presidential election held two months ago. The hope is that things will calm down. Don't bet on it.more »»»
Mexico's President-Elect
 Washington Post
If president-elect Felipe Calderón keeps focusing on Mexicans' needs while his opponent trumpets his own, Mexico may just get through its political crisis without serious damage.more »»»
As Others See US - The "War on Terror"
 Norman Solomon
The USA's mass media constantly tell us how Americans see the "war on terror." But the same outlets rarely tell us much about how the rest of the world sees it. Five years after 9/11, the gap between perceptions is enormous.more »»»
Mexican Election Result: Readers React
 BBC News
BBC News website readers in Mexico have been reacting to the court ruling which awarded the long-disputed presidency to governing party candidate Felipe Calderon. Here three supporters of Mr Calderon and three of his opponent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - who still refuses to accept defeat - give their verdict on the final result.more »»»
Death of the Mexican Presidency
 John Ross
Despite rampant corruption, regular vote stealing, and authoritarian tendencies, Mexico's multi-party system makes U.S. "democracy" with its two-headed single party rule, look a lot more like Idi Amin's Uganda than what the Boston tea party had in mind for the future citizens of the United States of North America.more »»»
A Way to Peace in Mexico
 Jorge G. Castañeda
At last, Mexico has a president-elect. The process has been painful, protracted and rife with problems for the future. Still, the Electoral Court declared yesterday that Felipe Calderón will be the country’s new chief of state on Dec. 1.more »»»
Standoff At The Zocalo
 Sophie McNeill
Mexico City is on edge as everybody waits for the Electoral Tribunal to announce its decision. It remains to be seen where this new movement is going but it seems that whatever happens, Mexico will be very unstable and divided in the near future.more »»»
War Is Not a Solution for Terrorism
 Howard Zinn
There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only morally reprehensible, but useless in achieving the stated aims of those who carry them out.more »»»
Marching through the Streets of Oaxaca
 The Socialist Worker
Oaxaca, a city in southern Mexico, has become the scene of nightly pitched battles in which striking teachers have been attacked by armed police and paramilitaries.more »»»
Mexico’s Recount
 NYTimes
For eight weeks, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has made his claim of electoral fraud the basis for what threatens to become a permanent protest of Mexico’s presidential election. Yesterday, Mexico’s electoral tribunal kicked away the foundations of his claim.more »»»
Contra-Style Paramilitary Operations In Oaxaca
 Dan Feder
The repressive response of Oaxaca's government to the popular uprising against its corrupt rule has become more and more violent. Last week, State Attorney General Lizbeth Caña Cadeza made a statement to the press in which she called the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca an "urban guerrilla group."more »»»
Mumbles and Stammers from the Vicars of Christ in Mexico; Plus Some Humor
 Charles
Thirty nine Presbyterians and priests of about 20 parishes religious leaders have called on the governor of Oaxaca to step down. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church as a whole remains comfortably ensconced with the campaign of police terror and murder chronicled on Mercury Rising.more »»»
A Mother's Pain
 Cindy Sheehan
The only thing I ever wanted to be my entire life was a Mom. I never even thought of having a career, because I always wanted to have babies. My own family was pretty dysfunctional when I was growing up, and I just wanted to have a family of my own to love and nurture.more »»»
Will America Survive to 2050?
 Pat Buchanan
In George W. Bush's tenure, 6 million intruders have been caught on our Southern border breaking in. Behind them, waiting to see if Bush will grant amnesty or secure the border, are the world's 4 billion to 5 billion people whose average income is less than that of Mexico.more »»»
Why the Christian Right is Wrong
 James Callard
Henry David Thoreau was keenly aware that idolatry and boredom were a toxic combination, and that the "entitlement mentality" could have apocalyptic consequences. Those who are not comfortable "alone with themselves" and their "pretty toys" he wrote, can be the most lonely and dangerous people on earth.more »»»
Pat Buchanan Defends Controversial Immigration Comments
 Fox News
America is being invaded by millions of illegal immigrants every year, and it threatens the future of the country. That is according to Patrick J. Buchanan.more »»»
Mexico Burning? Don't Believe It
 Matt Smith
Global Exchange is a San Francisco nonprofit known for pressing leftist causes by crashing sessions of Congress, stalking Hillary Clinton, agitating to be allowed onto television reality shows, and other such publicity stunts. During the past few weeks in Mexico, however, the group has positioned itself in a role more serious than the left-wing PR-hound reputation it has cultivated in the U.S.more »»»
Mexico Needs a President Committed to Democracy
 Patrick Corcoran
One quirk of Mexico’s nasty, pull-no-punches, still-not-quite-concluded presidential race was that the primary combatants complimented each other so beautifully. The irony was striking: Felipe Calderón’s economic expertise and Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) social commitment. Calderón’s vaunted Harvard education versus AMLO’s history in the Mexican countryside.more »»»
President on Another Planet
 Eugene Robinson
For a moment there, I was almost encouraged. George W. Bush, the most resolutely incurious and inflexible of presidents, was reported last week to have been surprised at seeing Iraqi citizens - who ought to be grateful beneficiaries of the American occupation, I mean "liberation" - demonstrating in support of Hezbollah and against Israel. more »»»
TV News Vultures Circling JonBenet's Corpse - Again
 Jeff Cohen
The top story on TV news lately has not been the Iraq war or tentative Lebanon peace, or major court rulings on tobacco and wiretapping, or oil prices, or any of a dozen stories that affect millions of citizens. TV's top story - a new suspect in the decade-old murder of 6-year-old beauty princess JonBenet Ramsey - affects very few people.more »»»
The US Constitution: Checking a Would-Be King
 Ray McGovern
Who can forget the chutzpah of President George W. Bush as he bragged to Bob Woodward, "I'm commander in chief.... That's the interesting thing about being president ... I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation." Wrong, Mr. President. You and Vice President Cheney seem to have missed "Constitution 101."more »»»
Oaxaca, Mexico: Situation Normal, All FU
 Mark
That is to say, another striking teacher was shot, this time up near Etla, another march of thousands in the streets demanding the head of the king governor, the 4 main highways to and from the city being blocked off and on all day and some 80,000 workers contributing to a work stoppage all day. At least there were very few people downtown.more »»»
Life in San Miguel de Allende - Part II
 Doug Bower
When trying to write an "op-ed" piece, one has precious little space in which to attack an issue in 600-1000 words. Mostly, one is able to take one point (or two at the most) and deal with it. In my story on San Miguel de Allende, I was trying to make the point there is a significant portion of the expat community that has turned to the dark side.more »»»
We Are Aztlan
 Luis J. Rodriguez
Recently, right wing groups and commentators in the US have resurrected the concept of Aztlan to dramatize a supposed terrorist plot by Xicanos, Mexicanos, and Centroamericanos to take over America.more »»»
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