Mexico Solidarity Media

05/03/2025

This chain of nonsense forces us to wonder what Donald Trump is really looking for by taking the first step towards the demolition of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which he himself promoted and signed during his first presidential term. If this question is disturbing for Mexico as a neighbor of a superpower headed by such an unstable individual, with equivocal behavior and motivated by opaque causes, it should set off alarm bells in American society, whose destiny is in the hands of irrationality.

American society's destiny is in the hands of irrationality.

02/03/2025

PT in defense of Western Sahara in Congress, judicial corruption and extradition of narcos, energy sovereignty, tarrifs (again), USAID funding of ultraright wing opposition and sea change in labour union and left alignment & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.

27/02/2025

The openness of Morena, the largest party in Mexico today, to accepting new members reflects well on its democratic and pluralist ideals. For people to join a winning movement can be positive; it’s not bad that the Party is growing. What’s bad is that some people are joining without assuming the responsibilities that come with a left-wing project.

Morena must do more to safeguard its left-wing principles if its intention is to transform history, not to repeat it.

It’s not bad that Morena is growing. What’s bad is that some people are joining without assuming the responsibilities that come with a left-wing project.

26/02/2025

For immigrants in the US living without documentation, it’s also much like living underground, imprisoned in a cage of fear.

Luisa Martinez of the DSA’ National Political Committee tells us what that was like for a young woman desperately wanting to make something better of her life.

Luisa Martinez of the DSA' National Political Committee tells us what that was like for a young woman desperately wanting to make something better of her life, and living in the US without documentation.

25/02/2025

"We should not ignore the interests of our Mexican brothers and sisters, who are toiling for the same corporate bosses at one-tenth the wages, nor should we underestimate their potential power. Mexican workers have successfully taken on General Motors, Volkswagen, and Audi in recent organizing campaigns and contract strikes.

A cross-border working-class alliance with efforts like these is the only way we will ever build the power to confront these corporations, corral them, and together determine investment and employment decisions."

A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.

25/02/2025

Elon Musk wants drone strikes in Mexico. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded by proposing two reforms aimed at toughening the defense of sovereignty in the constitution and imposing the harshest penalties on foreigners involved in activities that infringe on Mexican sovereignty. Yet at the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is softening his rhetoric, proposing cooperation instead. In the latest episode of Soberanía, co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down what this all means for the US-Mexico relationship. Plus in Losers and Haters, we commemorate the one year anniversary of the NY Times clumsy attempt to interfere in the Mexican election by publishing unsubstantiated hearsay.

Elon Musk wants drone strikes in Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum has responded by proposing two reforms aimed at toughening the defense of sovereignty in the constitution and imposing the harshest penalties on foreigners involved in activities that infringe on Mexican sovereignty.

24/02/2025

Mexican public TV station Canal Once‘s break-out hit, the current affairs program Sin Muros, is now available in English. The program explores the Mexico-United States relationship from a decidedly left perspective with Mexico Solidarity Media‘s José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth (also co-hosts of Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast), and Alina Duarte, Melissa Jaramillo and Jesús García; covering news, analysis and culture to connect both sides of the border.

With US President Donald Trump threatening tarrifs against Mexico, a second left-wing administration in power in Mexico backed by a millions-strong political party, and a multipolar world rapidly taking shape, there’s never been a more perfect time for a program that takes US imperialism’s intentions, Mexico’s sovereignty and the reality of cross-border solidarity seriously.

Mexican public TV station Canal Once's break-out hit, the current affairs program Sin Muros, is now available in English.

24/02/2025

Constitutional reforms to protect Mexican sovereignty from imperialism, Trump at CPAC, MORENA deputy connected to punitive collections legislation that would benefit family, SOUTHCOM, DEA wants cartels to focus on the classic drugs & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.

18/02/2025

What are the implications for Mexico of hardliner Terry Cole being nominated to lead the scandal-racked DEA, and analyzing the USAID’s historic role as a soft-power arm of empire.

What are the implications for Mexico of hardliner Terry Cole being nominated to lead the scandal-racked DEA, and analyzing the USAID's historic role as a soft-power arm of empire.

17/02/2025

Trump and Latin America, labour unions and Sheinbaum, lawsuits against US gunmakers, subcontracting, Indigenous resistance, the PT and Morena relationship & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.

14/02/2025

Mexico wants to become a silicon powerhouse, build a million homes, and defend its sovereignty. In the latest episode of Soberanía, co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth look at plans to create Kutzari, National Semiconductor Design Center, as well as updated efforts to build housing; plus a look at the country’s development model that is keeping inflation and unemployment down. As always we bring you our Losers and Haters segment, this week Joshua Treviño, a right-wing ideologue and former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, tries to link Morena to organized crime but only proves his own ignorance.

Mexico wants to become a silicon powerhouse, build a million homes, and defend its sovereignty. We look at Kutzari, National Semiconductor Design Center, housing plans and the development model that is keeping inflation and unemployment down.

04/02/2025

Following a successful negotiation by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump walked back his executive order imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico. Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth tell the story of this week’s rollercoaster of events in the Mexico-US bilateral relationship, looking at Trump’s executive order, Sheinbaum’s response, and the deal that was ultimately struck.

Following a successful negotiation by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump walked back his executive order imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico.

03/02/2025

Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates a one month pause on tarrifs with Donald Trump, and more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates a one month pause on tarrifs with USA President Donald Trump, and more.

31/01/2025

Mexicans residing outside of Mexico: political formation is available via Morena's INFP!

Today is the FINAL DAY TO REGISTER with the course starting tomorrow.

Registere here: https://forms.gle/p7cCHjDv94SSdeTq6

29/01/2025

Mexico Solidarity Media’s José Luis Granados Ceja joins the Katie Halper Show to speak about recent Latin American political developments, along with historian Greg Grandin and filmmaker ad journalist Andalusia Soloff

Mexico Solidarity Media's José Luis Granados Ceja joins the Katie Halper Show to speak about recent Latin American political developments, along with historian Greg Grandin and filmmaker Andalusia Soloff.

28/01/2025

The first salvo has been fired. After Colombian President Gustavo Petro turned back deportation flights over the inhumane treatment of migrants, Trump threatened to impose tariffs in retaliation, although he ultimately backed down. What does this latest episode tell us about how Mexico and Latin America need to respond to Trump? What is the US president seeking to get out of Mexico? Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth begin to answer those questions in the latest episode of Soberanía.

After Colombian President Petro turned back deportation flights over inhumane treatment, Trump threatened to impose tariffs in retaliation, although ultimately backed down. What does this tell us about how Mexico & Latin America need to respond to Trump?

28/01/2025

"The USA has gained undue advantages by condemning millions of migrant workers in the shadows, exploiting and profiting from their labor.

The extreme speech of “Make America Great Again” ignores the migrant contribution, and, thus, deserves an extreme response," writes Alejandro Robles, Morena’s Secretary of the Executive National Committee of Mexicans Abroad.

The USA has gained undue advantages by condemning millions of migrant workers in the shadows. The extreme speech of MAGA ignores the migrant contribution, and, thus, deserves an extreme response. The Mexican people are not alone; we have a patriotic government and a political party Morena, dedicated...

26/01/2025

Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including China and Mexico, Trump an opportunity to deepen social transformation, USMCA renegotiation, corn wars, and deportation theatre.

Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including China and Mexico, Trump an opportunity to deepen social transformation, USMCA renegotiation, corn wars, and the deportations.