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The Corn War
By: Luis Hernández Navarro The United States is the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of corn. But its crops are used to feed livestock and automobiles, manufacture high fructose sweeteners, snacks, alcohols, oils and, marginally, for people to eat….
Read MoreThe Article 27 Reform Fiasco: Advancement of Intensive Agriculture
By: Ana de Ita* Thanks to the series of excellent reports, “Echos of the Agrarian Counter-reform” that La Jornada offered us last week, it is possible to take a closer look at what has happened with the agrarian question after…
Read MoreShelter in Solidarity: Support the Zapatista Communities
Dear Family & Friends of the Chiapas Support Committee, WE ARE INVITING YOU TO JOIN US —during one of the most challenging of years— in people-to-people solidarity with the Zapatista communities. The pandemic provides one of the most revolutionary of…
Read MoreBe the dream! Support Zapatista parents & children build schools
Join us in a solidarity action: Be the dream! Support Zapatista parents & children build schools Dear Friends & Supporters of the Chiapas Support Committee, Our warmest wishes to you in this season of holidays filled with joyous struggles for…
Read MoreChomsky: impossible for campesinos of Mexico to compete with US agriculture
By: Martín Hernández Alcántara, La Jornada de Oriente Puebla, Puebla The philosopher, political scientist and US activist Noam Chomsky criticized the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), whose fifth round of negotiations concluded last week, and warned that Mexico is at…
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